Once again Latey McLate Late here, writing in my blog many months after the last one. Hehe. It’s safe to say that a lot has happened since then. For one the New Year is here and I will hope upon hope that this a great one. Less sad, more cheer!

Secondly, I am officially a Printmaking major at ECU and am currently planning the pieces that will be featured in my senior show. SO EXCITING! The panic will set in after I graduate and suddenly realize I have to pay my own bills somehow I considered posting about it when it happened almost 6 months ago buuuuuut…..then I skipped back to the studio and said, “I’ll do it tomorrow”. Classic, no? Living in the studio did obtain four A’s, a B, and a 2.9 GPA for me though. 2009 ended on a high note for me

Now, as for this year, the major to-do is getting married! FINALLY! As of June 15, 2010 I will be Mrs. Karina Constable! Oh my goshers! I’ll have to order new checkbooks and credit cards! Oh, and deal with all new insurance crap but not until mid Feb. I hope that the transition off mom’s insurance will be fairly hassle free and I won’t have to jump through too many hoops for my meds. I’m hard pressed to think negatively at the moment with a wedding on the horizon though I can finally give Keith a title with only two syllables and after three years of having to call him my fiance I bet the novelty won’t wear off any time soon.

School wise I’m also well organized for the new year and with hard work and a healthy diet I will definitely be graduating in Spring 2011. Again, very exciting but at the same time I cringe from the thought of true adulthood. My mom’s financial support has a blessing but at the same time a crutch. I have yet to live off my own income and since I’ve been a full time student with no real job in the past few years I’m dreading getting back into the working world. Hopefully the economy will continue to pick up and there will be more opportunities for someone with a Fine Arts degree by the time I graduate. Ideally I’ll win the lottery and not only not have to work again ever, but I’ll also be able to build a beautimus house with a big library and print studio for myself. Sigh! I’ll also wake up one morning and be a Master Printer and know how to use ALL Adobe products. Yea. I dream big

In reality I’m just hoping that my MS stays asleep for a very long time and that I can find some kind of full time work after college. At this point I may settle for McDonald’s, yuck. Although I abhor the thought of working retail again I would feel a lot better about myself once I’m no longer dependent on mom financially. I hope I can be as financially generous with my future children. There are certainly times when I think to myself I’m damn lucky mom is generous with her retirement money but I wouldn’t want to be shelling out money to my kids when they’re in their late twenties and still being college bums. Granted I feel that I’m rocking the house grade wise but I’m still a college bum none the less.

So in another year hopefully a new chapter of my life will begin and be titled, “Happily Married and Financially Secure: Mother throws a party!”

As for real new year’s resolutions….less pizza and soda, more carrot sticks and water about sums it up. My treadmill has been lonely late and I think a spider has made his home on it. It’s been a very safe and undisturbed location lately XD. I am also doing the Live Healthy Greenville thingy with a friend of mine so hopefully I’ll be a shade slimmer for my wedding

So there are my new year plans and wish me luck with staying on track Hope everyone has a great new year too!