Happy Belated Birthday

Because my parent’s flight back to Michigan was on July 5^th, or in other words my birthday, I didn’t really celebrate it too much. So my fellow boxtownies proposed we celebrate the next weekend. I had to work on Saturday because we had to do the Weed Smack Down. This was a little event set up by several different organizations to inform people about invasive plants in Alaska and to get some community involvement. The

event went really well, and we ended with a pretty large area in Glennallen being weeded of white sweet clover. (White sweet clover is a very aggressive invasive plant that can cause serious damage to river systems, by causing the systems to narrow. River narrowing is bad news for running Alaskan salmon.) When I got home from work my roommate Amy looked at me and smiled saying “I have something for you!” She led me into the kitchen and there on the counter were cupcakes with my name written on them. It was so sweet.

I got to make the movie choice; I picked Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 because it is adorable. Then we made a fire and just hung out the rest of the night. A great belated birthday!