Was sick. I said dramatically to my Year 10s this morning in a very husky voice, "Will you just shush! I had a near-death experience this weekend."

That got their attention. For about five seconds.

Progressively better. My voice is not as husky now, the cough not as hacking. I might even be back to normal tomorrow!

"If anything, this has been a wake up call," I said laboriously between coughs to P, "I am doing too much. I need to cut down on stuff."

"Um ... isn't that what we've been trying to tell you this past six months?"

"Oh. Yes. Hmm."

Sometimes, I can't see past my very own nose until something comes right up and bites me there.