Ok. Jazz has a middle ear infection and I kept her home yesterday. She's on antibiotics. Now I have her cold but was going to go to work today anyway. Then I got a call from the daycare lady saying that she had gastro and has cancelled today so I'm home again today. I'm so glad that I have a very understanding boss.

I have brought some work home with me and yesterday I managed to spend 2.5 hours working and will try to do the same today while Jazz is asleep. I don't feel quite so bad about being away because I have work to do at home and I'm able to check my work emails. I've had so much time off lately. I'm glad that I have lots of sick leave as I've used up my 5 days of carers leave. I'm also thankful that at my work carers leave is different from sick leave. You have 12 days of sick leave per year and an additional 5 days of special paid leave, plus flexi time and annual leave. I'm recording the hours I work at home as flexi time so I'm able to take longer lunches or even a day off to have to myself at some stage.

Matt did offer to take yesterday off but that would mean that he would get no income for that time...the joy of working for yourself! My boss wouldn't hear of that and said that he has no problem with me taking time off and said at least I'm getting paid for my time off and he doesn't want us to put ourselves in the position where we lose some income by Matt having time off. My boss used to own his own business so he knows what it's like to work for yourself...my main problem with taking time off is that I've applied for that other job and I hope that it doesn't work against me. I'm still yet to hear about it but TBH, nothing happens quickly at the Uni so I'm not surprised that I haven't heard anything yet...I also know that no one else has either...that's the good thing about working in HR, you know these things.