Instead of the Swine Flu, I think I have the HOARSE flu! :-) I lost my voice at work today :-( Unfortunately being a ranger does not work when you don't have a voice. I started out giving tours this morning, but by the afternoon I didn't sound very good. My voice isn't terribly loud normally, but it's even worse when I don't have a voice at all. I've been drinking soothing things this evening, but still no voice. Hopefully a good night's sleep will do the trick.
Speaking of the Swine Flu (or H1N1), hopefully none of the rangers get it after our school bus from Chicago this morning. Chicago is the only part of the state that has confirmed cases of H1N1, and when a load of 8th graders from Chicago arrived today (it's unusual to have bus groups on Sundays), the first thing they said was, "Some of us are really sick and have been throwing up all night." Oh great, thanks. Maybe we should have some of those cool blue face masks.
Anyway, yesterday was a very fun day at the Lincoln Home. It was my day off, but I needed to go to work for living history volunteer training. There was a lot of excitement going on at the park with the 114th Illinois Volunteer Regiment reenactors doing an encampment next to the Lincoln Home. It was really cool! They fired muskets and walked around the park chatting with visitors. And my favorite ranger, Kaiser, was there too! Isn't he cute with his little ranger badge? He is so sweet (unless you're a bad guy). Then when I got home yesterday, all of the animal children were more than happy to sit on my lap. They actually don't really care about being with me--they just like the heater that I usually have pointed at my legs. And they like my fleece blanket. But isn't that a funny picture of all the children? Well, I'm off to bed and will hopefully wake up with a voice.
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