May 16, 2010
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Graduation!
Although I finished grad school about three weeks ago, I just graduated yesterday (thank you to those that commented on my pulse from yesterday; good thoughts were much appreciated
). The graduation ceremony itself was long. They graduated the doctorates, masters and bachelors all together and there were about 1,200 people! The Secretary of Veterans Affairs spoke which was pretty cool. At the urging of my parents, I snuck out a little early so that we could get on our way to dinner.Now one thing about this area that I have never gotten used to is that traffic can be horrible and unpredictable. Our beltway was a mess. A ride that was supposed to take 20 minutes took about 45. My mom thought we were going to miss our dinner reservation so she kept trying to call the restaurant but just got a busy signal.
When we finally got to the restaurant, we discovered that the power had been off for about an hour at that point
because the power company had hit some power line someplace. The power was off at all of the other surrounding restaurants and several nearby traffic lights. We quickly decided to go to this sort of dive-y sports bar that has seafood that redeems both location and decor as the Architect’s parents were with us and they still had to drive back to PA last night.Dinner ended up being really nice. I got a few more presents. My very favorite was a scrapbook that my mom made me with a bunch of old pictures as well as letters written to me from all of my family members (grandparents, cousins, aunts and uncles included!). It’s so awesome and such a thoughtful gift. My mom or one of her sisters has made my cousins and I scrapbooks for our graduations. They only started doing this a few years ago so this was the first one that I had gotten. I love keepsakes like that. It’s nice to have all the pictures, advice and sweet words from my fam all in one place!
Last night after all of the graduation activities were done, I had to drive up to my hometown for one of my friend’s bachelorette parties. It was fun but made for a really long day!
What did you do this weekend?
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Congratulations! I’ll be defending my dissertation next week and hopes to make it. Wish me luck.
Congrats! That scrapbook sounds loverly.
@Norcani - Good luck!
Congratulations! My weekend consisted of job and apartment hunting. Though I snuck in some photography today.
Your weekend was more exciting than mine haha. I’m still studying for an exam. Can’t wait until I finish my masters program!
Congratulations again! That scrapbook idea is so sweet and thoughtful. Glad that even though reservations fell through, you still found someplace fun to go.
In spite of all those mishaps, I’m so glad that your graduation went well. Many congratulations. I didn’t do much this weekend. Just relaxed mostly.
@Norcani - Wishing you the very best of luck, Nick.
I caught up on sleep. lol.
congrats again.
Congrats on graduation!!
Nick’s dad & step-mom were down here with us – so we had a weekend packed with them.
Congratulations on your graduation, Meg! And what a thoughtful gift from your mother! I’m sure you will cherish it.
I totally missed the pulse…that sounds like a sweet gift…
and Congrats!…what will you do now with all that free time
I missed the pulse yesterday Meg. Congratulations on your graduation. What a neat milestone and such a pretty feather in your cap!!
Obviously your weekend was way more exciting than mine. You no longer have to worry about assignments/exams/professors/school in general. Quite the opposite for me. Anyway…congrats to you!
Congratulations! It takes hard work and dogged perseverance to get an advanced degree. I admire you.
congrats
Congrats!
My weekend consisted of hating the weather (it has been raining for weeks and it still doesn’t stop) and applying for jobs. You definitely had the better weekend. But I’m happy for you.
Congrats on graduatnig!
@Norcani - Good luck! I know you will do wonderfully
@PeriwinkleAdonis - I love, love, love the scrapbook!
@repressedwriter - Any luck with finding an apartment? What area are you looking in?
@Roadlesstaken - When are you finished?
@heyjulsiscoo - Everything always seems to work out just fine
@zionlover - Thank you very much!
@TheSecretLifeOfPandas - @shortiegirl99 - @Uek - @christao408 -@ZSA_MD - @choyshinglin - Thank you!
@HereLiesNelsontheGreat - Sadly, the feeling of having vast amounts of time disentegrated pretty quickly!
@Girl_Without_Pity - You’ll get there eventually. School goes by faster than you realize.
@sheswearingdreams - It’s raining here today as well. I hope the sun comes both your way and mine!
@TheCheshireGrins - Next May, hopefully
Sounds like a great day overall! Congrats!
I celebrated my Daddy’s birthday. Not much else…but it was nice to relax with the familia.
And congratulations!
that is soooo awesome girl!!! yayayayayyaya…I had a shutterfly party and taught kids yoga..fun, fun, fun!
Congratulations!
Congratulations! Another milestone in your life.
@epiginoskete -@tenshii_rage - @portiajules - @leadwoodfolk - @icepearlz - Thanks!
Congratulation!!! How do you manage to read so much, keep blogging, AND reading people’s blogs/commenting while you are in grad school? It’s quite amazing!
Congratulation again!
Awww! Sounds nice. Tell us more about the food! (I’m hungry right now, apparently.) I love the meaningful gifts.
This weekend I visited friends in Houston, went to church, did chores, and talked to some good friends on the phone. Good times.
Good for you! All of that hard work paid off. Although it may be a while before you volunteer for any “group” work!. –BTB
First off, let me say a belated “Congratulations” to you on finally Graduating! I think it is great!
As for this past weekend, I started moving into my apartment. I finish up this weekend!
@cral7616 - I am magic and I also have good time management skills
@BoureeMusique - The food is pretty simple seafood. Maryland is rife with little dive-y places that have amazing seafood. I personally ate spiced shrimp. I think essentially you boil the shrimp (in their shells) and then toss it with a lot of spices (mostly Old Bay, a staple for Maryland dining). They’re served will their shell on so you have to pick at them but the tasty spiciness is worth the mess!
@Redshirte - Yay! Congrats to you! Moving is never fun.