First Call In

I called in to work today, first time for this job. That's over 120 days that I didn't call in.
My last job was over a year; didn't matter if I had a fever, migraine, upset stomach, or whatever I went to work. First time I called off there I had recently gotten separated and I was unable to part from the toilet because I was to busy puking up all the acid my body created from being so nervous and upset about all the changes.
So what was the reason for my call in today? Simple. I needed a personal day. I need the time alone. I need to "lick my wounds" before I have to deal with the long weekend and all the people in it. I need to just be able to sit, relax, do whatever I want without the stress of a schedule. So I guess you could say I took a mental health day.
Honestly everyone could use more mental health days. We work too hard with really no life to show for it. It's not good for us, yet someone got greedy along the way and that shit spread like wild fire. Now we all work until we're miserable and then keep working past that point. Such a pathetic world we live in....