No Filter Cordelia

Hey all you out there in Cyberspace!

It's Cordelia,

Back when I started this website (6 years ago) I was a totally different person. I was quiet, I was reserved, and whenever something bothered me instead of voicing it, I'd run home and write about what my alter ego "Cordelia" would do in that type of situation because I was too scared to.

However, now it's a totally different story. I'm no longer my cool, quiet old self. It's like Cordelia and I finally found common ground again and meshed back into a single person.

Lately I've found I've been iritable and for the first time in my Adult Life I've been extremely unafraid to speak my mind. I've broken free from my shell. Normally I'd only stick up for those around me but for the for the first time I've been standing up for myself.

I honestly think it's a combination of sleep deprivation and stress but I'm grateful for it it because it has shown the inner me that I AM in charge of my own destiny and that the only person that could ever hold me back is myself.

What have you guys been up to recently? I feel like I haven't heard from you in forever. Leave me a comment and let me know how you are.

-Cordelia

The Week Without a Voice

Hey all you out there in Cyberspace,

 It's Cordelia,

   For those of you who don't know me outside of the blog, I have been getting over a particularly bad cold. As a result I have had little to no voice over the past few days and it has made things extremely difficult.
   For starters, I sound like golem from Lord of the Rings and one of my coworkers even tried to get me to say "my precious" in my messed up sick voice a couple days ago... it was funny, but it sucked. I tried everything I could think of to try and make my throat feel better; I tried old Greek remedies my grandmother told me about, I tried cold medicine, I tried tea with honey, I even tried whiskey and coke ( at the advice of my childhood best friend), but nothing was working.
    I swear people were just messing with me to try and get me to yell because my voice kept making this crazy crackling, squealing noice each time I tried to raise my voice. It would feel like I was having one sided conversations since Sunday when I first got sick. And the worst part is, as my voice was slowly starting to get better, it was going through some creepy undesirable stages such as the "Oscar the Grouch" phase and the "Grinch" phase.
    But then finally tonight by some stroke of luck my voice finally managed to come back. Yeah, I'm not going to lie, my throat still hurts ALOT but at least I can talk again. I never really realized how much I really need my voice to complete my day to day tasks. I just hope it doesn't flee on me again before tomorrow.

I hope you all have a nice night!