Silently Sick

Considering my job, I find it amazing that I don’t get sick more often than I do. This year however, a cold is going around the school that has leveled several teachers already. Today I’m home sick, and I’m never home sick. I’m probably well enough to go sit in my room today, but I don’t want to get anyone else sick if I can help it. And sitting is about all I’d be able to do, because I’ve lost my voice. It’s gone. Completely gone. I could squeak out a bit last night and it might have been possible to go to work. But when I woke up this morning I couldn’t make any sound. If I try to talk, there’s nothing. What is interesting to me is that when I try to whisper, I can actually “talk” loud enough to be heard. I wonder why that is. What is the difference between what happens when you talk and when you whisper? My throat doesn’t hurt too bad, and I find it real funny when I lose my voice. I wish there was someone I could talk to all day just to hear how bad I sound. It would be talking just to hear the sound of my own voice.