and nothing but the truth

i haven't posted since thanksgiving.
however, i have been posting drawings daily (except for weekends) on my new drawings blog www.thornbook.blogspot.com
i'm doing well. we have a little more than a week and then it's the winter break. i have been having my ups and downs. this week i have enjoyed my co-worker's absence due to strep throat, which i don't believe he really had. i enjoyed his absence because work felt more relaxed and fun without him. he tends to bring stress along in his baggage. while he was gone i was able to strike a more relaxed rhythm that i hope to sustain for as long as possible. why do i doubt that he really had strep throat? well, my experience of strep throat is that it's quite serious and really knocks your body into left field for at least a week. i see no signs of that kind of stress in him. not that i'm scrutinizing. i just think people should be honest. i'm over the whole acting-sick-in-order-to-take-a-day-off thing. the last time i wanted to stay in bed instead of going to school, i did so. when someone asked me why i wasn't there, sometimes i said "i didn't feel well," and sometimes i said "i couldn't face it."
"what do you mean?"
"i couldn't face you children."
"so you just stayed in bed?"
"yup."
it's liberating to tell the whole unabashed truth. i'd like to do it more often, especially at work.