Yesterday, my youngest child graduated from college. Quite a milestone - another stage of our lives over. He put up quite a struggle and offered a good argument NOT to attend and I was convinced. Originally there was to be a crowd attending the ceremonies (Parents, Grandmother, Sister, Brother-in-law, nieces, etc.) I talked everyone out of going, not sure if we were even going - I was choosing my battles. BUT, the night before, Mr. Wonderful thought he really should go - so off we went.
There was a graduating class of over 2000 students so the ceremony was held at the Nassau Coliseum. He was told to get there at 8 - so we all arrived at 8:40 (I am the only prompt one in this family) and still got very good seats! The procession started at 9:10 and he was one of the first 100 students to walk in - the procession continued until 10:15! Do you want to hear how bored we were???
Thank goodness for text messaging as we were plotting an early escape even before the first speaker! Our plan was in place - the speakers did their thing (and they were quite good). Bobby was called to the stage way before noon! - OK, set the plan in motion and we are out of here!! NOT!!! - There were faculy member lined up at all exits on the ground floor (where the graduates were seated) - NO ONE WAS PERMITTED TO LEAVE!
Plan B, set in motion - "Excuse me sir, I must use the bathroom" - at which point, my son was escorted to the men's room and then escorted back to his assigned seating area!! - FOILED AGAIN!!
At 1:00, Mr. W., Bobby's girlfriend, and I ventured out to the parking lot. We sat in the car, taunting Bobby with text messages, "We are in the local bar on our second round of drinks - call when you are released and we will pick you up!"
By 1:30 we were ALL on our way to a delicious lunch at "Houston's". I was very proud of my son. Proud that he graduated (in the allotted time) and proud that when his father asked him to please go to the graduation ceremony he simply said, "OK".
We had a wonderful lunch with lots of laughs - just the 4 of us. I guess this was the way it was meant to be... As we were finished paying the bill, my son simply said, "Hey, thanks so much for lunch... Oh yeah, and my college education."
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2 comments:
Congrats to you, #1. I betcha kinda feel like you've earned that degree too :)
#2, as you know, I went back to college when my kids were in school. I graduated from the same University as Bobby 11 years ago. So, YES, I earned (paid for) 2 degrees!!
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