Diary of The Food Whore: Silent Jubilation

Silent Jubilation

March 24, 2006

In a twist of fate only seen on strange Indie films and soap operas, my week of fingernail loss and total humiliation have been capped off by a strange turn of health events leading to laryngitis.

It seems I've lost my voice.

And the joyful chorus you hear is not the angels upon high, but instead people like The Partner, The Staff - and though he does not want to admit it even after I saw him do a little rendition of the moon walk when he thought I wasn't looking - The Husband.

One of the wait staff shared this wisdom, "My God. It finally happened. She actually ran out of things to say."

I've been doing limited amounts of soft talking, and a lot smiling. Which seems to not raise any kind of sympathy or kindness in my direction, but instead a little trepidation coupled with private elation.

My not talking, it seems, is somewhat unsettling, but mostly really fabulous for a lot of people.

What they don't know is that all this silence is nothing more than the reprieve I needed before the day I get my voice back.

The day I plan to talk non-stop for 24 self-satisfying hours.

That day is coming people.

It's coming.

Posted by Foodwhore at March 24, 2006 05:23 PM

Oooohhhh....THAT sucks! But I'm so glad you can still type & keep us laughing! Partner! Staff! Husband! BEWARE the wrath of a woman with the sudden ability to speak again!

Posted by: OMamaMia at March 24, 2006 06:35 PM

Hope all that pent-up conversation turns into a need for more prolific blogging. Maybe you can take the cue your body is giving you and take a little break? (I took a WHOLE day off on Wednesday and went to the spa. It was amazing to do nothing for such a long period of time, and long overdue.)

Posted by: JoAnna at March 24, 2006 07:15 PM

They say bad things come in threes, so, it looks like you're good for a while. Frustrating not being able to utter. Feel better.

Posted by: B'gina at March 24, 2006 08:14 PM

And if the Gods are on our side (that is, the readers of your blog), then you will get your voice back at precisely the same time some numbskull client/client wannabe really ticks you off!
Woh is the individual that raises your ire on that day!!
But as long as you blog about it....:)

Posted by: Mandy Brekke at March 25, 2006 04:36 AM

ah, if only my 4 year old would lose hers for a day or so... sounds like you need a vacation :)

Posted by: Tonja at March 25, 2006 06:16 AM

Iloved having laryngitis a while back. I couldn't talk so the only way customers could communicate was by email. It makes it so easy to get things done - it was heaven.

Posted by: Carol at March 25, 2006 07:23 AM

Back in 1999 I developed laryngitis. It took four months to get my voice back.

Posted by: kevin at March 25, 2006 10:12 AM

I say you continue to fake the laryngitis once you get your voice back.

Keep up the charade for a few weeks and then scare the crap out of The Husband by yelling at him when he least expects it, like during the middle of a moon walk.

Posted by: veg4me at March 25, 2006 06:42 PM