meisa's lagoon

cynthia likes to sleep like a mummy.
she lays on her back and crosses her hands over her chest. For good measure, she often places one foot over the other. i guess the egyptians mummified remains for good luck in the afterlife. maybe cynthia does it to have good dreams.
cynthia still believes that a handwritten letter is the most personal way of keeping in touch.
she'll send you emails all the time and call you often, but she'll still claim that she's not good with keeping in touch if she hasn't written you a letter. you can tell how much she likes you by how big she makes her handwriting in letters to you. i happen to know cynthia likes me a lot. either that, or she realizes that i'm on to her secret and doesn't want to make me feel bad.
cynthia is a champion list maker.
she'll make grocery lists, for sure. but then there will be her many to do lists, present giving lists, and my favorite...a list of all her lists.
cynthia is a queen procrastinator.
she'll do anything not to have to do what she's supposed to do. this includes realizing that the mildew on the ceiling of the bathroom is much too much to handle and she can not possibly go on without cleaning it first.
cynthia has a love/hate relationship with holiday candy.
from candy corn to valentine conversation hearts, she gorges then berates herself for gorging. she blames it on the clear glass jar that the candy is in. it beckons to her and she can't control herself.
cynthia is one of my favorite people.
i can't wait for this weekend, when i finally get to share holiday candy with her after a three and a half year hiatus. no one else makes candy corn as much fun to eat as cynthia. we will gorge and then yell at each other for eating too much of the heavenly corn.