New Year Adventures

So, for a New Year, this one is starting off on an irritating note. First, I have had a sinus cold since before New Year's. I can't sing, can barely talk, and have had to go and get antibiotics to get rid of it since it has become an infection.
We still have piles of branches all over town from all the trees that were destroyed in the ice storm. Our street has them on both sides. There have been some trucks in the neighborhood today. It would be nice to get rid of the stuff. I don't like the smoke from them burning the branches, though. We had lots of smoke blowing across town last week when they started burning. Some of us are allergic to wood smoke.

Also, to make for even more irritation, Google didn't want to let me log in to this blog today. Had to reset my password and the whole nine yards. Google needs to work on being less dorky if they want to keep customers happy. They keep changing things without notifying people first. Not very courteous.

I hope everyone had a nice Christmas. Ours was pretty nice. We ran things on a shoestring, and hence have no credit card debt additions from Christmas. That is a good thing. We are paying those suckers off as fast as we can. (Not fast enough for my taste, but still, the more I see the balance going DOWN the happier I am.)
I am anxious to get back to voice practice. I feel like I have lost so much ground, I'll never make it up. I also feel like I will have permanent damage from all the irritation to my vocal cords from this crud. I hope not, but I am afraid that every day this crap lingers adds to the possibility of damage. I am also afraid we'll lose our spots in choir from missing too many Sundays. Probably not, but still, it feels too weird not to be in choir. Church is no fun if you can't sing. (So much of our service is sung.)

That's about all the angst I have to share this time.