One Step Closer

Good afternoon cutie pies! How is the world treating you today? I hope lovely as can be :)  I am sitting in a beautiful 86F with a gentle breeze in the shade near a bunch of plants - imagine that! So...I'm just enjoying the beautiful spring/summer time and forgetting about the last semester. Let's just say I will have much much much much much better classes this upcoming semester and they are ones I actually want to be in and not some bull-crap classes I've already taken at Madison but need to retake because the ones at State are "graduate level courses that will advance my knowledge of the topic." At least I'm not paying tuition!!

This is right up my alley. If I move to Portland, I am becoming a part of this!

 The last time I posted was the day before my final. I'm not sure what I got on it but all I know it was enough to raise my grade to an A. This semester I managed to crank out a 4.0 so I can't complain about that! Next semester I have 2 crop science courses which will ACTUALLY help me in the future. Hold on, I forget not all y'all know what my game plan is. Here is a quick overview of PlantPath Girl's life gameplan:

1 - get my M.S. of Plant Pathology

2 - get the heck out of Raleigh

3 - get a crop consulting job at a vineyard or orchard

4 - move to aforementioned job in Portland or Seattle (clarification of 2)

5 - please note that these are in no particular order besides the fact that I need to be in Raleigh to get my M.S. :)

6 - climb, climb, climb, run, kayak, climb, climb, climb

Rooftop gardens keep the building cooler in summer, warmer in winter, prevent runoff and water pollution, and are appealing to the eyes! GO BROOKLYN!

Basically, these crop science courses will be very valuable to me. For crop consulting, I need to know that plant just as well as the pathogen. Getting a second Master's in plant biology or argroecology would be very helpful for my future career. That is why I'm taking crop physiology and crop ecology next semester along with presenting my research at seminar and starting to write a thesis.

Okay, enough with the stupid school stuff. Let's chat about more fun things. Like climbing. A few of my dear climbing friends have moved away for summer internships or whatnot leaving me only with 2 or 3 climbing partners. We try to sneak out of Raleigh every weekend but the weather is just not cooperating with us! It stormed everywhere but Raleigh yesterday thus leaving us in Raleigh and itching to go climbing. But that's okay, we just went to TRC and cranked out 21 climbs in roughly 1.5 hours. So that's good. But now I want to go climbing sooooooo badly. Good thing Aaron and I have a nice long trip ahead of us :)

Urban farming can look beautiful as well as be productive. I highly recommend reading up on urban farming!

So yup, I will be in the Elkhart Lake and Plymouth vicinity very soon. On Thursday morning, I fly out of Raleigh and will land in Milwaukee around 2pm local time. Kiddo and Momma are picking me up and having an Easter egg hunt, birthday/mother's day celebration and have a splendid time because their dear, precious, darling Megan is home! Then I will go to Papa's and hang out with him and Little Annie on Friday/Saturday morning. Of course, I have to go surprise Gma and Granddad Meyers!! Rough-house with Tank some more, make sure I have all of my stuff packed, throw Annie's kong around, and soak in the nice hot Wisconsin air! Then Aaron and I are somehow meeting up and our trip begins! You know, my time at home wasn't planned out or anything. They didn't even know I was coming home ;)

Upcycling (recycling-ish) reuses materials for different purposes than their original purpose. Here 2L soda bottles are reused as planters in a vertical garden. Useful and not wasteful.

I will fill y'all in with more details when I get back from my trip with Aaron! I will be staying with Peter and Alissa in Portland for a day or two and I'm so excited to see them!! Anyways, I'm peacing out and will let y'all know about my trip!! Be safe my flowers!!

Use all your available space. That means growing up (vertical beds) as well as out!