Thanks, Tara!

Tara reminded me that I have a blog and that I should keep doing it. Thanks, Tara! I love you and miss you! I'm with you in Germany and you can be as well by checking out www.goingslowly.com. World cycle touring at it's finest.

So things are going really well. I moved in with two good friends from school, have a view of Mt. Mansfield and get to watch the sunset in my home. I love my room. It's cozy filled with pics of friends and inspirational saying. And hot pepper lights. :)

I'm enjoying my man quite a lot. He's affectionate, consistent, funny, a hard worker, and likes taking care of me. What a good guy. I'm very grateful for this experience, the first respectfully mature romantic relationship I've ever had. I'm not used to sharing so much of my life with someone but I'm not half bad at it. Time will tell.

My occasional gripping panics come from the world of job hunting. It's hard not to take it personally as applying for jobs is so similar to dating. You're interested, they're not so interested. They're interested, you're not so interested. They say they're interested but if they were REALLY interested they'd call you back. Ah, well. I'm working triple time to keep the fears of unknown situations at bay and up my happiness. Counting my blessings, the small successes of each day and cuddling. A LOT. :)

Giggle

I met a kind, considerate and hilarious man. He is making space for me and I for him. I'm having a bit of a tricky time with all my familiar rampant fears. So, today I breath and give thanks and space and let time make us what we will be.

PS He's adorable.

Done and done.

I've been working on my research regarding the Alexander Technique and its psychological and physiological effects on aerobic exercise performance in healthy humans (If you don't have over 7 words in your title, it's not scientific enough) for about a year and a half. Today I made my last presentation about it and I am done. Done. Done. Done. Thrilled to be done.

This experience goes in my halls of fame. I get a gold medal in the Being a Responsible Adult Olympics for this one. As cool as it was to do, this specific scientific community and I do not gel nor feed each other academically.

There were times were it took ever sense of responsibility and every bit of my core essence not to quit. And I didn't. I'm pretty sure it was worth it, even with developing mono a few months ago, but only time will tell.

Happy Karina.

Time flies.

And it has. Suffice to say, since I last blogged I have since seen my first roller derby (I am SO going to be in one soon), acquired my first Serbian facebook pen pal, and have almost finished my research of which I've spent the last year and a half on. It's been a nice time of death and rebirth. How about you?

Naps

What can I say?

There should be more.

Still sick but spring is here any way.

In the words of my friend Ben, "Keep looking for beauty".

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