My Voldemort voice.

Voldermot, now there is a scary dude eh? As we all know almost no witch or wizard (or in this case - the children living in my house) dare to speak his name, instead referring to him (or in this case me) as "You-Know-Who", "He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named" or "the Dark Lord". Exactly the way I need to be addressed during my "Voldemort days".

My day began with the visit of unexpected sun - good!!! and BIG TIME dissappointment - bad. Plus, I got my hair cut on Sunday and it ended up much shorter than the comfortable 19 inches I like plus the bangs are also too short!!! This set the tune for the week. I will not bore you with the big dissappointment details. Needless to say I was expecting something and it did not happen. Now, I am 46 and should be perfectly capable of handling this dissappointment right? Yes, but much to everyone's distress it is happening during one of those Voldemort days.

Then today after checking e-mail and getting the afore mentioned BIG TIME dissappointment I get in the shower only to realize after I am done, that the wet towels from last night's showers were not laid out to dry so I had to dry off with a damp towel - cold and unpleasant. Then I walk downstairs to find out that last night's perishables were not put away. This would have, on a better day, been handled calmly by getting the perpetrators up to clean the kitchen instead it became a dramatic, loud "I cannot believe you guys behave like this" while all the time using my Voldermot voice. Yes, over the years I have found my Voldermot voice and I am always surprised to see how effective it is in getting my point across.

I continued to use the voice as I drove to work and cursed the construction work been done along Dunbar and 33rd and on what seems to be every street in Vancouver this Spring, which made me late for my first patient. Every once in a while I would look up at the rearview mirror and see the bangs - which led to more evil dark thoughts. WHY did I get bangs in the first place???

In my house I know both Sebastian and Benjamin are wishing for Harry Potter skills so that the prophecy can come true and they can have the power to vanquish the Dark Lord.  I would suggest the Cheering Charm. Description: Causes the person upon whom the spell was cast to become happy and contented, though heavy-handedness with the spell may cause the person to break into an uncontrollable laughing fit. Maybe that will work.