Ocean Fire
The sun is setting too far West now, to be seen easily from Homer, and for this sunset, I wish I had been elsewhere….
Watching 2 squirrels chasing each other around and around at the end of March…
I officially graduated from college in December, but I walked a week ago in the local ceremony.
It was a bit of a frustrating battle getting the cap and gown lined up, but I was ready to go!
I walked with 3 or 4 other Bachelor students, 2 of which I had a few classes with when I was still attending in town.
The ceremony went well. I didn’t trip! When I had collected my diploma and walked back across the stage, and paused for a photo op, I looked out at my family and grinned. When I turned away, I realized my coworker was grinning at me right next to them. I half turned back around and laughed when I saw her.
We filed out for a reception, and I was too distracted to eat any food. There were many people that I wished could be there, but also many who were that I had not been expecting that I appreciated seeing 
I am so thankful for the support of all my loved ones, especially C, my parents, and my boss who helped push me on when I didn’t want to keep going.
Boy, does it feel awesome to be done!
I wasn’t thrilled to be working on my birthday, but it turned out to be a lot of fun. I love my coworkers and they made it an enjoyable day, like most work days The coworker I wasn’t working with that day came in and brought me these potted flowers! COLOR in the middle of winter!
And she brought donuts!!
My boss bought a German chocolate cake which was divine!
As a St. Patrick’s Day baby, I grew up with lots of green food on my birthday (which I adored 
) and the tradition had to continue with our favorite mint cookies.
After work, we did a quick (like 2 minute) photoshoot in breezy, cold sunshine.
And then we headed to dinner
To the Mermaid Cafe we went, and ended up with a pizza. I watched the sun starting to set after we were done, so I dropped C off at home and headed back to the beach for a lovely birthday sunset!
It was a treat!! I expected the northern lights that night as well, but that did not pan out. It was still a great day