Worries

Hello!

So, I am a worrier. No matter how hard I try, I cannot eliminate this facet of my character. Mostly, I worry about people. If I don't hear from them, then I worry. If I think they seem upset, then I worry. If I don't think they're doing the best thing for themselves, then I worry. Anyways, I bring all of this up because my friend Possum (aka my Canadian Twin) has been ABSENT from the Internet since MONDAY. For some people, this would not be at all unusual. For her, it is. So I went on THIS MASSIVE STALKING EXPEDITION. First, I checked all of her sites. Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo, Blogspot, Ning, etc. No word from her. So then I checked the websites for the news outlets around where she lives. And I was glad not to find anything there. AND THEN I checked her sister's facebook profile, which was updated with a status YESTERDAY! Which, I think, is promising. If some sort of tragedy had befallen the family, then surely Possum's sister wouldn't be posting a status update about her lack of cell phone charger. So I'm still worried, but I no longer have THAT WORRIED FEELING in my stomach. Now I'm just restless-worried.

That's right. There are different STAGES of worry from me. The first is just the casual "wonder what's going on there" thing. After that I progress to this restless "WHAT'S GOING ON??" stage. Following that stage is the GUT feeling. Not the gut feeling that I know something's wrong, but instead the gut feeling that I'm WORRIED that something is wrong. I really feel emotions in my stomach. Other people feel emotions in their stomach, right? I mean, that's not so odd! Or maybe it is. Anyways, I can't trust things like gut feelings or instincts because EVERY feeling is a gut feeling if the feeling is strong enough (for me). But yeah, my worry for Possum has downgraded to the restless worried stage. Which is really why I'm blogging. Because I feel restless, I mean.

SPEAKING OF WORRIES, I was PLANNING on going home this weekend, but now it's meant to snow! Meaning I cannot drive because living in the Southeaster US, you don't exactly get a lot of EXPERIENCE with the whole driving in the snow thing. So now I'm probably going to have to stay here at school all by myself. My roommate's going on a retreat for this leadership program that she's in. But, you know, it's cool. I'll just read and get ahead on my homework. Ok, I won't ACTUALLY get ahead on my homework, but I will PLAN on it, which is almost as good (not really). But the reading should be tons of fun! I haven't had a lot of time for pleasure reading this semester due to the fact that I've had tons of reading for class to do. I did read a Sarah Dessen book last week though. Keeping the Moon. I really like the story, but I hate the cover! It's really awkward. It has this GIRL on it, but it only shows her shorts! SERIOUSLY. The front of her shorts and some leg and some stomach (bare, of course). Is that meant to help the book sell?? Because I'm pretty sure the only people who read Sarah Dessen are girls (for the most part), and I'm PRETTY POSITIVE that that image won't ENTICE them to read the book. Actually, now that I think about it, the covers are the reasons that I resisted Dessen for so long. I know, I know...judging a book by it's cover. But I do that! Anyways, Possum convinced me to read one, and I'm glad that I did! And now we're back to Possum. *sighs* *worries* *wrings hands*

Ok, I think that's all that I'm going too write for now! Woot! Second blog on this site! How exciting.

Best wishes!
Wombat