Having been very proud of the fact that I had managed to maintain my balance under circumstances I had seen others fall over with, last Monday I managed to trip up on cords. I went down really really heavily on my right leg. It was not nice at all, and has had two flow on effects. Lots of bruises on my leg, and some more coming out as the week flows forward. The worst side of it was development of cellulitus in part of my lower leg, so a visit to the hospital emergency. Very nice emergency clerk let me know how lucky we were we got there then, as they had had a very hectic early evening.
That led to me not being at school on one of the days I needed to be, but I had the chance to get to be on line and in communication with two students who asked me questions. This is a new development, have sick leave, but be able to have some communication. In my case I did not feel sick, had the leg up as the doctor asked, and so could take the step of making use of the internet to keep in touch with the students.
Now I am thinking about how much this can change requirements for sick leave. Work has already changed so much that we need to have internet access each weekend and week nights so that if we are emailed questions seeking help we can answer them. Once we got our weekends free. This is bad.
This means that the blurring between work and play is greater. Mobile phones give the employer to be in touch with the worker outside work hours. Do we need to specify times of non contact? Or do we accept 24 hour day contact?
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