I am happy to report that I am now an educated gal with a COLLEGE DEGREE!!! I took my last final exams this past Saturday (and managed to get uber sunburned while "studying" outside in between) and proceeded to celebrate into the wee hours of the morning! :) I walked in the CLA commencement ceremony on Sunday afternoon, and even got to sit next to a bunch of my friends and roomies! Vittoria, Kristin, Tess, and Katie...all of you girls absolutely rock my socks and I'm SSOO glad we got to experience graduation together!! My parents, brothers and Aunt Peggy were there too...I was actually the happiest girl in the world. One of the best parts of graduation is that now it's entirely appropriate for me to think about Bike and Build 24/7!
Minneapolis has been my home for 4 years now and I can't BELIEVE it's taken me this long to realize what a great place for biking it is!! I have fallen absolutely head over heels in LOVE with the Grand Rounds bike trail (BA picture included) and pride myself on some pretty long rides on it. It's not every city that you can go on a 30 mile bike ride and bike along/across/around the Mississippi River, 3+ separate lakes, a Minneapolis-style waterfall AND be able to see the gorgeous skyline the whole time!!! I absolutely love it!!! I can't wait to share this wonderful city with all my new BFFs from Bike and Build :) I've officially trained over 200 miles so far and I'm really looking forward to getting some long rides in while I'm home in Janesville. My mom and I are planning to ride to Milwaukee in the next few weeks, and I know Max (B2SB), Sarah (NUS) and I will be taking southern Wisconsin bike trails/highways by storm! Here's to riding 300+ miles in the next 4 weeks...
The next challenge is moving all of my worldly possessions from my beloved room in Big Blue to a storage unit in West St. Paul. I've decided against moving it all back to Janesville because I'm being SUPER optimistic about finding a job in Minneapolis after this summer...maybe tooo optimistic? oh well! Many thanks to my not-s0-little brother Patrick for being the muscles in this endeavor and helping me out! I'll be home in Janesville this Thursday...can't wait to see everyone! :)
Stay tuned to see how much of an epic fail I am when it comes to packing for this adventure...it should be fun! BAAAHHHH 30 some days!!!
