Sharing and fairness

I'm getting a cold. Amy's cold. Headache, sore throat, and a cough. When the girls were little, we taught them to share. Who knew then that would sometimes be undesirable. Oh well...At least we taught them well. But, I will likely not be staying home from work tomorrow. It's rather confusing, but with my benefits, I only earn sick time at 2/3 the rate that I need to use it. The same for my vacation time. For example, I earn 60 hours of vacation a year. That's three weeks for someone who works part-time 20 hours a week. But...since I work part-time 30 hours a week, that's only two weeks for me. We earn at the same rate, but have to use at different rates. Anyway, bottom line, I have to ration all my time off. Vacation and sick time. I'm not sick very much, but I currently only have two days' worth. Sick days are usually saved for GI issues or fevers. I hear and read a lot lately that we should listen to our bodies and take care of them, but we're not really allowed to do that. Not fair....

Awhile back I watched the movie, "Sicko." According to that, if you work in France and you get sick, you stay home. Period. No sick days. No allotted number of days. You don't take your illness to work and share it with everyone there. You're sick, you stay home. That's it. Not fair....

So, I remind myself of the same thing I often remind others....Life is not fair.