Hi Officegirl. Just to echo all thats been said above. Go straight round to your doctors today and get him to sign you off. I remember when I lost my mum, very sudden and very tragic. I phoned my boss for whom I had worked 7 or 8 years, and told him what had happened. All he said was "are you going to take sick leave or holiday leave"! I was so incensed (a couple of days off whilst I buried my mother should have been offered without worrying whether he would have to pay me or not). I went to my doctor, he wrote me of for four weeks! I took great delight in sending that particular Docs certificate into work although I did return after two weeks.

Good luck, take a deep breath, deal with ONE thing at a time and dont try to be superwoman.

Vicks
xx