Yep. It’s over. Graduation was about as can be expected one hour and fifty eight minutes of boring and 2 minutes of exciting. It was so nice to have my family there–the best part of everything was seeing the people I love so happy for me and so proud.
The gallery show was amazing. We had well over a hundred people there. I arrived a little bit late because I had to eat something before going and when I got there it was packed. There was barely room to walk. I’m so glad we did the show because it really was the closure we needed in a way that the actual graduation ceremony (where our names are read and we’re rushed off the stage so it’s over in literally about 30 seconds) can’t be. Our friends, our family, and the community came out to support us and celebrate what we have done. It made me feel like I actually did something and had something to show for all my work and the sweat and the tears.
The fact that I have a freaking Masters degree still hasn’t sunk in. I had a desktop countdown timer set for the day and time of graduation and when I loaded up my computer to show my project and it said 0 days 0 hours 0 minutes all I could do was stare. Things are still a bit surreal for me–especially since I fly out to D.C. on Monday and then Paris on Wednesday. I don’t even know what to do with that information at the moment.
I guess tomorrow is the first day of the rest of my life.
Holy shit!!
