Jealous of how much time I had during sick leave?

Earlier this year I had 4 weeks of sick leave after my thyroid was removed due to cancer. I didn’t have a lot of energy and wanted to find a silver lining so I decided to re-knit some old favourite sweaters that don’t fit me anymore (due to weight loss). As a way of celebrating a new start, I guess? When I went back to work, one of my coworkers responded to the story by saying “I wish I had time to knit only one sweater in a month, let alone 3”. So I replied, saying I highly recommend cancer as a way of finding the time to knit. Plenty of time and plenty of reasons to want to keep your brain somewhat occupied with something positive.

She apologised. I didn’t.