Don't Make Me Use My Teacher Voice

Well, Thursday morning concluded my mini-vaca back home to Indiana. I flew in on Sunday morning and stayed with my parents for a few days. The main purpose of the trip was to go to my graduation in Fort Wayne. That's right folks...I am officially an IPFW graduate! I picked up my Bachelors degree in front of a HUGE crowd at the coliseum. The feeling was wonderful and my spirits were definitely high.

Here's a run-down of the trip. Sunday I mostly chilled with my parents and crashed early because, as always I didn't sleep the night before a flight. I've somehow unconsciously convinced myself that because I'm a terribly deep sleeper, I'm likely to sleep through an alarm and miss my flight.

Then Monday I went to Huntington to get my hair highlighted and trimmed. It looks fab although I'll admit that I'm relying on a headband at the moment. Then my sister picked me up and we hung out for a while and shopped. Afterwords my Dad came up and we went out to Long John Silvers. Yes I'm a hick because I freaking LOVE Long Johns! Sue me! ;) So I got my chicken planks and drowned them in malt vinegar. Yum Yum, Amazing!

Then I invited Dad to go see Star Trek. He doesn't have anyone to go to the movies with and I know he's a Trekkie at heart so I knew he'd get a kick out of that. Personally, Im not into the whole Star Trek thing. Since Dad never had cable as a kid I would have to watch whatever his rabbit-ears would pick up on his weekends. Sometimes that was Star Trek. It just wasn't my bag. But honestly I whole-heartedly believe that everyone has what I call their own "nerdism". Mine is Harry Potter..Dad's is Star Trek, but some people are more predisposed to have multiple nerdisms ..That is my Dad. I definitely picked that up from him and feel no shame in indulging in ridiculous Sci-Fi or Paranormal topics. As it turns out..Star Trek was really good. I was literally anxious and on the edge of my seat the whole time. It was very fast-paced.

So then we went to visit my Grandma who is batty as hell and certainly in some stage of Dementia so I have to forgive her when she tells me that I "outweigh" my Dad. HAHA This is like when I was around 12 and she looked flummoxed when I visited her and said, "Well My God, Gene! She's getting to be as big as a BARN!" LOL Mind you, this is all coming from a woman who has never, herself, been thin. Its always a trip. After that Dad and I went to play pool for a while and get a couple of beers. It was nice.

Tuesday, Mom and I had to continue the shopping where I had left off. I was looking for a cute top to wear to graduation. My Aunt Reva came to visit and brought me a nice gift and a card which was really sweet. It was nice to see her. Then we headed back and Mom made her Chuck Roast. Totally delicious. My step-sister Amber and her husband came to visit, followed by Grandma and Grandpa (my step-dad's parents) so I got to see them.

Then Wednesday was Graduation day. The Graduation was long but they read through the names really quickly so it wasn't that bad. Mom and Jim were there as well as my sister Angela, her husband Adam, my nieces Brittany and Breanne, my dad, and Bob. Bob left N.Carolina at like 4 in the morning and drove all day to be at my graduation only to have to turn around and leave to go back at like 5 the next morning. How sweet is that?

So anyhow, it turned out to be a great week. My only regret is that I felt that my time was spread very thin so I didn't get to see a lot of ppl that I wanted to and who wanted to see me. Hopefully next time!

Well, I believe thats all for now. I should have a major update soon because there are only 13 days until the wedding!! AHHH! Can you believe it??

Until then!

Gean Bean