06-14-2021, 07:44 AM
Tara's commencement was awesome. We walked from our hotel to the field - had some issues connecting with Tara who was struggling with high heels. We wound up in the newly constructed college where she had never been. It was a construction site for her years there and opened during the pandemic so she never ventured to that part of campus.
There was a massive line for security but it went quickly. By coincidence, Tara bumped into a good friend who was right behind us walking towards the line, so we all went in together, then we connected with Bri who got their earlier for her grandma. The weather was partly cloudy, perfect for me, but Bri's brother got badly sunburned.
The ceremony was odd with many speakers zooming in. The chancellor's video had me fooled until Stacy pointed out that he wasn't there. That was likely recorded the day prior at a previous college commencement.
All the grads had a ticket with a bar code. They were escorted up in rows, the barcode scanned for their name and info, then the got to stand on stage for a few seconds and wave as their name was read off. It went okay, but it was a long procession. We bailed before the tassel turning ritual to make it to our dinner reservations.
Dinner was excellent. Yuki could've joined us on the patio because it was dog friendly, but we got a parking spot right in front so we had the windows down and it was shady and he was content to sleep off the play date with the other pups. We brought him in later.
Tara came by our hotel afterwards to relax a bit and see the koi pond. It had been a long day so we let her go early, and crashed ourselves.
Surely one of the proudest moments of our lives.
There was a massive line for security but it went quickly. By coincidence, Tara bumped into a good friend who was right behind us walking towards the line, so we all went in together, then we connected with Bri who got their earlier for her grandma. The weather was partly cloudy, perfect for me, but Bri's brother got badly sunburned.
The ceremony was odd with many speakers zooming in. The chancellor's video had me fooled until Stacy pointed out that he wasn't there. That was likely recorded the day prior at a previous college commencement.
All the grads had a ticket with a bar code. They were escorted up in rows, the barcode scanned for their name and info, then the got to stand on stage for a few seconds and wave as their name was read off. It went okay, but it was a long procession. We bailed before the tassel turning ritual to make it to our dinner reservations.
Dinner was excellent. Yuki could've joined us on the patio because it was dog friendly, but we got a parking spot right in front so we had the windows down and it was shady and he was content to sleep off the play date with the other pups. We brought him in later.
Tara came by our hotel afterwards to relax a bit and see the koi pond. It had been a long day so we let her go early, and crashed ourselves.
Surely one of the proudest moments of our lives.
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