My name is Cynthia, and I am a Blogoholic.
2007 has been a major kick in my keister, with the theoretical frozen boot and all. I will get to all that, eventually, I am sure, but suffice it to say: it has been a bit of a schmozzle in many respects.
To shift the focus and [...]

I was waiting until the new year (go ‘08!) to start this blog, until someone asked me: why wait?
A lot of reasons came tumbling out of my mouth: a new job that I am putting a lot of energy into, the holidays and all of the craziness that comes with that, the research I want [...]

Breath caught at the base of throat
scared to breathe, to hope.
To hope perchance to fail?

Not stomach churning, bowel-emptying, paralyzing fear…it’s worse?
If my bowels were emptied suddenly or my stomach churned, I would know what to do (flush those undies and grab some Pepto).
Flicker of hope, only to be doused by a buckets of
avoidance, procrastination, rationalization, [...]