Graduation!

It’s official, I’m a college graduate!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After 5 long years of studying, I now have a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering.

 

I actually had no idea what I wanted to wear under my cap and gown, so Friday night I tested a few things out.

 

 

I knew it would be a boring ceremony, and I joked I was going to hide Mark under my gown for some company.

 

 

The ceremony didn’t start until 2:00pm, which left me plenty of time to run, shower, eat, take my sweet time getting ready, and take pictures. I was so excited about graduating that I woke up before it was fully light out, and got in a 5.0 mile run. I finished in 48:56! It was hot out, but my spirits were high and there was no stopping me.

 

We headed to Panera Bread for an early lunch/late breakfast around 10:45am. I tried the new Strawberry Poppyseed Salad which was amazingly refreshing on a super hot day! I also had half a Smokehouse Turkey sandwich with cheese, turkey, and bacon (not healthy but soooo yummy.)

 

My mom drove down on Friday from North Carolina to see me graduate! It has been so nice having her in town!

 

After lunch, we headed to campus to shoot some pictures. It’s kind of a tradition that people take pictures in front of the main fountain, but there was a LINE! I decided it would be more appropriate to take them in front of the engineering buildings since they were pretty much my home-away-from-home for the past 5 years.

 

 

Here are some of my faves:

 

 

 

Class of 2010!

 

 

I took a few artsy ones as well:

 

 

The ceremony began at 2:00 pm and lasted two hours. They had several other colleges, not just engineering, graduating and it seemed like the ceremony took forever!

 

 

My mom tried to get a photo me in the crowd…

 

 

 

Once the ceremony let out, it was POURING rain. Nobody could leave or move anywhere because there were bad lightning storms all around us. Everyone kind of stood in a mob for about 20 minutes until it cleared.

 

 

Then, it was time for more pictures!

 

 

 

I’m DONE! For real! 

 

Time to celebrate! 😀

 

 

Thanks to my family and friends for coming to see me walk! My dad and stepmom took other pictures but I didn’t get them yet, but they were there!!

 

❤ MegaNerd