Graduation Baby!

It finally happened! I graduated! I would like to take a moment to thank all of the people who made this possible. First and foremost my husband Phil, without your help and support I would not have been able to work as hard as I did. I owe my 3.5 to you! To my mom, who stood behind me every step of the way and never lost faith in me; and to my brother and sister, I hope you both attend college and graduate, I know you can do it. To my friends, we've laughed and cried together. Without you all I would be half the person I am today.

In any event, here are some photos for your enjoyment:


Cheers everyone!





Phil and I celebrating with a little bubbly.





Estela and I celebrating before graduation.





Why not?





Estela glueing on my star.





Me and my blue star. :)





With some of my favorite people before graduation.





The All Stars before graduation! Laura, Angela, and Estela





Commencement Begins!





Can you find me? Two hints: The blue star and I'm in the row behind the guy with the blue lights.





A birds eye view.





Kelly, Angela, and Kaylee! Check out the great shirts!





I love these girls!!!





Me by the tree. Graduation and Christmas! Yay!





Zoe-fuss and I after graduation.

When I grow up

I think that growing up was supposed to happen a long time ago. Unfortunately, I think that I needed my time to be a kid (hence, the extensive run at school and my reluctance to leave). Yet, everyone has a time in their lives that they need to buck up and accept the fact that we aren't getting any younger. And I realized, with a little help from some of my students, that the time is now. Life is way too short. I presume I should enjoy my 20's before I hit my 30's. Uggg.

It is imperative that I make this one point clear, growing up entails many things. Some of which include, but are not exclusive to: Recognizing your own short comings, being able to pick out toxic people in your life, and knowing when you need to step up to the plate, even if it's for someone else. I believe that 2007 will be a year of radical change and I, for one, can not wait.

On other topics, I will miss so many things about being in college. What I'll miss the most are my students:






But I'll miss all of the friends I have made as well.

College has had its ups and downs but in the end, when I walk across that stage in a week, I will be so proud of my accomplishments. 2007 will truly be a different year.