Um, wow.

Wow. I know. It's been awhile. Six and a half months . . . ok, fine. It's been more than half a year. Well, needless to say it's been an amazing six and a half months. Since the last time I wrote I've:

• Worked on three award winning floats in the Pasadena Rose Parade
• Gone showshoeing for the first time--then went swimming in a hot spring--in the dead of winter
  
• Ate Sushi in Boise, ID
• Won t-shirt design contests for the Horticulture AND Geology Departments
• Survived Valentines day as a florist :)
  
• Went cross country skiing
  
• Taught a flower arranging class to a Young Womens group
• Saw the play, MacBeth
• Participated in the 22nd Annual Floral and Bridal Open House at BYU-Idaho
  
• Created a favicon for the Horticulture Department
• Designed a "glow in the dark" floral arrangement
• Stayed four hours late at work on a Saturday night--by myself
• Designed and installed a permanent display in the Benson Building for the Horticulture Department
• Gotten to ride behind a show machine in a sled--ending in a bruised behind
• Tried to quit one of my jobs, only to get a raise and an open schedule
• Took my road bike out on it's first real ride--27 miles--out and around Menan Butte
  
• Earned (and deserved) my first C at BYU-Idaho
  
• Gone on a week and a half long field trip to CA; starting in San Diego and ending in San Fransisco
• Convinced Rob to come swing dancing with me MULTIPLE times
• Taken a racquetball class
• Taken a water aerobics class
• Mountain Biked to a crater in the middle of the freaking desert
• Designed a logo for the Horticulture Department
• Bought Rob a sweet road bike
• Camped and Mountain biked in Logan's Green Canyon
• Put together a photographic weed collection, which can be found at: http://horticulture412pestcontrol.weebly.com/
• Took family photos of one of my professors and his adorable family
  
• Started running
• Experienced Craters of the Moon National Monument for the first time
• Experienced Tillamook cheese AT the Tillamook factory
• Designed fresh floral arrangements on five award winning floats in the Portland Rose Parade
• Missed my ten year high school reunion--because I chose the Rose Parade over it
• Made a bug collection
• Had my "yearly womanly exam"
• Had my blood tested to see if my insulin index has changed at all over the last year
• Raised my insulin index four points--into normal levels--over the last year
• Went on my longest solo bike ride--45 miles
  
• Became an ironman triathlete--a lazyman ironman--ran 26 miles, biked 112 (I actually did 233), and swam 2.7 in 25 days (I had a whole month)
  
• Completed a half century bike race in three hours and twelve minutes
• Injured my foot :(
• Turned 28
• Ran/walked my first 5k in 41 minutes flat--Rob ran the whole way in 30:34
• Took lots of pictures over the last semester
• Ridden my bikes (between the mountain and road bike) approximately 478 miles so far this year
  
• Completed my Studio Lighting Portfolio

So, it's been busy. Still no excuse for no posts, especially since Rob has been gone during the week for the last month and a half. Oh well. He's just about to get home and summer will begin soon. :)