I have discovered that I use different parts of my voice to talk and to laugh. How did I discover this? Haha, because laughter is the only sound coming out of my throat that doesn't cause me pain.
*headdesk*
I was mostly fine this morning, a little croaky, but I assumed it was the usual "I'm awake but my vocal cords haven't caught up just yet." So I got to work and my voice kept getting worse and worse and I kept having to find ranges that I could talk in. Seriously, it was like "Okay, I've used up regular, high-and-squeaky, and quiet rasp, let's see if I've still got some juice left in phone-sex-operator." (Yes, I really have a phone-sex-operator voice. I have never worked as one, but apparently that's how I occasionally sound over the intercom.) And I would just use up these voices. And finally I ran out! I ran out of voices. Or ran out of voice. How ever you prefer to put it.
...So of course I got to work the phone and intercom today.
*headdesk*
Someone offered to switch with me, but fool me I figured I would have to talk more on a register. Haha, somehow I forgot to factor in that people can't see you gesturing over the phone. *facepalm* Plus apparently everyone needed to talk to fucking EVERYONE today, WTF? At one point I just whistled over the intercom to get someone's attention. I went through a shitload of receipt paper to scribble notes to people. I had to pour water down my throat and quickly use the remnants of phone-sex-operator voice in order to answer the phone.
And on top of that, I was tired. Like, ridiculously, stupidly tired. So tired I fell asleep in bed once I got home. That doesn't sound like much until I add that I was sitting up, eating a sandwich, reading a book, and listening to
a new fanmix I'd downloaded. ...Yeah, that mix just screams "lullaby." *headdesk*
In any case, I think what it means is that my voice comes from my throat and my laughter comes from below that. o_0 God knows if I really get going I can feel it in my abs. Still, I hadn't realized.