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Mar. 8th, 2007 10:26 pmSo, tonight was graduation dinner. Which was pretty much my mother's excuse for a party because I won't be around for my actual grad ceremony in June.
Dinner was excellent. I mean excellent. God I miss good food. And there was escargot, and garlic bread, and garlic mashed potatoes, and cake. Actually CHEESE cake.
I am so bloody full it hurts.
So, presies, because my family likes any excuse possible to buy things for each other.
Grandma: 30 Euros. I've decided I love her after all. Won't get me very far, but so awesome. Although it kinda looks like Monopoly money...
Mom/Dad: camera housing for my digital camera dad gave me for xmas. All nice and shiny and going to Belize with me so I can take underwater video and Edie and I can argue over who takes better underwater photos.
Todd: black coral earrings. Which doesn't sound all that impressive, except that black coral is an endangered species and you can't buy jewelry made with it any more. No idea where or how he got them, but COOL!
Edie: Diamond and emerald tennis bracelet, that she bought in November and has been waiting to give it to me. It fits. And there are extra links left from when it was sized and mom says we can go to the designer and have matching earrings made. And remake my old emerald/pearl ones too, because I kinda hate them. Wee!
So Edie asked about St. Andrews and everyone learned that We Don't Talk About That anymore. But Don (great-uncle) is all beaming with pride, because I'm the first one to graduate university, the first to do a Masters, and probably the only one to go to school overseas. But Shawn beat me by going out of country, so I had to one-up him. Reason number one to get a Ph.D,: No one else in the family has/will have one. Reason number two: Shawn won't be the only Dr. in the family.
And Deb said they would come visit me in England. So now mom, Edie and Deb are coming at various times while I'm over there, plus mom said I could come home for xmas. So will not be bored. Maybe I can convince mom to take me around Somerset while they are there. And Edie to take me to the Orkney's...or St. Andrews. Golfing...my project for the summer.
Oh, and apparently I get my rescue diver card without actually having done my final (faked) rescue op (done everything else). I need to find a dive instructor to date so I can get my master card. I'll work on that after I find the nice scotsman/englishman to date.
It's nearly 2300. I am falling asleep typing. And probably spelling horribly. Night.
~A
Dinner was excellent. I mean excellent. God I miss good food. And there was escargot, and garlic bread, and garlic mashed potatoes, and cake. Actually CHEESE cake.
I am so bloody full it hurts.
So, presies, because my family likes any excuse possible to buy things for each other.
Grandma: 30 Euros. I've decided I love her after all. Won't get me very far, but so awesome. Although it kinda looks like Monopoly money...
Mom/Dad: camera housing for my digital camera dad gave me for xmas. All nice and shiny and going to Belize with me so I can take underwater video and Edie and I can argue over who takes better underwater photos.
Todd: black coral earrings. Which doesn't sound all that impressive, except that black coral is an endangered species and you can't buy jewelry made with it any more. No idea where or how he got them, but COOL!
Edie: Diamond and emerald tennis bracelet, that she bought in November and has been waiting to give it to me. It fits. And there are extra links left from when it was sized and mom says we can go to the designer and have matching earrings made. And remake my old emerald/pearl ones too, because I kinda hate them. Wee!
So Edie asked about St. Andrews and everyone learned that We Don't Talk About That anymore. But Don (great-uncle) is all beaming with pride, because I'm the first one to graduate university, the first to do a Masters, and probably the only one to go to school overseas. But Shawn beat me by going out of country, so I had to one-up him. Reason number one to get a Ph.D,: No one else in the family has/will have one. Reason number two: Shawn won't be the only Dr. in the family.
And Deb said they would come visit me in England. So now mom, Edie and Deb are coming at various times while I'm over there, plus mom said I could come home for xmas. So will not be bored. Maybe I can convince mom to take me around Somerset while they are there. And Edie to take me to the Orkney's...or St. Andrews. Golfing...my project for the summer.
Oh, and apparently I get my rescue diver card without actually having done my final (faked) rescue op (done everything else). I need to find a dive instructor to date so I can get my master card. I'll work on that after I find the nice scotsman/englishman to date.
It's nearly 2300. I am falling asleep typing. And probably spelling horribly. Night.
~A
