Seriously? Such a short time frame for an edit and being sick too? That's not fun at all. Reminds me of the time I stepped out of my first ( attempt to direct a ) feature film and was sick for two weeks ( I was a full time teacher back then too ), as well as waking up with an eye infection ( thought I was going blind that night, one of the scariest things I've ever experienced ) when I was a trainee at a small film company in Amsterdam ( 2008 ). My 'boss' told me to man up, take some aspirin and come to work anyway, where I had to edit ( stare at screens ). Until this day, I wonder if this experience - and not visiting a doctor - damaged my eyes for good.
Anyhow, didn't mean to scare you here ;>)
I'm sure it will all work out fine in the end and I have no doubt you're gonna enjoy your family holiday a lot!
Good luck with the editing!
Isn't it always the way? Last minute changes which are needed yesterday!
Am onto the After Effects stuff now, creating call out titles. Complicated but quite enjoyable too, even when I'm sick.
Sounds like you've had quite a ride in the film department! We are a unique kind of folk because we can so easily get swept up in the creative wave and not see how we are pushing our bodies (and minds!) to the limit. Even back at Uni we used to work ridiculous hours on our insignificant little films.
Too much screen time unquestionably affects the eyes but this is nothing which can't be reversed. I like to believe there is no part of our body which can't be fixed with the right knowledge and attention.
I like to exaggerate things for the purpose of storytelling.
See you're still not completely recovered, which is logical if you're working when your body wants you to do the opposite.
Hope you can get this finished soon, so you can focus on total wellbeing again.