If your boss is decent then he/she should understand when you explain the problem.

Getting let go from work after 13 years. Whole department is being let go. I can apply for my job in another state, but I'd rather not with two little ones. Not to mention they will probably let the department go again in a few years.

he understands, it is just very hard for me not to hear out of one ear for two weeks.

Come over to my place and hang out with my mother for ten minutes. You'll be glad you can't hear. :P

I have the worst cold ever, my nose is dripping like a tap and my throat and sinus feels like a public toilet glory hole.

I hear you.
I was let go after 14 years.
Its hard to even think of working somewhere else after that long a time at one company.
You get used to doing things the way they wanted them done.
I know my job was awesome, and paid well.
Its hard getting used to not having anything anymore.
But, it sounds like you can actually work again at least, even if it is hard to find a suitable position.

Feel a bit better today, my nose has stopped dripping and my snot has thickened up.

Haven't slept, eaten a thing or masturbated for 2 days now, I have so much to make up for, I miss my penis.

I hate people, I wish I were the only one on this planet.

Come on,settle down Bradley.

Have you evah done taht thang where you, liek, buy an egg 'n' cheese roll but you only want half at a tiem, becaaause of hi calories, an' when you take teh top off teh roll to inspect before slicin' in half all teh egg 'n' cheese is on one side? It's so eye-rollin' blergh becaaause then you has to either get your hands down 'n' dirty with teh scooping 'n' redistributin' (no wai. I guesses utensils but I don't has a specific egg-scoopin' one an' taht is important!), or you has to bite teh bullet 'n' eat a wonks egg 'n' cheese roll. An' then you has to teh dilemma of which half even gets eated? Of course, I s'pose a wai of doin' it is tooo slice teh roll Vertical Lee instead (or Horizontal Lee, dependin' on angle an/or viewpoint), but then you has an inferior roll both tiemz, rather than just one. Taht is not an option worth livin'!

Fuck, I just realised how much better "Revenge of the Sith" would have been if they had cast Roger Moore as Obi Wan and Christopher Walken as Anakin.

An 80 year old Englishman as a 30 something Scotsman.

Okay.