Fresher's Flu
Oct. 15th, 2012 08:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jackI've not even met any freshers, how can I have fresher's flu. Maybe it's october's fault?
I always feel a bit embarrassed when I have a bad cold, because it seems like a childish thing to have. Since I'm basically as awake and alert and perfectly fine with everything that doesn't involve lots of extra breathing, I don't want to elicit sympathy or take any time off work and have people think I'm suffering from "man-flu". But since I'm sniffling and sneezing, I don't want to subject anyone else to the phenomenon, and I know how annoying it is when someone germ-ridden is around you.
Ideally I'd work from home, but I've not really got my computer set up for that.
Maybe I should adopt the term "upper respiratory tract infection"??
I always feel a bit embarrassed when I have a bad cold, because it seems like a childish thing to have. Since I'm basically as awake and alert and perfectly fine with everything that doesn't involve lots of extra breathing, I don't want to elicit sympathy or take any time off work and have people think I'm suffering from "man-flu". But since I'm sniffling and sneezing, I don't want to subject anyone else to the phenomenon, and I know how annoying it is when someone germ-ridden is around you.
Ideally I'd work from home, but I've not really got my computer set up for that.
Maybe I should adopt the term "upper respiratory tract infection"??