Crap! I didn’t sleep well and now I have a slight fever, my throat is sore and I’m barking like a seal. My ears are getting itchy as well. I’m losing this battle! Throughout the day, I took steam baths to keep my lungs clear. If I get strep or an ear infection, I’ll need antibiotics. For now though, it’s bronchitis, and there’s not much you can do but rest.

Though sick, I started on my chip in earnest. I put in four hours, which was probably two hours too many. It wiped me out for the rest of the day.

A couple of silly things happened today. First off, one of my friends came by to drop off food. It was really sweet of her. I didn’t realize until that moment that I had lost my voice – I couldn’t make a sound! I hadn’t talked to anyone in over two days, so it came as a shock to me. My dog was also in her car. He could see me, and I sort of expected him to jump out the window to say hi to me, but he was thrilled to be in a car so he wasn’t going to move. He was happier to be with my friend.

Later that evening, I watched “Quest for Fire.” Because I had fans and a humidifier on, I opted to turn on closed captioning. Now think about that for a second. Quest for Fire… all I saw on the screen were phrases like “Awk quarg oot!” or notations like “prehistoric language” or “hopeful grunting.”