a new chapter.

I did it. I graduated. I am officially an Oregon State Alumni. I finished my final project and presentation yesterday afternoon, I'm moving to Portland tomorrow and starting my new J-O-B on Monday.

It hasn't hit me yet that everything will be different, but I know it's coming. I'm a little sad, kinda nervous, anxious and overwhelmed but mostly very excited for the new phase of my life.




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Senior skip day.

This weekend I will be doing a lot of irresponsible college-student, celebratory activities on behalf of my final weekend as a college student. Next thursday I will have to say goodbye to my comfortable, fun, do-what-i-want lifestyle and prepare for the next chapter of my life: working girl!

Which- don't get me wrong, I am very excited about.... but, also nervous.

Anyway, this weekend is about celebrating and saying goodbye to a great college town, experience and the fabulous memories that OSU has given me these past 41/2 years.

To kick off the weekend right, we've decided to have a senior skip day (hopefully my professor doesn't find this...) We've decided to spend the afternoon wine tasting in the beautiful, Oregon Willamette Valley vineyards.

Goodbye OSU. Hello weekend. Heelllllooooooooo celebration!

It has arrived!

Well. It happened...

And, let me tell you... it happened fast!

Opportunity came--a knockin' and I couldn't be happier!

After two weeks, three nervous interviews, reference checks and days that seemed like years...

This afternoon I accepted a J-O-B offer with Waggener Edstrom Worldwide public relations agency! In two weeks, I will be graduating from College, Moving to Portland and meeting the rest of the Operations team at WE. It was a fantastic feeling and I can't wait for what's to come next!

I told you. BIG things have been happening in my life lately.

Thank you sincerely to everyone in my life who has supported and helped me in the past few months, I owe a lot of my success to you!

Lately...

Lately, my biggest struggle is the lack of job insurence.

ugh.

The main concern is that, in five weeks, I will have a degree for an industry in which, currently has no growing demand. At least not in Portland... or the entire Pacific Northwest, really.

I've been thinking a lot about the fate of my professional future.

I am having to consider a lot of alternatives. Each day I continue to positively talk my way through this agonizing process. I am trying to wrap my mind around other possibilities.

Above all, I am a creator. I am a thinker and a problem solver and I believe in inspiring innovation.

Maybe, I am not meant to design now...? Maybe I need to consider my other strengths and skills...? Maybe it's not my time?

I can do this. I can do this...

OSU. UO. Civil War. 2009.

Today is a BIG day to be a Beaver...

Not only is it our last game of the season AND Civil War against our rival Oregon School..University of Oregon, BUT we are also competing for the Pac-10 conference title!

Like I said....It's a great day to be a beaver!

On a day. like. today.

The countdown till Graduation, for me, began months ago... But, it's days much like today... on a sunny, cold, November morning...on the beautiful Oregon State campus, which is a place that I’ve been proud to call my home for the past 5 years. Today, as I sit at the busy Brew Station coffee house on 23rd and Monroe, with my soy latte and New York Times, I can't help but feel a little regretful by the thought of moving away from this beautiful place, in March. They say that our college years are the best years of our lives; I know they were honestly mine. I am so thankful for experiences I’ve had, the lessons I’ve learned (and not just in a classroom)… and the relationships I have built during my time here. I will miss you Oregon State… Especially in the fall…

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