Although I do thank heavens that I have an adjustable base for my bed, even that hasn't compensated for the double cold. I think I just need to start sleeping in shifts and keep myself well drugged with anti-cough and anti-congestion medicine since otherwise I literally coughed so hard this morning I thought I was going to bust a blood vessel. Which with me and my particular condition could literally kill me.  *sigh*

On the plus side, I could and did work from home today since I didn't have to have a Manhattan presence and my boss is more forgiving if I work from home on Brooklyn days.

On the BIG downside, my colleague who is the quant expert and who I've basically backed up (but not been the expert in these subjects) is retiring. Which I got to find out at the staff meeting on Thursday, so he didn't even give me a heads up his vague plans had suddenly gotten very firm.  Fuck. I am SO screwed since I'll have to assume 90% of what he was doing plus the fact that my healthcare backup basically decided over the past year and a half she was bored of healthcare, she wanted to do something else.

So I will presumably be point person on two completely separate and complicated lines of business with no full backup. All I can say is fuck it, I'm not going to expend crazy effort over this, I've tried pleading for help in the past and no one listened so the bankers will just have to wait. I learned my lesson with the computer debacle that no extra expense will happen unless it hits a crisis point, so I may just have to keep that in mind and let it happen.