It's not like it was elective...

So I can honestly say that I'm 99% back to my normal self! I still have the liquid bandages and my incisions haven't fully healed, but I'm no longer in constant pain! And considering the fact that I lost a digestive organ - my digestive tract seems to have recovered pretty quickly.

I finally get to enjoy the days I have off! The original plan was for me to head back to work today, but on Friday, I didn't feel well enough and called in sick.

I have yet to mention what was required from me at work to go on this lovely, little (involuntary) leave of absence: They forced me to exhaust all of my paid hours... Meaning they made me use ALL of the vacation time and sick time I had saved up. Company policy. Regardless of whether I was going to go on short-term disability or not. So I opted for disability... Which only starts a week after your first day off, just in case I wasn't feeling as well as I expected to.

So I'm back to zero in paid time off... And my boss was so kind to point out that the approved time off I had in October (for Matt and my belated 2nd Anniversary), wasn't necessarily approved any longer due to the lack of paid hours I will have accrued. Unpaid days off are apparently NOT allowed. ....Now, is it me? Or this policy not cut-throat? It's like they swindled me out of my vacation time so they can be sure not to lose the man hours. When I asked HR why I would be forced to give up vacation hours for an INVOLUNTARY surgery, she responded with, "If you didn't, you'd get more time off than your coworkers." ...."Well my coworkers get to keep all of their organs, don't they?!!"

Tangent.

My point is, now that I'm feeling a bit better... I may just take a day or two. Or three. After all, my doctor's note doesn't clear me until Friday. And I have some vacation time I'd like to swindle back.