my name is karel. i'm 26 years old and reside in portland, oregon, although i'm from the east coast - new jersey and new york city, specifically. currently i'm a graduate student in school counseling. i have numerous artistic pursuits, including writing, graphic design, jewelry design, and knitting. (although i'm actually quite bad at knitting.) i have a failproof weakness for chef boyardee beef ravioli.
portland blog - my boyfriend brian and i document our adventures out west
sunshower design jewelry - my handmade jewelry business
scrawl - password-protected site for my writing (email me for access)
pdx hoods - coming soon!
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Sunday, September 27, 2009
Wow! I have been away for far too long. In fact, I believe it's been over a year since I switched to wordpress because I hated my blog layout but didn't have enough time, energy, or brainpower to design a new one. And then, let's be honest, I pretty much sucked at blogging all spring and summer.
However, I had always fully intended on returning to the blog-world. In fact, in the past few months, there have been many moments during which I thought, I should blog about this. Then I would remember that my blog was a sorry excuse for a blog, hang my head in shame, and cry myself to sleep. Finally, just last week, I decided to stop wallowing in my self-pity and just get the new design up so I had it done before classes start tomorrow.
Oh, yeah! I'm officially a grad student now, and my first term starts tomorrow. I had my orientation last Thursday, which was a long day of tons of information dumping, but served well to make me even more anxious to start than I had already been all summer. My program is three years, including summers, and I'm having a hard time wrapping my mind around the idea that when I finish school, I'll be 29. That's almost 30!!!
In fact, I've begun to realize that the next four years of my life are going to be extremely pivotal with regards to my future. I'll be pursuing my Masters - a step toward an actual, defined career with some sort of direction. In that process, I'll be hopefully meeting many influential people in my field and really building a fruitful professional network. Somewhere in the middle of all that, I'll most likely be planning my wedding, and post graduation, having my wedding. And then my real life will begin! And I'll turn 30 for real!
Anyway, I'm writing this with Mythbusters blaring in the background, a congested right nostril (well, the whole right side of my face, really), and several hours of fatigue weighing down on me. I'd better get to bed so I can be rested for my first day of class (!!!) and for blog posts of higher quality to come.
