Happy #7

"Spend a whole day playing truant"

Australians are good at this one. A "sickie" is a time honoured tradition, usually coinciding with 35C days, easterly winds and a desire to hit the beach. Or the opposite, it is too damn cold to get out of bed and that book on the shelf looks mighty tempting.

Nothing matches the naughty feeling you get when it is late at night and you say to yourself "screw it!" You wake up the next day and immediately call your boss, hoping that your morning rasp will be mistaken for your highly infectious, ebola-like, dysenteric 'flu.

Playing truant. An art form and a joy. Just do it.

Bondi: 1884. Probably a severe outbreak of Mondayitis.

Bondi: 2007. Similar symptoms.

PS. Apparently, sickies cost the Australian economy $10 billion per year - about 10 days per person. So if anyone questions the validity of your illness, say you are taking care of your mental health. Just don't get caught out shopping.....