The Speed of Trust

I'm thinking of my exposure to the concepts in The Speed of Trust today as i ponder the paperwork and doctors visit i need to have if i'm out sick three days in a row. The fundamental concept is that lack of trust builds in expense. If there's trust, there's no need for a great deal of documentation.

So here i am trying to decide if i need to go see my doctor and get a "return to work" form that will allow me to take three sick days in a row. The form is needed because some employees can't be trusted and some employers can't be trusted.

And about 45 minutes later i have gone through the doctor's appointment process and the call to make a FMLA claim. ("Will you be making a disability claim?" "No, it's a COLD.... Sorry, i know you have to ask.") I wonder how many folks blow this off. I blew it off last year.

My company must pay for the FMLA overhead: the poor schumck who got to speak to my charming self, the phone tree i had to navigate a couple times. Insurance gets to cover some large chunk of my visit to the doctor to have them say, "Rest, fluids." (They aren't on the zinc bandwagon.) I pay the co-pay.

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Last year i wrote on the 20th, "Today, first of three vacation days, i woke with my throat still feeling as if someone dragged glass shard encrusted wire down it. How does a viscous liquid cause such discomfort? The sore throat has been since Saturday. "

I suppose if i don't have laryngitis and don't have to have a chest x-ray this year, it will all be a win.

Reasons why it is better to have a body than be a virtual being

"My respiratory system hates me. I wish i could just be uploaded."

Now, now, let's not be hasty.

I would not be able to crochet, birdwatch, hike, smell the scent in the woods and in the estuaries, pet the cats, be with Christine, hug the neefs or my siblings or parents, taste tea....