Shortcake has lost her voice. It's due to a combination of factors: lack of sleep, the weather finally turned, no humidifier in the room, a sore throat developed into a cold, and she spent 5 days talking loudly for 8 hours straight as an elf.
It didn't help that Saturday night she went to a bar and yelled over people and music for 2 hours. For those concerned with Shortcake's moral leadership, she only had a water and left at 1am.
For those concerned with Shortcake's health, she is consuming massive quantities of clementines, sucking down cough drops while elfing, drinking gobs of tea, and taking Tylenol for the sore throat. And the humidifier is up and running. This is just a cold. She just happens to sound like a husky folk singer.
Saturday was a long day. Shortcake was working for 5 1/2 hours straight without a break. This was a fluke accident, but by 3pm (after starting at 9:30am), she needed to eat. Usually, Shortcake hates breaks, but in rehearsals or running shows there are chances to grab a snack or sit down. Working the Village exit and as an usher elf requires constant talking and energy. At the end of the day, she worked the maze for two hours. It was good it was the last two hours of her last day of the week because Shortcake was tired, hungry, and was starting to lose her voice.
Even if she has no voice for tomorrow's shift, at least she'll have energy after a day off and sleeping for 8 hours.
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