Give the little Florence Nightingale some credit, though... I have been very ill. Cough, sneeze, gochle... atchooo, parp!!
I've had this brewing since New Year, and it only just came to a head on the day before I was due to go back to work. So what did I do? Phone up my line manager and set in train a bunch of telephone calls trying to find someone to cover for me.
BUT! I'm on the mend and have decided to stay off until next week so that I am fully ready to go back. Bear in mind that I have always struggled to get back to work as soon as possible after any illness. It's a big change for me, thinking of my health instead of the job. But it throws up a conundrum, how to continue sounding ill when I phone in to my line manager? Simple - see the pic below!

That was three days into my 'illness', and I'm still milking it!
Who's the 'Boy'? WHO'S THE 'BOY'???