Amping Up the Throes (Or Throeing Up the Amps?)

            On the docket:

                       Listen to more rap music

                       Make plans to see Matthew in February

                       Finish Jamie’s Baby Shower gift (like, NOW)

                       Continue ridding arm flub

                       Prepare next week’s docket

throe

-noun

   1.   a violent spasm or pang; paroxysm.

   2.   a sharp attack of emotion.

   3.   throes,

          a.  any violent convulsion or struggle: the throes of

             battle.

          b.  the agony of death.

          c.  the pains of childbirth.

-synonyms

3a. upheaval, tumult, chaos, turmoil.

par•ox•ysm

-noun

   1.    any sudden, violent outburst; a fit of violent action

         or emotion: paroxysms of rage.

   2.    Pathology. a severe attack or a sudden increase in

         intensity of a disease, usually recurring periodically.