you can’t hear me

Monday, March 1st, 2010 at 10:03 am

I got this cold over the weekend. I felt bad on Friday, but was better on Saturday. Then, I was really feeling bad on Sunday. And today I feel better.

But I lost my voice.

Ryan called me to tell me he’d landed last night and would be home soon. I tried to ask him to pick something up for me but he couldn’t make out a word I was saying.

(If you were planning on calling me, don’t. Just text me. Or email me.)

I’ve never lost my voice before. Not even after yelling loud as a kid (or at a kid ;o).
It’s so weird to not be heard. Kait was calling a question to me from the kitchen. She couldn’t hear me answer and had forgotten that I have laryngitis.
The same thing just now happened again with Joe.

Before now, I hadn’t realized how much we yell in this small house. Not at each other. But toeach other. Now, my kids have to actually look at my face to see what I’m saying – but they forget that and just keep hollering, “Mom!”.

I’m glad that laryngitis is usually short lived.

Now, if I could only figure out a way to spread this non-contagious thing to the kids…