Pace on Earth

Pomp and Circumstance

So yesterday was the big day and it went off without a hitch. To complete the story in the haphazard way in which I completed the degree I had to pay off a final fee on Wednesday to actually be able to cross the stage and pick up my diploma. I did so and was able to do just that, although my name did not appear in the program. The irony was not lost on the family.

And thankfully there was much family there. Mom and Sam, Granny and Grampy, Sarah, Margie and the whole MacAfee clan made it to the ceremony. They tell me they cheered as my name was announced and I walked acoss the stage but I didn't hear a thing. I spent 16 years trying to get the degree done and the time for savouring was over, just give me the damn piece of paper. I raced off to practice to get a serious, and enjoyable, ribbing from the boys.

I then went over and met the family and others at the Blue Door for dinner and had a wonderful dinner. It was a fantastic day and a fantastic evening.

The next day before dropping off my gown I wanted to give a nod to the family name because it was probably the reason the felt the need to give me the degree anyways. I went in to the chapel in the Old Arts Building and had my graduation caddy Sarah Wilby snap this photo of my grandfather Desmond and I:That's for you dad.

Thanks to everyone for seeing this through with me and to everyone who made the whole day so memorable.

Pace out BA

posted by Vitamin S @ 1:12 p.m.