Speechless

I woke up this morning with quite the sexy raspy voice. Actually, that is only partially true. I was woken up last night on the sofa at 10:20pm with a sore throat by the sound of my cell phone ringing. I had just flown back in town after being away for 6 days and was quite tired. I'm annoyed that I know at least 2 of my colleagues gave me some nasty virus as well as dislike people who call after 10pm!

Therefore, I refuse to answer. If you know me at all, you know I'm in bed by 9:55pm to watch Jon Stewart. As it was a Friday evening and I was flying home, I had already spoken to anyone who cared and decided it was only someone completely and totally RUDE who did not care for me that was calling after 10pm.

I am now sick as a dog. For some reason, this does not kill my appetite, but makes me ravenous. So I woke up this morning barely able to speak and starving. Granted, I didn't really eat dinner last night, but still.

I'm a good cook. I'm no cheffy, but I'm a good cook and not nearly as annoying as Rachel Ray. But there are times when your best efforts are not going to cut it. This morning, I was craving this Thai soup that I love. I had bought some in a can that was supposedly similar...all you had to do was add anything you wanted to jazz it up. I go to all the trouble of adding things, cooking rice, etc...only to decide once it was finished and I tasted it that I so was not going to eat it. What a waste on many levels.

I ended up eating the same comfort food that I have eaten since I could have solid foods...a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I have had as much water as humanly possible so am now sloshing around the house.

My voice sounds marginally better, but am wondering if I will actually lose it. When I was teaching in Japan, I would lose my voice at least once a year. I would get so sick because it was freezing and they have no heaters in the classrooms. It's ridiculous, this so-called 1st World Country, prided itself on making the students suffer in the winter by not providing heat...as well as no air conditioning in the summer either! I would show up looking like the abdominal snowman, and my poor kids were wearing their uniforms which didn't exactly come with parkas.

It's going to snow again today. I'm off to hibernate.