Holy smokes.  A LOT has happened since my last post... and a lot of them were definitely firsts to be scratched off my To-Done list.  First and foremost, I GRADUATED!!!

I cannot express fully my elation for being the first woman in in my family to fully graduate college.  In summation, it was a bittersweet day overall and I am happy to say that I was able to share it with my best friend, my grandmother, and my parents.  When I took the big walk up the arena, I was so nervous and was mainly focused on not tripping but when I hugged the president of our university, I took a sigh of relief and felt unbelievably accomplished.  Back in my seat, I finally let a few tears of joy roll down my cheeks with my friends as we hugged our pseudo diplomas.  I can't believe I'm actually checking this one off my list but....

Graduate from Bradley University???  CHECK!!!!!!!