What happened to my voice?

How can you make a woman miserable? How about taking away her voice for three days?

I've lost my voice and don't know where to find it! I don't know what happened. I had a cold that I brought home from South Carolina, but I was feeling better by Friday. Then I played "Texas Hold-Em" -- strictly for charity, you understand -- Friday night! It was fun! Never played "serious" cards before -- but this really was for fun since we weren't playing for money and it was for the Cancer Society! The only other woman playing was Tessa - my daughter's age! It took me a while to convince the boys not to call me Mrs. Hatcher -- they were all my daughters' ages too! And I hung in there for a while! Made it to the take-down to two tables from three! And, seriously, I didn't holler a lot! I was very dignified! It might actually be more fun than Bunco!

Anyway, when I got home, I had to cough some -- and no, no one was smoking cigars in there -- and then my voice disappeared! So far, it hasn't come back, and it makes it a bit difficult to communicate -- especially when communication is your job!

Hopefully it will come back by Friday. That's our Relay For Life for the American Cancer Society, and I'm the emcee for the Luminaria Ceremony and Survivor Dinner!

We've got the cutest t-shirts -- well, my Texas Hold-em t-shirt was cute too, Paul! But our t-shirts for WEC were designed by daughter Anna and look really good. We're going to have so much fun Friday night -- fun, food, walking, talking (I hope), dancing -- and all for a good cause. I've lost too many friends to cancer. All the money raised goes to the Cancer Society for research to find a cure! Want to donate? Click here!