Wednesday, December 22, 2010

One of the best days of my life!


December 14th, 2010. 4pm. Thomas & Mack.

Graduating from college was definitely and continues to be one of the strangest feelings in the world.  It hasn’t sunk in that I won’t be going back to school next semester, or that when I get home at night I won’t have a paper to write or a online quiz due or project to start (or not start; I procrastinated a lot). It’s probably going to hit me after my first day of work, when I come home and relax and adjust to all my life changes. 

Anyway, I had been counting down 'til Graduation since 2010 started. I knew I was on track to graduate in time, but always pushed myself a little more trying to get ahead of everyone (my competitive streak is relentless, and oftentimes not even really worth it). I'm very stubborn and once I get an idea, nothing's going to stop me and I will work hard for whatever it is. I worked my butt off this year in school, doing 18 credits, an internship, and being a Student Manager for UNLVino Wine Tasting, then did 15 credits in 8 weeks over summer, which was probably the worst summer of my life, for various reasons, and then finished my undergrad studies with another 18 credit semester. Not sure why I decided to do that, but I am Jessica and Jessica does this sort of thing all the time.  

Graduation was at 4pm so naturally I was running around late and unprepared at 2pm, an hour before the graduates were supposed to be in place and ready to go. The whole experience after lining up with our colleges was a bit of a blur. We sat through an incredibly boring (sorry!) ceremony for almost four hours, but the most important part to me, which was when I got to walk across the stage, was over in a matter of seconds. 

I am so thankful for all of the family I had there to support me. I wish some more of my English family could have made it but for health reasons and so on it just wasn't possible. However, I know they were there in spirit which is what really matters. 

After the ceremony we went back to my house and had dinner and celebrated. By the time everyone left, I was absolutely exhausted. So in typical Jessica fashion, instead of going out and going crazy celebrating, I was in sweatpants by 9 pm and went to bed a couple of hours later. And I wouldn't have spent my graduation day with anybody different or in anyway different.

  Here are a few pictures from the day.









1 comment:

  1. I love that picture where you're waving in a sea full of graduates. So cute!
    Love you lady, and I'm sooooo proud of you! You really are inspiring :)

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