Would you let me assist you if I had snot hanging out of my nose?

I'm one of those people that make it to work no matter what--fever, hungover, no sleep, coughing fits--if I'm not dying, I'll be there. And I power through with a fake smile while I feel miserable on the inside.

I've been sick for the past month. No joke. It's the never-ending cold where I feel like I have ten pounds of snot in my head. There's definitely been times when I'm helping customers and can't get away to blow my nose and I just pray they can't see the green snot hanging. I have my own personal roll of toilet paper in each fitting room so I run in about a million times a day and leave with a raw, red nose.

I'm also one who hates taking the time to see doctors (especially for a stupid runny nose) and hates taking meds. It's caught up with me and I'm now in bed with a sinus infection.

I've been powering through work the past couple days even though I was getting worse. I had intense chills and pain behind my eyes where it hurt to move them. Even though I went to bed in sweats and socks last night with the chills, I still pulled myself to work this morning. During a training I thought I was going to faint and fall over so I was holding onto the table. My coworkers kept saying "Danielle, it's time for you to see a doctor. You've been sick for too long." But I always brushed them off.

Today a coworker said "Danielle! Your lips are purple! You really need to leave." So I got my butt to a doctor and got antibiotics for a sinus infection and sure enough, I had a fever. I guess it's time to rest a bit.