I have a theory about calling in sick to work: If you call in one day, you really should call in the next day too.

If you’re only out one day, especially if it’s a Monday or Friday, everyone thinks you were burning a sick day to make a long weekend of it, nobody quite believes you were on your deathbed. Ah, but if you take two days, well then you must be sick, right? Two days gets much more respect that just one. It has gravitas.

Tomorrow, I think I’m going for gravitas.