I took the day off sick today...so what do you do when you can't sleep anymore, and you're bored but can't really get out of the house?

I'm kinda TV'd out, I've got a ton of books to read (really enjoying Digital Filmmaking 101 by Dale Newton - lots of good ideas for shoe-string indie budgets), but really, I just always feel so strange when I can't accomplish anything. Like I look at a whole day of freedom, and I want to clean, and post stuff on craigslist for sale (incidentally, does anyone need a TI-92 calculator, wedding dress, or huge set of Pfaltzgraff dishes?), and generally get everything done I can never do during the week. sigh.

Does anyone else have a hard time just...relaxing?

PS - I'd just like to throw in that this is sorta related to filmmaking - as I didn't get much rest over the 3 days of shooting + regular work early this week, so my immune system was waaayy down and I caught a co-workers cold immediately after shooting was over. sigh.

Let's be sick together. I caught something too on Wed. Although I think it's allergies. However, Deon admitted to having a cold the day after shooting so maybe he gave it to us. It's definitely something going around thats for sure.

well, if you're alive enough to drive, feel free to come on over...i just got some dvd's from the library including "Festival shorts Collection" which is a grouping of shorts from Cannes, London, and Toronto Film Festivals, and I also got Pixar Short Films Collection, and Stranger Than Fiction. hehe

Awwh Sharing is caring So share the emergen "c" and Real chicken soup!!! Drink more water and rest

If you were sick due to the current illness you suffered, have someone from the emergency room or doctors office give you some sort of note to take to your employer specifying that you could in fact still feel weak and tired from your recovery. Maybe if you explain yourself to them and let them know that you have probably "overdone" it, they will give you some sort of note.

If that doesn't work, I would just explain to your employer that you didn't go to the doctor for that day and you don' have a note. Let them know that you may have overworked yourself and just didn't have the strength to come in. Plus, if you were sick, you didn't want others to get sick.