I think I just survived the craziest weekend of my life. Even though our exams are the last week of June, my school’s Graduation exercises were Thursday and Friday (we got fake diplomas as we haven’t actually graduated yet).
It all started on Thursday, when my fellow graduates and I started off the Graduation festivities with a mass. After the mass there was a mad dash to the brunch at a hall downtown. Tons of pictures, food and a slideshow later, we headed to the Christ the King Cathedral for rehearsal. After a loooong, hot rehearsal, we picked up our gowns and headed for home.
Or unless you are me, got a little hungry and headed to McDonalds haha :)
Then I finally got home, only to put on my gown and return back to the Cathedral for the actual ceremony (on the other side of town!)
I even made the picture- meet Bishop Ryan’s Class of 2010!
After the ceremony, more pictures and sleep finally! I have officially-unofficially graduated :)
Then, I woke up bright and early to get ready for the dinner-dance…and I realized it looks a LOT of work to get dressed up.
By 4:30, I was at my friend’s house for pictures…and we caught our limo.
Too bad the limo wasn’t air conditioned! We were dying of heat in the back when our driver randomly pulled over and started working on the engine- talk about getting our night started off right!
Our driver got the A/C working but blew the fuse to the speakers so we had no music in the limo! The good news is we got to the hall in one piece even with all the technical difficulties.
After dancing the night away, our sketchy limo driver picked us up and drove us home to my house for a hot tub/Call of Duty/food/movie party.
All in all, it was an amazingly exhausting two days, but an amazing experience nonetheless!
love from your newest unofficial graduate :)
-Christine
