I Got Out!

                      Accepted to Georgia Tech -- 2010                                Graduated from Georgia Tech -- 2014

After four long years, I graduated from Georgia Tech last Saturday! I can't believe it. The three days surrounding graduation weekend were a blur--I had a final Friday, walked on Saturday and then moved into a new apartment on Sunday. Also within this past week I have started a new job and continued to get settled in said new apartment.

Graduation day was a blast. Even if waiting around to walk was a bit of a drag, it was nice to see all my biochemistry friends and take pictures before the ceremony.

Hannah and Elizabeth

Nishida and Elizabeth

Kelly and Elizabeth 5-eva (obviously)

Kelly and Patrick #tbt

After the ceremony I was able to meet up with my family and Daniel, and of course, take even more photos. (I love having all the pictures taken with people I love)

The fam

Grandma

Foot pop kiss photo with Daniel <3

After all the photos were taken, we tried to go to Mary Mac's but there was an hour wait, so instead we wound up at Sun in My Belly. It was gorgeous and so yummy!

It was a great graduation day. 

I can't believe how far I have come as a Yellow Jacket. I wound up making Deans List my last three semesters at Georgia Tech--a feat I never thought possible for me. I'm so thankful for all the people who helped me through my time and how I grew as a person while in college. So many of my experiences--the good and the bad--have permanently shaped me as a human being and I wouldn't give up my time at Georgia Tech for anything.

After all the late, stressful, tearful nights, I am a Georgia Tech graduate. And I'm damn proud.

Snapshots this Week

1 || Neil deGrasse Tyson at Georgia Tech. Literally the best talk I've attended. It was so refreshing to be in a theater full of scientific minds being spoken to by one of the most well known scientific minds of the day. I also didn't expect to laugh as much as I did. I got an autograph and picture with him at the end of the night as well! 

2 || Graduation Countdown. This past week we hit the month mark until graduation. How scary! A little less than a month and I will never have to go back to school ever again! (unless I suddenly decide I should go to grad school later on in life)

3 || Tech's 'T' is still missing. They may have found the T but they still haven't put it back up on the tower. So we get to still see the coolness that is the missing T. Apparently, though, the student responsible stole it off the wrong tower.

4 || Favorite Photo of the Week. Yes it's a selfie, but I just loved how my outfit and look of the day came across in this photo. I think it perfectly showcases how I felt wearing white capris and the top I bought over Spring Break. Also red lipstick makes anyone feel fierce.

5 || These Girls. The fact that we are still friends after having graduated high school four years ago is insane to me. I love these girls so much and I don't know what I would do without them. We got together last night for our biannual party and I think this time our costumes were on point for the "Ruin your childhood" theme.

Traveling to Washington, D.C.

After all the craziness that ensued after Spring Break, I finally have a breather to post about my Spring Break!

Contrary to what all my peers did in the search for some heat and sunlight, I traveled north for my break. I wound up visiting two states (Pennsylvania and Maryland) and getting the chance to visit D.C.--the perks of the north!

I visited D.C. the first time in 2001 and I was 7 years old. I didn't fully grasp the idea of the Capitol and I didn't understand a lot of the historical significance of the city--I mean c'mon I was 7!

This time Daniel and I tried to hit every spot I visited before along with a few extras like museums and such. There was so much to do, we still didn't have time to do everything!

Here's some of the best photos from our trip! We wound up taking a lot of selfies because neither one of us wanted to ask a stranger to take a picture of us together.

 Beautiful metal tree in a sculpture garden right outside of the Archives Metro station.

We rode the Metro all over D.C. because we got a day pass. It was a great decision because it saved us a lot of walking!

Silly little narwhal sculpture inside one of the Smithsonian museums. 

The Capitol Building was gorgeous from this vantage point. 

White House Selfie! 

While Daniel was at work all week I binged watched Bob's Burgers so we had to get Five Guys for lunch. 

Air and Space Museum! So many exhibits. We wound up not finishing them all. Also look, alchemical symbols!

Lots of selfies with me making weird faces, mostly because I knew I was bothering him by wanting to take them. The top photo and bottom left are of us walking by the reflecting pool which was closed. So unfortunate.

 Lincoln Memorial--There are so many steps up to this memorial that I had forgotten about. There were also people everywhere! It was so packed.

Washington Monument and Reflecting Pool--both of which were sadly under construction. The monument was being worked on the last time I was in D.C., so it's almost like it's never been fully fixed!

We visited Einstein's Memorial because we are nerds. We also new the equations listed on his workbook. Yay science!

When the day of D.C. was finally over, I ate dinner with Daniel's family at this amazing pasta place in Maryland. And the next day was my flight back home. Below is a picture of what Atlanta looked like flying into Hartsfield-Jackson.