poor sickly me

as a result of being sick this week, i started to lose my voice on friday. it was all husky and squeaky or cracking at times, but i felt overall much better than i had earlier in the week, so i thought this little residual side effect was of no real consequence. i went out on friday night and attempted to talk to other people all night over loud background noises (in hindsight, not a good idea) and then woke up saturday to find that i couldn't even make any noise. so i've been whispering all weekend when it's absolutely necessary to verbally communicate and have not been answering my phone. and of course this would be a weekend where i actually have time to catch up with people on the phone. instead i have to ignore their calls and send them a stupid text message explaining why i'm not answering. i'll continue to give my voice a rest today (like i have a choice right now) and keep up the gargling; hopefully by tomorrow i'll at least be able to speak. i'm wondering what's going to happen at work if i still can't talk. i'm on a rotation tomorrow where i have to talk to clients a lot. hmm, i might have to do some schedule switching if it comes down to that.

also this whole sickness is really interfering with my half-marathon training schedule. grr.