Packing, Packing, Packing

Guten morgen my apple blossoms! Did ya'll survive the frost last night? I want the 70s and 80s back please! So I have some cool facts to share with you guys. It starts with packing and ends with packing. Sounds fun huh?

Some crazy photographers got super close to this lava flow - thank you dude!

Once again - crazy photographer risks getting bashed by waves to get epic shots

Green Elf Cup Fungus

First of all, I am officially a graduate of Madison! And they said a Bachelor degree takes 4 to 5 years! Guess they under-estimated the power of a PlantPath Geek like me :)  My closest friend, Kiley, also graduated Madison in 3 years - degree in Chemistry! We got some cool photos (I even did one with some Badger pride - the one and only photo of that)!!

Thanks for coming to my graduation, Kiddo

Secondly, I turn the big 21 tomorrow! I also will be waking up at 5:30am on my birthday to run 13.1 miles for fun. WHO DOES THAT?! Well, me obviously. Here's the plan. Wake up, have caffeine, run, shower, eat, sleep, eat, relax, eat, get ready, go out, eat, brush teeth, sleep. Great plan eh? HA - I'm sure I'll stick to that!! Anyways - I'll survive!

PLANTS ARE THE SHIT! LOOK AT WHERE THEY GROW!!!

I like the ocean. I like the mountains. I like this place.

Yay for lava.

Thirdly, I discovered I have a lot of kitchen stuff. I don't think I'll have to buy any kitchen utensils of any sort (thanks Mom). Trying to get all of my stuff into bins and boxes is a lot of fun! You're more than welcome to join me!!  Then once I have it packed, I forgot what I put in there so I have to unpack it,  repack it and make a list of what is in there so I can do a quick check over before I cram it all into the vehicles!! My life is literally in boxes right now. It is oh so enjoyable. I wish I could always live in boxes.

Someone has this figured out!

Cool fact #4 - I bought a car. Since I'm going to be miles and miles and miles and miles and miles and miles and miles away, I figured it might be a good idea to have one to go grocery shopping. Actually, I just want to go to the mountains like all the time and play in the forest and climb things. You all just think I'm going to NC to study! My car is a 2003 Cavalier - and in darn good shape. It's obviously not a 2014 Camaro Z28 but it will do. I also discovered I have expensive taste in cars...which is not good for the graduate student wallet/budget. Oh well...in a million years I'll be able to afford my dream car!!

I DID IT!\
Now for the best fact you will ever learn about me:

I MADE DEAN'S LIST FOR MY FINAL SEMESTER AT UW-MADISON!!! I BROKE MY RECORD FOR HIGHEST GPA: 3.967

OVERALL GPA: 3.370 *started at 2.75 - boo yea!

I am not excited about this what so ever. I'm actually very disappointed in myself for achieving the worst acknowledgment you could in university. :(