oh shit. This is not good. Had that wonderful moment of completely losing my balance. While doing the washing up. I hate it when your cold/sore throat affects your ears, because you feel so fucking useless. Gah. Retiring to bed sans reading materials or computer/tv screens seems my only option, because everything's a tad fuzzy. My sympathies definitely going out to mum - she's got to deal with a load of technical stuff plus some new and important partners coming into work that she has to be there for - and she looked worse than me this morning.