BLAH and Double BLAH

So.
Went to the office party and post party on Friday.
Details will have to follow in a later post.
The "BLAH" is for the fact that I seem to have lost my voice somewhere between the post party and my house !
I woke up yesterday morning completely unable to make more than a Minnie Mouse type of sound every time I tried to talk ! ! !
And apparently my vocal cords are so weak right now that by the end of yesterday it was a struggle to even make those noises.
Today?
No different.
My throat feels as if it's swollen up (as it did yesterday) and everytime I speak my squeaky Minnie voice seems to fade the more I try.
If nothing else, at least I've managed to provide my family and friends with amusement.
My nickname growing up was "The Mouth of the South" because I was such a talker.
And, incidentially, still sort of am.
When I called Aunt Ting her husband answered the phone and immediately began to laugh hysterically at me. He then handed the phone off to Ting and she began to laugh.
Then Dan called.
He laughed too.
They all think it's just the funniest thing that I, of all the people in the universe, would lose my voice.
I had other family members to call yesterday to thank them for the onslaught of Christmas goodies we got over this weekend (Filet Mignon from Mom, Popcorn Tin from Ting, A Bulb Garden from Grandma, etc.). Luckily none of them were home and I didn't leave a message because I'm sure they'd have just been like "Who is THAT on the machine????" So I'll have to try to call today.
The only family member I did talk to who didn't laugh (at least not so I could hear him) was my Uncle T.D.. I'd called to thank Aunt Amy for the box of Christmas goodies she sent me and she wasn't home so I talked to him for a minute.
At any rate.
I'm now going out with J to finish HIS Christmas shopping.
Mine plus teh 1/2 of his I took on this year is done, wrapped and ready to rock !
So now we just have to finish off him.
Will have to update more later.