A Day for Celebration!

 

We did it!  

 Apparently the ceremony was a tiny bit boring for these three!  They had to entertain themselves somehow!

 

This is my good friend Jimmy.  We did the whole program together, he teaches fourth grade in another school district and is an outstanding teacher.  We mentored each other through the whole thesis process.  His wife is the one who decorated our cars on the last night of class.

 

Tim surprised me with a party after the ceremony.  I thought we were going out for a family dinner, but I came home to co-workers and friends.  What a fun night!

 

Another chapter completed!  

If you would have asked me a few years ago if I was going to pursue further education, the answer would have been a definite "No"! I was content staying home with my babies and being a mom.  But plans change, and I am so grateful for the opportunity to grow and learn, now that it is complete!  I am definitely walking away a much better teacher!  And yes, I am going to pursue further education at this point.  Not for a few years, but I do plan to go through another graduation and eventually complete my Ph.D.  Yikes!!!!  It is even scary to admit that.

Done!

On April 21st we officially completed our Master's Degree!  It was a bitter-sweet night as we met for the last time as a class.  There were 18 of us that endured the whole two years together and what friendships we made.  I, for one, am definitely walking away a better teacher with many friends whom I dearly treasure.

 

A spouse of one of my classmates decorated our cars in honor of the big night!

 

 

Of course we had to go out and celebrate! 

 

Lori and Laurie!

 

And, here she is!!!  Waiting to be bound, handed-in, and graded. That's a lot of trees!  Professors should really take that into consideration when assigning these outrageous assignments!

This is an A paper, my grade came in the mail today!!!!!  Now it is really official.  Tonight was the first Thursday in a very long time that I did not sit in class, but was a normal person.  I came home from school, did laundry, cooked dinner, laid on the couch with my husband and watched TV!  Wow, so this is what it feels like to relax and not have to feel guilty that I'm not reading a textbook and getting started on my next assignment, I LOVE it!!!!!