It's an embarrassment of riches at my place.

[apocalypsos]

The cat won't stop crying for attention, it's flurrying out so the roads are a mess, and I currently have no voice but have to go to my call center job in an hour. (The crappy thing is, I think I would still have a voice if it weren't for the call center stuff, but instead of resting my sore throat I had to keep talking and talking and TALKING. Ugh.)

And I can't call in sick, so it's off to work I go!

*sigh*

The only thing I have to look forward to is that I have this weekend to rest, but it means I'm going to have to turn down Jess's offer to come out to the bar again. Ugh, my throat is conspiring against me. It's kind of hilarious on one hand, because the louder I get the funnier it sounds, but the problem is that I have to whisper or my entire voice just shuts right down. I totally knew it was going when I went to bed last night, too, because I spent the entire night gasping for air and making whistling sounds when I coughed.

Eh, let's see if the steam from a hot shower helps any. (It might, and tea with honey too, but talking on the phone all day is just going to thwart the hell out my efforts.)

Comments

[wtfbrain.livejournal.com]

Here's hoping that either your voice holds up, or that you get to go home early. And feel better soon!

Losenges and Hydrate, Hydrate, Hydrate..

[theliel.livejournal.com]

..so...after working in a call centre for 8 years, allow me to bestow some advice:
cut soda. and most teas, and coffee.
Drink at least 64 oz of water a day (or 3 litires) and get yourself some good losengez you can stand the taste of (I like RIcola Honey-Lemon or just the Lemon)

4srs, it'll save you much pain.

[fufaraw]

I hope it went okay. I remember having laryngitis when I worked at the bookstore. I felt fine, other than having no voice, and told (wrote) my boss that I could shelve, and I'd be glad to smile and point, but if anybody asked anything complicated I was going to have to hand them off to another salesperson. She was a little perturbed, but it worked out fine, and I had a pretty restful day, not being bothered as much by answering stupid questions.

But the sore throat with it? That's not fun.