I left work early today, have some bad upper body muscle pain and a splitting headache that was worsening whenever I had to project my voice. I’m a teacher, so that’s a lot. But going home is a bit of an inconvenience as someone has to cover my room.
I did send a message an hour before school started, agreed to come in for a few hours as the county was doing a walkthrough of the school in the morning, then they let me go.
Even with all that – legitimate reason, communicating as early as I knew, going in for a few hours anyway – I still feel tense and some sense of guilt when I’m not there. I should be planning, catching up on grading, doing something while I’m home.
I know it should be ok, but still feel like it’s not. Looking to this sub to help affirm what I know and maybe help me feel that it’s actually true. I don’t want to feel like shit all day, as I have in the past, kind of defeats the purpose of rest. Thanks for any words you can spare.