Negative test does not make me better

 So today I got the news that I don't have the current plague.  What's ailing me is something different, probably a case of the flu.  This is going to weaken my case when I actually get confronted by my bosses about my absenteeism, even though it shouldn't.  Staying home while sick didn't suddenly become the right idea because plague, it's always been the right idea.  Show me someone who says they never call in sick, and I'll show you someone who has come in when they shouldn't.  Not only does it make it harder for you to recover from said illness, it also makes you a germ vector.  I work with people who have pre-existing conditions.  I work with a woman who is pregnant (she just announced it publically, so I can say that now).  I work with people who are old enough to be classed as senior citizens, and while not in my own department some who are quite elderly.  And that's ignoring the customers outright.  The flu can still cause serious illness and even death.  It would be irresponsible of me to take my actively contagious rear end to work, no matter how much it hurts me financially to stay home.  

Now to step off my soapbox, yesterday I posted my video on the Wish Halloween landscape, image above is the image it was supposed to be.  It scored a dismal 3 on my unboxing scale.  Perfect score is 10.  The cost per square centimeters is 3.494 cents, which is actually pretty high.  I suppose that will have to become clear as I add in more entries here on the blog.  If you're interested in how the painting turned out, check out the video here.

Since we were going into the long weekend, I shelved the custom to keep hubby from looking too closely at it, and started another Home Craftology project - the Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party image that attracted me to Home Craftolgy in the first place.  I broke it up into 12 sections and I've already finished three of them.  The Halloween gallery wall is getting more populated - I hung another Nightmare before Christmas canvas up there and moved the Hello Fall Truck over.  I had to reframe the girl's school pictures and finally got them hung up, just in time for them to sit for new ones.  If they're even going to have school pictures this year.  I can't imagine they'll have the class pictures this year, but they could do a mosaic or compilation of the individual pictures - I actually have one from my childhood.  

Interesting times, people.  We're living in interesting times.