Graduated!

Well, I did it!

Graduation day was May 10th, and it was a lot of fun! The whole week beforehand was a little bit crazy with packing and preparing for the Park Scholarships Senior Gala, but there were also lots of fun events and dinners, and the gala itself turned out great. You can see all sort of pictures from the graduation events (and the whole year) at my picture site (see links column on the right!). On graduation day a lot of family were able to come, and the ceremony at the College of Textiles was so nice - and it was good weather annnnd it was a good hair day! We had dinner at Mimi's Cafe, which is just a great place to eat, and then cake and ice cream back at the house! The diplomas have been framed, and its official - I'm an alumna! Now all that's left to do is put the new sticker on my car :)

Since then, I've been hanging out around the house, trying to make sense of allll my stuff, spending time with the fam, and running a bunch of errands. I'm getting really excited about my trip to Europe and I'm glad I have all this time to prepare! Kasey and Lindsey left last night and they are hopefully sleeping safe and sound in Paris right now. My rail pass arrived today, and I think I'll be doing a lot of trip planning starting next week - yay! Also my fantastic new shoes should be arriving soon - I've been wanting Keens since last summer, and now it seems that everyone has them, but oh well - I know in my heart that I was ahead of the trend :) haha

Until then, I'm looking forward to graduation Sunday on the 1st, apartment hunting on the 2nd and 3rd, Roger's graduation on the 12th and Megan's wedding on the 14th - as well as a lot of cleaning out, sleeping, and hopefully a little exercise - maybe resulting in some weight loss before the great European adventure? We'll see!