This is not fun. Technically I cheated and did some talking today, but it was very necessary talking. Dr. Stoltzfus is going on sabbatical next semester, so we just had our last concert with him and I will have graduated by the time he gets back. Saying goodbye counts as necessary. I still lip-synced most of the carol concert today, though. Everything except the Chorale pieces and our little section of the Pinkham.
But then I had dinner with Roomate and Friend Since Preschool, and didn't say anything the entire time. Wrote a lot, though. I think that the waitress thought for a minute that I was refusing to speak to her because I didn't like her or something, but she was really nice about everything. Roommate says that since I can't talk I've been doing way-over-the-top facial expressions to compensate. This feels true, but of course I can't see my own face.
After my little scare yesterday I did a few tests to see if I could figure out a way to make noise just in case. It turns out that I can sing really, really low in my range, so if I really, really have to say something I start with a humming noise and just sort of make words over the top of that. Unfortunately, even that doesn't work all of the time and I can only do about half of English consonant sounds. This is going to be the longest two weeks of my life.
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