Graduation Day....

Thursday, May 25....

All the hard work from the JHU Cohort paid off. Jennie, Sue, Sean, Demond and I (and the rest of Cohort 6) graduated together from Johns Hopkins with our MS in Information & Telecommunications Systems. Mom, Dad and Darrin attended to see me graduate, and we got to enjoy the evening in Baltimore until I had to go robe at 6:15. As we were robing, Sue announced that she was getting married that weekend! What a surprise!!

We all walked in together, and got our degrees in a row -- They didn't hand us the diplomas onstage, only once we got back to the gymnasium... but the "Well-Oiled Machine" was together 'til the end. I gave Sean, Sue & Demond their cross-stitched JHU Crests that I made, and we got a group picture minus Jennie. We lost her along the way, and were quite bummed :(

Judy, one of my DAR ladies, was there to see her son graduate, and she sent me a sweet e-card the next day! I called James on the way home, and he told me I'd have my present delivered the next day so I'd be home. He sent me beautiful red roses and blue irises.