well, you may have heard the rumor and i am finally able to say it is true. i will not be returning to boston this fall to finish up at longy. there, there darling, don't cry. i shall visit of course. since i have cheap places to stay and people to see, why wouldn't i? so, i am in the process this moment of moving all my crap (how do i have so much when i lived in such a small space?) out and i have to drive back to ohio tomorrow.
why have i not said anything sooner? i have been a chicken about talking to certain people before i made it "official", such as rachael & jayne. of course, jayne's reaction was "oh no!...well, you weren't happy...do you have any of my books? when you are packing just double check...okay, bye". remember feeling like i was wednesdays at 11? yeah. i have also been EXTREMELY busy with classes at capital this summer and feel like i am failing folk song. i've never been good at it and having hours and hours of homework is not helping. but it has been incredible and i am learning so much.
okay, so what are my plans? well, i'm going to transfer to akron and see what happens. much of my reason to leave is financial, but i also wanted to do more performing of opera stuff which i can't do unless i join the opera department. i also miss singing in a choir. anyway, i am hoping to find a part time teaching job as well so i can continue that track, but i want to finish this performing degree.
so, my sweet darlings, this is the end of this chapter of my life. it is really strange, but i think it is the right decision to make. i will miss all the people i laughed & cried & worked with in boston. my starbucks friend, i am certain i will never find co-workers as wonderful as you.
please keep in touch and if you are ever in cleveland, let me know! - karen
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Monday, July 16, 2007
Weddings, Relationships & Birthdays
On the eve of my birthday celebrating my 24 years of existence I have come to think about all that has happened in this year to me and my friends. It seems that life changes come about it so many different ways. People die, they wed, they move, they change. The reflection of myself is fairly similar to the one I was a year ago. But is it?
A recent speaker said that when you are in your twenties every thing seems important. What you are doing, where you are going and how you are going to get there in life needs to be answered asap. But when you hit your thirties, these questions become less important, because you begin to look around and realize that life isn't that pushy.
So many of my friends have married and I am happy for them. When two people can bring out the best in one another they should be together. And there will always be little thing perhaps that may become bothersome, that is normal. But when are the "little things" really big things that we live in denial about. When should we start to take a step back and say "wait, this isn't right."
My life has gone all over and right now I am making some tough decisions. Teaching, singing, school...where do I want to go?
And after talking with tons of my old friends at a wedding this past weekend, I have found that I am not the only one to ask those questions and to make resolutions.
So, I may have made some errors, but it is how I fix them that show who I am.
On the eve of my birthday I am okay with life and glad I have the choice to make decisions for myself. I would never have seen myself as this studious a person. 24 years old. Erg. How weird is that?
A recent speaker said that when you are in your twenties every thing seems important. What you are doing, where you are going and how you are going to get there in life needs to be answered asap. But when you hit your thirties, these questions become less important, because you begin to look around and realize that life isn't that pushy.
So many of my friends have married and I am happy for them. When two people can bring out the best in one another they should be together. And there will always be little thing perhaps that may become bothersome, that is normal. But when are the "little things" really big things that we live in denial about. When should we start to take a step back and say "wait, this isn't right."
My life has gone all over and right now I am making some tough decisions. Teaching, singing, school...where do I want to go?
And after talking with tons of my old friends at a wedding this past weekend, I have found that I am not the only one to ask those questions and to make resolutions.
So, I may have made some errors, but it is how I fix them that show who I am.
On the eve of my birthday I am okay with life and glad I have the choice to make decisions for myself. I would never have seen myself as this studious a person. 24 years old. Erg. How weird is that?
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Brien & Melissa's Wedding & Gang Wars
This past weekend Evan and I got to go a beautiful wedding for Brien and Melissa, who I sang with summers ago at Blossom. Evan sang beautifully and I got to meet some of his friends and dance to "Baby Got Back". I always had a bad impression of Cincinnati, but it wasn't as ghetto as I remember.
What the groom does the morning of the wedding (watches ESPN)
Evan singing during the ceramony
So pretty!
Brien & Evan
Melissa & I
Evan & I
Zoey the cat
Brett & Evan
Speaking of ghetto, Adriane and I got to see some gang fights at the fireworks last night. Red, White and Boom has now taken on a new meeting.
Adriane & I in downtown C-bus...
...sitting here (look at the sign in the back, it says "Columbus")
Where we were standing to watch the fireworks
Me after the first round of fighting took place behind us (before a guy got tasered, after the girl was taken away by the police)
Fireworks! (Happy Fourth of July, the best month ever, everyone!!)
What the groom does the morning of the wedding (watches ESPN)
Evan singing during the ceramony
So pretty!
Brien & Evan
Melissa & I
Evan & I
Zoey the cat
Brett & Evan
Speaking of ghetto, Adriane and I got to see some gang fights at the fireworks last night. Red, White and Boom has now taken on a new meeting.
Adriane & I in downtown C-bus...
...sitting here (look at the sign in the back, it says "Columbus")
Where we were standing to watch the fireworks
Me after the first round of fighting took place behind us (before a guy got tasered, after the girl was taken away by the police)
Fireworks! (Happy Fourth of July, the best month ever, everyone!!)
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