I fell ill this past week. While I wasn’t on my deathbed, I was unable to leave my bed much, and my incessant cough, inability to use my nose for breathing, and absence of a voice for three days made my presence in the office fall somewhere in between worthless and futile.

But with a steady stream of over-the-counter medications, tea, the Internet and my laptop, I was able to keep business moving without having to move more than fingers. Here’s how it went down:

Sunday: Throat is beginning to feel sore, probably caused by the cold air this morning. Had hot tea with dinner at Ingredient with the youth group where we talked about the church’s new Twitter feed and how we can get Podcasting back on the site.

By the time I got home, a bad cough had started, and I knew it would be a long night. Cancelled my morning breakfast meeting and announced I wouldn’t be in the office via text message.

Monday: It’s clear this isn’t going away anytime soon. Made it to the office at the break of noon, just in time to leave for a lunch meeting. Realizing I had lost the ability to think clearly, and my fuse and wit had become very short, I left there for the comfort of my bed, beagle, hot tea and DayQuil. While on infinite hold with a hosting provider, I took the opportunity to catch up on e-mail, Facebook invitations and messages and text messages. My voice was fading fast, so I took to Instant Messenger and Twitter for the rest of the day.

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Via Columbia Business Times