Freshers' flu?

I've been feeling pretty rough for a few days but today something very flu-like hit me with a vengeance. My daughter said it sounds like what everyone at uni seems to have at the moment.

All I wanted to do was go back to bed but I had to stay up to wait for the window cleaner, who eventually arrived at about half past two.

To add 'salt to the wound', it is now very clear (or not!) that I desperately need to clean the insides of the windows...