last week I found a tick in the back of my right knee. Not the first time for me as I live in the countryside, so I just carefully pulled it out, dabbed on some TCP and thought no more about it.

(If you don’t know what a tick is and aren’t too squeamish - Google it) 

Next day however my leg had swollen up massively and was sore and itchy. Time for a visit to the doc! 

He prescribed a 2 week course of strong antibiotics - to stave off Lime’s disease and bring down the swelling.

Trouble is those also have some nasty side effects which made it necessary for me to be very near a toilet ….If you know what I mean! 

Anyway, uncomfortable, inconvenient and crap (literally and metaphorically) this has been it hasn’t stopped me from taking care of business. 

Back when I was working in business development I would have had to take a few days off. 

There is no way I could have commuted, driven to and from meetings or been much use at all. 

As the pills started to work the itchiness became unbearable and I spent a lot of time either scratching the area or applying creams and potions to try and calm it down. 

Not a good look in a sales meeting! Neither is bolting for the nearest loo mid sentence! LOL 

But when you are the boss and you work from home - who cares. I just spent a few days dressed in the loosest old trousers I could - or shorts - and got on with it.

Just another advantage of being your own boss in an online enterprise.

Cheers!