the bayou crud

The countdown is ON! One more day until Spring Break OFFICIALLY begins!

Ironically, I again have absolutely no voice. The crud that the kids had last week caught MQE and I, and I have been left with it settling in my throat. How to teach two classes tonight, I do not know, but they will be talking much more than I will--definitely a plus in a foreign language classroom.

During our time living in N'awlins, we would call this late-winter/early spring virus the "bayou crud"...quite fitting, it seemed, as the foggy, wet, humid mornings would just seem to settle in our bodies and, yes, I would lose my voice and that was that. Maybe this is a Bayou curse...even if you move away from N'awlins, it will still come and find you...

I read somewhere that those born under the Taurus sign have as their sensitive body area their throats and necks. It said that many Taureans are good singers (I can hold a tune) and have beautiful, long necks (often I have felt my neck is a little too long, but we are our own worst critics, are we not?) and that they suffer from many issues in their throats as a result--and I have been losing my voice at least a couple times a year now since puberty. Not that I believe necessarily in the astrology of physiological phenomena, but it's fun and very interesting when it corresponds.

Okay, Baby is up and awake. I have to clean the house up a bit, as a student is coming over at noon today to take an exam that he missed last week. Temperatures are up...it is getting to be Spring! I saw crocuses at the point of bursting into bloom yesterday and my heart leapt for joy. I love Spring!