I've lost my voice!

So... my voice is gone! Can you imagine trying to teach 2 classes of 14 preschoolers with no voice? It was difficult. But doable. Let's just say a lot of things went unsaid and I had to rely on some students and my aides to relay messages and answer the phone for me. Even though I whispered the whole day, my throat is exhausted. We'll see how tomorrow goes. Then if it's not back by Tuesday, I'm taking the day off. I have the wrong profession for not having a voice. :-)

I had a lot of students ask me why I was whispering. They didn't believe me when I told them my voice was gone. They thought I was teasing them. Or perhaps they just have never heard that phrase before... Now they have. My morning class went searching for my voice during recess with no luck. :-)

I'm not sure why my voice is gone. I don't feel sick. I had a froggy voice yesterday then I woke up this morning with it gone and sounding really quiet and squeaky.  I've been whispering ever since. It sounds REALLY funny when I laugh. I should record myself. I've never had my voice go away like this before. Unless I was yelling a lot at a game or something. But that was several years ago and not this bad. I sure hope my voice comes back soon. I wasn't really worried about it until my zumba instructor told me to be careful not to damage my vocal chords permanently. I hope it's not contagious either. One of my classroom aides thinks it might be laryngitis and the other said last time she lost her voice, it was for 4 days. Ergh! I don't want to do this for 4 days. I guess I should go see the doctor sometime soon. Although, I don't have a voice to talk over the phone with so I'm going to have to find someone else to make the appointment for me. That should be interesting.

It's amazing how much we use our voices. Voices are so unique and they can change so quickly. It's fascinating really. It's even amazing that we can learn to recognize people based on the sound of their voice. We can even recognize babies cries. I think it'd be hard to be mute. I'm grateful for my voice.

Well, wish me luck.