Mass In the Water!

Today I went to a Mass in the water! Fr. Mike no longer sounds like Darth Vader/R2D2-Combo ... his voice still sounds very deep and with a major cold -- but this morning whenever he spoke it sounded like he was not only speaking with his mouth full, but blowing bubbles in a large body of water – as the wind whistled around us! :O) ... Again, I struggled not to laugh during communion as the vision of Jesus doing the Last Supper under water popped into my head! And as I was talking with him after the service, I began to hear a bit of Donald Duck in Fr. Mike’s voice as well! :O) ... Everyone else’s voice still sounds just very deep and with a major cold and like they’re talking with their mouths full – but the Darth Vader/R2D2-Combo effect is gone. I wonder if I heard more in Fr. Mike’s voice today (the bubbles, wind, and Donald Duck) because I’ve listened to him the most and have had more of a chance to adjust to his voice?

Music is becoming a wee bit more recognizable as music – in fact, I recognized the Netzero
jingle on my computer when I connected to the internet tonight! My own singing, though, sounds NOTHING like music – all I hear from MY voice is static, a few sounds here and there like I’m about to throw up or something, and a bunch of gaps in between – and a definitely longer split-second delay between when I hear it and when I sing it! ... I sang to Jenda in the car when I took her for a ride – and she meowed at me quite a few times for that! Now she sounds a little less like a train whistle and a little more like a kitty cat! I also heard her purr today, for sure – and it sounds like leaves rustling/static. :O)

Several other things are beginning to sound a wee bit more natural, too: the water pouring from the faucet; the toilet flushing; the cars, etc., on the road; the telephone ringing; the computer keyboard as I type ... but just a WEE bit – only enough to notice a difference. ... I’ve only turned the volume up half a notch today, so I may not switch to the next program as soon as I ‘d planned – I was going to do it tomorrow afternoon, but I may wait until Sunday ... we’ll see. :O)