graduation!!!!

dear jacs,

i would've posted closer to the actual event except my computer is still in the shop (and by shop i mean at nathan's house slowly but surely being reparied...i hope), but finally i can write and tell you how graduation was.

the answer is: much shorter than i thought it would be (yay! no guest speaker) but still pretty awful without you there.

i managed to not embarrass myself with crying during the ceremony (hard to do but i do suspect i've got more british in me than my family's swiss/native american ancestry would lead one to believe) and kept on a relatively happy face at dinner and then kim's afterwords, but in the picture proofs i just got in my e-mail, it's pretty clear that there's sadness in my eyes and smile. and i certainly did a lot of my usual nose-rubbing/stop-myself from crying thing when i thought about how you should be sitting next to me (or slightly down the row as there were several other f-named graduates in our college, unlike WT). i missed you up there, friend. but hopefully soon (computer repair pending) i can post the pictures of my decoratively designed memorial mortar-board (if they come out since the screen on my camera is being a tad dubious at the moment when snapping pics in sunlight). if not, i'll definitely take some after mom and i shadow-box my hoods and hat. you'd like it, jacs. it was very pink and sparkly and even had what could pass for a cosmo (or a very pink margarita).

i miss you, friend. so much. i'll try and come visit soon, and i will definitely bring along one of pa dale's cotton bowls for you. love you!

love, jens