Fun with the flu!

So I randomly caught a most lovely flu a little over a week ago. Not terribly surprising to catch things working at a call center, where everyone switches stations every day. A bit surprising to have the flu happen now rather than when it's colder out, but it happens. The aches thankfully ceased after 2-3 days, but the congestion and throat issues have continued to present. I've had a bloody nose once or twice a day for at least half of the last week, and both my sense of smell and taste buds have been diminished quite a bit, though the latter might be due to too many cough drops and hot cups of tea. The odd part for me has been the past few days, where my eyes started getting irritated, and started secreting a much more gummy substance. For two to three days, I'd have to regularly rub them, and then spend several minutes plucking the stuff from my eyelashes. One morning I almost had difficulty opening my eyes, as they were gummed shut. It's all been very odd.

One of the most annoying parts is that I keep having to call off sick from work, knowing that I don't have any sick time left, having caught something early in January. I could go in no problem if I could do my actual job, but we've had so little work of late that I spend 3-4 days of my week on the phones, and my throat simply can't take the hours of talking. It's been difficult enough making myself go to work of late, as I can only handle being on the phones in short bursts anymore. I so need to find a new job. I so need to look. I also so need to remember to look when it's not four in the morning and I'm going to bed.