Home Sick (with my Boyo)

Today was the first time I called in "sick" to work... I had to stay home with a little sick boyo named Cruz. He was weazy all night, threw up in the morning and was a little hot. So I did the 7am email to my staff to be the stay at home parent. Luckily Heather and I could split the day and she came home at lunch and we swapped.

Aside from the extremely modest FMLA time I took (none of which IU offered as paid) this is the first time I have had to call in "sick" to work. It was kinda cool in a weird way. I was glad I have good support staff that I could trust to cover work, and that technology kept me connected enough to monitor work, but be able to focus on taking care of my little man.

Heather came home and I was able to run to campus to teach and cover my other work duties for the day. While at work plugged away on a few project to-do-lists and cleared up my plate so I could focus on him once I got back home.

So technology and my staff came through for me today, and that feels good. That I can balance work life and being a father is important and glad it worked today. Now let me get back home to my little boyo.