to be lying in bed watching tv and mning when I am only a little bit sick and could actually be working?

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Feeling crap, have bloody phlegm coming from the bit where my nose joins my throat but not very, very ill iyswim. Dss is around to do essential cooking and minding of dd. I do have bits of work I could be doing but just don't feel like it.
Not so much AIBU more Can I Have Permission To (skive that it)?

yes, milk it!!

permission granted!

everyone needs the odd duvet day

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Oooooh, that sounds good. I got sky in the bedroom for this reason but never exploit it. Must dig out laptop!

Thanks amigos, dp is on his way home with a cold which will undoubtedly be ten times worse than anything I could have

Although I think that if someone is voluntarily watching Rosemary and Thyme they probably are actually ill?

I was in bed until 12 today because I have laryngitis and a cough - am not feeling really ill but on the other hand this has been dragging on for a couple of weeks now and want to try to get 100%

Also had a few glasses of wine last night. Feel slighty guility about that!

Permission granted

Actually I think what you're doing is really sensible, otherwise feeling crap can just extend to worse things. I have had a stupidly horrible crazy time over the last 6 weeks, starting with ds being ill at the very time I just HAD to be in work to induct a new staff member (and no there IS no-one else but me in the office to do this!) and GPs were ill so getting ds looked after was stress all round...then I went down with the virus and looking after ds as well as working when ill was just stupid. Ended up with a really distressing and nasty ear infection.

So I don't call this skiving I think it's sensible to rest up when you can

Is that enough permission there for you?

Thanks dss is currently making sausage and colcannon with onion gravy.(Honoria - I had a great aunt called Honora, mum wanted me to call dd Honora - but I couldn't because of HG)

oh dear!!!!!!

Yes the name does conjure up an image of an ever-so-strapping country gel, doesn't it!

I think Honora is a lovely name though, actually - and Honor