I tired am very...

64 (number of strings in my tassle)

421 (number of strings in my golden cords)

i did not count these in the ceremony , but before the ceremony... we waited downstairs for over an hour before we could go up and begin the ceremony.

anyway, it was awesome... fantastice speeches by both kristen and ms admiraal. super exciting getting my diploma (and having friends and family there to cheer for me)! and one of my favorite moments was the turning of the tassle... pretty stinkin sweet. the best graduation ever, wouldn't want it any other way.

then there was afterwards... crazy how many people were there... i pretty much stood on a bench the entire time and picked people out... and when i saw someone, i made sure to get a picture... so that is what i have decided to post today... my pics with all of y'all!

you can tell the difference between the first pics and the last pics... my smile gets cheesier and cheesier. and it almost looks as if everyone just took a pic with a cardboard cut out of me... the only thing that changes from pic to pic is who i am taking the pic with... funny.

grad night... ton of fun, but super long and super late... we weren't allowed to have our digi cameras, so they gave us each a disposable camera to have for the night... i forgot how much i dislike disposable cameras.... hold the button for the flash, click, then the cranking noise it makes when you wind it... i heard it all night, and it drove me nuts. so those pics will come later. a daring few of us made a sweet music video too... our judgement wasn't at it's best during this time of the night, but it leads to good fun.

one of the best stories of the night: when we first arrived at boomers, shiloh and i were rather disappointed to hear that only mcDonalds would be served... but we went out side to see if there was another snack shop. there was, so both us (being extremely tired and extremely hungry) walked up to the lady at the register and asked if it was free (cause EVERYTHING there was, from churros to caricatures). then she looks at us confused, and then she asks us, do you want to mini golf or do the batting cages... shiloh and i looked at eachother, looked up at the board which we thought was the "menu," and realized that were trying to get food from the rental shop. tired??? i think yes.

got home from grad nite a bit after 5am, and then a bit after 5:30am my friends picked me up to head off to the used gear sale (i know, you're probably thinking, another used gear sale??? i feel like i talk about them a lot). anyway, i was planning on sleeping while waiting for the sale to start, but i was past the point of exhaustion and the sun being out kind of confused me and kept me awake. it turned out to be a good thing though to be awake, cause i had a lot of fun. turned out to be a beautiful morning and even got a good walk in to a bagel shop.

plus, in the sale, i got a sweet pair of pants and a sweet colorful belt. i love used gear sales... and i will miss them, until next year, that is.

i still haven't managed to take a major nap yet... grad parties galore. i wanted to get these pics up though, and i had just enough time...

so enjoy the pics!

and this was my friend's way of saying, "congrats." does this work look familiar to you, as in the work of the same culprit who tp-ed on my birthday???