missing and maybe found

I feel a tap on the shoulder and a voice softly stating "it's 6:50, time to wake up." As my eyes slowly open and I roll out of bed, I find that my throat feels slightly inflamed with a pain on the left side. I try to speak. 

silence. 

Try again, nothing. Reaching for the bottle of water on my drawer, I unscrew, pour, and swallow, only to feel slight relief.  

Dare I try again? I do, and I hear a faint whisper.

>skipped my first class of the day (discussion) can you imagine that being done with a whisper?< 

attended lecture (due to the fact that attendance is taken). Just my luck as I walk across campus, there is a group gathering of smokers.  Wonderful for me, no? As if it couldn't make my situation any worse-my throat-and I overhear someone say, "I wanna face this way because the wind is blowing and I wanna smoke."  Does anyone else find something odd about that statement, or is it just me? 

I mean, WHY does it matter which way you face?

1. the wind maybe be blowing a certain way, but what about those who are passing by? they still have to deal with the smoke
2. aren't you the one inhaling it anyways, so for you to face another direction doesn't really help
3. the fact that it didn't make my throat feel better and I don't particularity like the smell of smoke

Anyways,

About 5 minutes into the class a I hear an enquerre tone say "is this seat taken?" I shake my head. He sits, then asks another question. "What is that for?" (referring to the slide projected on screen) I answer. He cannot hear, and I state in a semi-louder whisper: this is as loud as I get. 

so, he listens more cautiously.

By the time lunch rolls around, I have taken a nap and once again, attend class. Drank orange juice before leaving and after class, recovered part of my voice. Yay for orange juice. It does a body good. 

**Hopefully the full restoration process is on the way and this disgusting cold will be gone.**