Graduation!


And go she did, I guess! She looks smarter already! Almost as smart as me, even!
Okay, NOW I can go home!


What's this? Congratulations on the door! I feel so...congratulated!
Well, you've all been waiting for this(I *know* you have!), so let's get to it: My graduation pictures!
Wow, don't we all look fancy?
At this point I'm incredibly anxious and nervous. We had a rehersal literally JUST before the ceremony, so I was sure I was going to mess SOMETHING up. On top of that, I was nominated for a scholarship from the Rotary club....and if I got it, well, I hadn't rehearsed what to do when I got it! Part of me hoped I wasn't going to get it, just to avoid another chance to mess something up....
Well, there goes THAT plan! Here I am with the blasted thing! But actually, nothing catastrophic happened! It's true!
I'm off to fetch dat der diplomer so's I can be one o' dem READIN' kids!

And sure enough, I *did* fetch dat der diplomer! See? All fetched and everything!

Everybody smile and say "Academia!"

And here are grandma and grandpa! So proud of their graduating grandkid! It really meant a lot to me that they were able to attend the ceremony.
And it's that blasted piece of paper again! But if it makes grandpa proud, I suppose it can't be THAT bad. And hey, I don't have to worry about getting up to grab it anymore, I have the thing! Haha! So now it's GREAT.
Promise kept.
Good post, Josh, and congratulations again!
Grandma
YOU make me proud!
Congrats!
Aunt Lois