to expect not to be ill EVERY TIME I book a morning off work to have some me time ?

[Pollydon]

Every flippin time, Its like my ummune system fancies a day off too :-(

Yanbu. But YABU to say "me time"

I think you should have a bath and go to bed. That's nice if you watch tv or read!

Me time = wait for builders to arrive & catch up with ironing , so no chance of going back to bed, but TV sounds good :-)