My last Tripod blog entry
I think Tripod is moving towards only hosting paying blogs (they already are only accepting new paying blogs and have cut the features on free existing ones). Since I am poor/cheap, I decided to move my blog to Blogger. It will take some getting used to but I think it will actually be more fun. Here's the link: http://emmaemmac.blogspot.com

Blogs, Blogs, Blogs

* I found Dave Barry's Blog.  Now I can check out all the funny web news without having to look for it.  Perfect for when I'm bored. 

* Here is a blog of one man's journey 'round the world in a year.  I don't think I could really do this but it's good to dream. 

Emporia's Weather

Moody
I feel .  The internet feels .

Which X-men Character Am I?

You are Storm! You are very strong and very protective of those
you love. You are in tune with nature and are
very concerned with justice and humanity.
Unfortunately, certain apprehensions and fears
are very hard for you to overcome, and can
often inhibit you when most need to be strong.

Which X-Men character are you most like?
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Emmas are Everywhere! Don't you love them?

I've always had this obsession with things with "Emma" in them.  I think it comes from the lack of personalized items when I was a child.  So I tried everything Emma I could get my hands on- books, stickers, movies.  Now, everything is Emma and I'm having a hard time keeping up!  Here's useless info about my name- does it fit me?

Origin- Latin or Teutonic.  Ethnic backgrounds include Italian, Swedish, English, French, and Hispanic

Meaning- I've seen several meanings, including healer, universal, nurse.  The weirdest one I saw was "grandmother" 

According to http://www.kabalarians.com/female/emma.htm, Emma "creates a restless, creative nature that takes you into many ventures, but does not allow you to see things through to a satisfactory completion. Yours is a versatile, musical, artistic, but independent nature and you must have the freedom to express your creative ideas and abilities to be happy. An urge for independence causes dissatisfaction and frustration in close relationships and you find the "ties that bind" restricting. The qualities of this name would find a more constructive outlet in work that involves high-pressure selling or promotional activities, possibly in community affairs, for it contains a positive, driving power. It is difficult for you to merge with others; although you have quickness of mind, you lack tolerance and can give way to impatience at another's slowness or shortcomings. If you cannot complete your plans when you wish to do so, you could suffer intense moods of depression and extreme sensitivity in the region of the solar plexus, resulting possibly in ulcers or nervous disorders. This name could take you into bitter experiences through impulsive action. You need more stability to find peace of mind, relaxation and happiness in life."

 

Middle of Nowhere = Western Kansas
I'm back from Hugoton!

Crush (I don't know why I use everyone else's name but I feel weird using his name on here) called at 7:30 am Saturday. Yeah, it was early and I was tired. I think he felt bad about waking me up/ me driving to see him and he told me that we could meet in Wichita sometime. Well, silly me, I decided to go anyways, called my parents, got ready and left here about 10:00 am.

I drove and drove and drove some more. The grass started turning into scrubby patches of brown and all hills and trees disappeared. The directions were surprising accurate (I didn't expect much with directions like turn right when you see a turn lane.). Only one problem- it took soooooooooo long. After driving for 6 hours, I thought I was almost there. I made the last turn and saw . . ."Hugoton 23". So here I was in the middle of nowhere and still had half an hour to go! Finally, I got there at 4:30, after only 6 1/2 hours of driving.

Needless to say, I was pretty much dead the rest of the day. As soon as I got there, He suggested that we pick up some groceries. My eyes glazed over, I said okay. On the road, I figure out that we are going to Liberal, about 45 minutes away. I just daze there, back, and the rest of the night.

Sunday was nice though. I got to see the town, we watched a couple of movies, and took the son to the park. Hugoton is in the middle of nowhere but it is a nice town, I can see why He likes it.

Today was the first day of school so yesterday I helped staple the rules and expectations together and helped work on his webpage (okay, I tried to help, his eyes were as glazed over as mine had been Sat.). Then, today, we got up at 6:30 and I left at 7:30.

Somehow I missed my turn. I got to Sublette and knew it was wrong. I stopped for directions at a gas station and was told to just stay on U.S. 56 until Wichita. So I stayed on 56 and prayed I would find my way home. After seeing tumbleweed and bison, I was really worried. I stopped on the side of the road, pulled out my Kansas map and saw that 56 did not go to Wichita but joined with U.S. 50, which goes through Emporia. So, I followed that and got home in just 5 hours! How did I manage to drive for 1 1/2 hours less when I got lost? Maybe I should get lost more!

Anyways, I had a very nice trip and really enjoyed getting to see where he lives. It was also nice to see that those mythical Western Kansas towns like Kingman, Emma Creek, Meade, and Sublette really DO exist. I'm not going back for another year though!

A change in plans
I had my plans for the night and weekend all set. Then. . .my crush called. We talked for awhile and somehow we decided that I should go to Paola next weekend and Hugoton this weekend. And he's calling before he leaves for work tomorrow at 7:30. So no going out for me- and I don't know that going out could make me any happier than I am now, especially since I made some calls to go out and no one wanted to go out with me.

So night night for me!

I'm Great!
B just called me, completely drunk, praised me on my wonderfulness, and told me I could have any guy I want. I don't REALLY believe it but coupled with Adam's phone call telling me I am his dream woman, I'm on a great high. Time to go out!

I'm going home tomorrow- get to see the mouse. I talked to my mom today and she told about how he jumped on top of the china cabinet and took a nap. She was surprised but I know he's a little monkey! I guess he's getting used to life there which is good news, but it makes me worried that he'll forget me. He's the sunshine of my life, he shouldn't forget me!

It's not tomorrow though so no worrying about the mouse- it's time to see what's going on TONIGHT!

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