How did my sister go from this:
to this:
so darn fast?
Yesterday was her high school graduation party. I feel like she should still be the 3 year old that I taught to sing.
In spite of my wishes for her to stay 3 years old forever, she grew into quite a beautiful woman.
Well, it’s been a busy weekend….
Friday night I went through my graduation ceremony at Delta. I dressed up, of course. It’s about making mom proud, after all. I got there at about 5:55, and stood in line for an hour while the graduating class of 2009 got assembled around me. This seemed the longest, since I did not know anyone around me. An older lady, presumably in charge, kept reminding us to go to the bathroom. I have a nervous bladder anyway, so this didn’t help. It was like she was our substitute mommy.
Eventually we got in 2 lines, one on each side of the hallway. It was hot there, with little air circulation. I wasn’t looking forward to the gym, figuring if the hall was this hot the gym was probably going to be worse.
5 minutes late, at 7:05, we walked into the gym. I had enough people in front of me that I figured that I would be in row three or so. Ultimately though, the line on the right side stopped and let the line on the left side progress. I ended up in the front row, right on the very left edge. The lady that I was sitting next to was overly friendly. She treated me as though I was her best friend for years, which was kind of odd since I just met her minutes before. The gym was surprisingly very cool, and not bad at all.
I sat through the ceremony. Thankfully, the little old lady reminded me to go to the bathroom earlier, so I was a-ok. The entire thing only lasted an hour or so, and all culminated in this moment:
After that, I sat and watched a large amount of people I did not know graduate mere feet from where I was sitting. I contemplated what would happen if someone really did have to go to the bathroom during the ceremony. I pictured random graduates as they walked across, regretting that bottle of water they drank just minutes before the ceremony. Overall though, it was nice, with refreshments afterward down in the commons area. I ate many many brownies. I drank a ridiculous amount of punch, having only drank a bare minimum of liquids that day. Again, I didn’t want to have to go to the bathroom. I couldn’t be that guy.
We got home late Friday night and got up early Saturday, as per normal with the beasties. For some strange reason, they get up earlier on weekends than they do on weekdays, when they’re hard to wake up and get going. I don’t understand it. It’s probably one of those things, like how women go to the bathroom in flocks. Just strange behavior.
Anyway, we went to a pancake breakfast for Ben. I looked quite well rested..
… well, maybe not.
Ben was nominated as an “incredible kid”, and got free pancakes and all sorts of accolades.
Then I took Maddie to soccer; her team won.
Finally, I went to a heavy metal concert with my wife. It was a good concert, and I figured out where the bathrooms were in cobo hall pretty easily. I used them fairly continuously, as normal. It was after the concert that I found perhaps the most convenient bathroom. We walked into the parking garage and made our way towards my car, which I had parked near a corner. As we drew closer, we saw a very large man standing next to my drivers side door, urinating on the wall next to the car. As I approached I figured I had to say something, so I said “Hey, thanks for not peeing on the car man!”. He was very drunk. As we drove away, we saw the enormity of the puddle. I wonder, how many beers did this guy drink?
We drove home and arrived around 2am. We were in bed by 3am.
We woke up at noon and eventually made our way to Ghengis Kahn, a mongolian bbq place here. My parents took everyone out to celebrate my graduation that Friday. Afterwards, we went to their house for some cake…
… which was very tasty indeed. Thanks mom, it was a nice day. I got nice gifts, and I’m thankful for all of this.
I looked up the information for the development through this week, and it’s getting incredibly human looking
Also of note, vocal cords are in place, fingernails and toenails, the brain is fully formed, and facial features are in place. Most importantly for this entry, it has developed kidneys and have started to secrete urine. The cycle is complete. From me at graduation, to a large drunk man at the concert, to the fetus, this entire blog post is urine related. I’m not sure how I’ll top this.
Tomorrow is both our anniversary as well as the first doctors appointment wherein I’ll hear the heartbeat and see the kid. It should be interesting!