Hey, guess what? I'm a 26-year-old college grad!

I did it, you guys. After 8 long years, I did it.

Oh wait, you didn't know I was in school?

Allow me to explain.

8 years ago, I moved to Los Angeles to attend the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising.

Which yes, is the same school that Lauren Conrad pretended to attend as well.

She would sit in class, film for 5 minutes, then leave.

"Attendance - Aschmendance" was her policy, apparently.

We're basically besties because that was my policy too.

Except, I didn't get paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to do that.....

Anyway, after 2 years in L.A., I received my Associate's of Arts degree in Merchandise Marketing.

I was 20 years old and eager to start working right away {the Asian in me had to get them greens!}.

I figured I could get my Bachelor's degree online while I worked.

Win/Win!

Except after one class online, I remembered that I kind of sort of really hated school.

So then I kind of sort of put that on hold for a few years.

Needless to say, those few years stretched on with me taking the occasional online class.

It was brutal.

Not because it was hard. But because it was taking away from precious free time that could be spent on more important matters.

Anyway, after The Dizzle and I decided that we were going to travel the world, it kind of kept nagging at me that I didn't have my degree.

I was only 3 classes away!

Plus, if I had my Bachelor's, I could possibly teach English in one of these countries we go to. 

I wanted to keep my options open.

So I decided to buckle down, focus for 15 weeks, and get.it.done.

Monday was my very last day of class.

My very last assignment.

My very last anything.

I can't describe just how excited I am about this!

Of course, most of this excitement is because I know I'll never have to write another paper in my life, but I'm also pretty excited because I finished something.

Even though it took 8 years, I still did it.

I'm the first and only one of my siblings to get a Bachelor's degree and that kind of feels good too.

{Sibling rivalry, much?}

What am I ever going to do with this degree?

I have no effing idea.

BUT.

There it is.

Done-zo.

You may congratulate me now.

...

xoxo