New Kid on the Block

So I am new to this whole blog/blogger world, and thought I would give it a whirl. And why not start a blog during the most important season of my life... my journey to becoming a college graduate. This journey I think will be the basis for this blog. Before I start bemoaning about the world and the scary future ahead of me, I thought it might be best to have my first blog posting to me about why I chose the name that I did: Not Your Ordinary Emmalee.

When I first thought about becoming a blogger, or whatever the proper wordage and verbiage is, I knew I need a catchy and memorable name. Then it hit me... my name. Emmalee (or Emma-Lee, depending on the day of week of my mood). Emmalee... slightly generic, yet not your ordinary spelling. I am not your ordinary Emily... I am Emmalee. I set myself apart. And if you (that special reader who loves me enough to read this) knows anything about, you know that there is not a single ordinary thing about me.

Now enough about that... on to the important part of this. My ramblings. Since this is my first post, I am not exactly sure where I am going with this just yet, other than I want to get my first post done and posted... get my feet wet. One thing though that makes me slightly nervous about this blogging thing is that there is no grammar corrections and minimal spell check. As an English major, this scares me. Fragments and run-ons are an absolute nightmare, and I don't have the comfort here of being "called out" if I did commit the cardinal sin of writing. So I will hence fourth write all my further postings in fear of these two cardinal sins. I have come to notice, that as I write this... there is absolutely no point to any of this so far, I have not gotten to the meat of the matter. Right now, it is the equivalent of verbal salad... all lettuce and no meat.

I think the fourth paragraph is now a good place to be cleared of the verbal salad, and on to the meat of the matter. Life. Today was Super Bowl Sunday, and a lot of important things have happened beyond the Packers winning the Super Bowl. Today, one of my dear sweet friends, Jen Smith, gave birth to her first child, the beautiful Abiella Kaitlyn Smith. But also today, within an hour of finding out about Abbi's safe delivery, I got a phone call about another dear sweet friend, Goldie, will be expecting her second child. All the news of babies today, has set a lot of things in perspective... namely the fact that I am getting old. People all around are getting engaged, married and popping out sweet bundles of joy. Its scary to think that some of my friends that I spent many of my college years with are now mothers. My friends are parents. Thats weird to admit. I am excited for them in all aspects, but nervous for them at the same time. I guess this is because all three of us, myself, Jen and Goldie, are all entering new seasons of life. I am about to become a big kid and embark on my own with a job, and bills to pay and an apartment to keep up. (But right now, it looks like the apartment won't be a reality until the end of the year.) Then there is Jen, who is entering a new season of life... being a mommy. I am beyond words excited for her and Drew, and also for baby Abbi and to get to see her grow up. And then there is Goldie, who already has August (my favorite one year old) who is expecting her second. Goldie is just one lady who I absolutely admire. I have gotten to watch her grow up and mature... and see how much her life has changed drastically since August of 2006 when I first met her. With all this being said, I admire these ladies and its scary to think that I will be where they are 5-10 (hopefully not 10) years from now.

All in all... I am not ready to escape my safe bubble of Blue Mountain College, but at the same time, I am ready to. I am ready to put my mark on the world, and make a name for myself. So I am going to allow this blog to document my journey in my final semester of college, and as I prepare myself to make my mark on the world.

I think that is enough ramblings for now. :)