Back in the Mid-west

First day on the job!

Hannah Abbott. Normal red-headed girl,  has been uprooted to America's Heartland. The great mid-western state of Kansas. Where the amber waves of grain roll beautifully in the seemingly relentless wind. Where the big blue sky stretches on forever and where the phrase "wide open spaces" takes on a whole new meaning. It is lovely here. The people are friendly and smile at you, and the sun shines for the most part.

They say the times you really find yourself is when you lose yourself. And that my friends, is true. In many different senses I suppose. But sometimes you just have to wind up getting lost, and it really is the best thing that could happen because when you're lost often times that's the best time to find yourself again. Anyway, I'm really trying to be deep and profound if you couldn't tell. But what I'm really getting at here is that we think we know where we're headed in life, we think we know where we're going and what's gonna happen. Then suddenly a big whirlwind picks you up and lands you in the middle of nowhere, where you know no one and you're not really you anymore, you become someone a little different. And that someone different is someone better than you were before, and things that would've been lost on you beforehand, are now clear as a bell. Lots of great lessons to be learned when you get lost, let me tell ya.

Go listen to the Brad Paisley song "Find Yourself" if you really want to hear what I'm talkin' about, cuz pretty sure I just slaughtered that. It was all clear in my head but sometimes what I'm thinking doesn't come out well through my fingers. Just go listen to the dang song.

Kansas is good though. I like it out here. I miss home a lot, and I miss mi familia, but this is all for the betterment of myself. I've had the opportunity to really slow down and take a look at myself and who I am out here, and I never had that time before. So it's good. I spend my time writing letters to people and working two jobs and hanging out with my aunt. I can't complain. I'm well fed and I have a bed to sleep on.

And, drum roll please....

THE QT IS HERE!!!! Oh boy. Oh golly good gosh. The QT, or the "Quik Trip" is the world's greatest gas station ever. It is beautiful, glorious, wonderful. It's indescrible. They have a whole wall dedicated to various fountain drinks, and shakes of all flavors, and endless rows of candies of every shape and size. I'm a bit of a gas station connoisseur so excuse me here for being so excited about a convenience store but it really is beautiful. By far one of the best things Kansas has to offer.

Well kids, there's no place like home, but Kansas isn't half bad.