What do you mean you have a GRAD date??

I am so over done today.  Today was the Spectrum Grad Extravaganza.  I have to say, that Mt. Boucherie could learn a thing or two from Spectrum.

The Grad ceremony, is followed by the dinner and dance, which is followed by the dry grad.  Boom. Done.  All in one night.  The ceremony was a whopping 2 hours long.  Not the 4+ hours of Mt. Boucherie-madness. If I were sitting in Mt. Boucherie's Grad tonight, I wouldn't have stayed.

We found Max in the group really easily--mostly because Kent found him.  We whistled and yelled as he crossed the stage, making him smile.

It's amazing to me how fast this all goes by.  18 years in a blink.  I don't look at him like, "oh my baby is all grown up"  I realize that some people have those moments of teary-eyed-ness and oh my baby!  I don't.  I look at him with such admiration for who he is and who he is becoming.  He is a great man, has great values, he loves his family, he cares for us.

We started our afternoon with pictures at his friends house, we met parents, we met his friends.  They are really quality people.

I then took Kent back to work, home to organize more wedding stuff, then off to get Melissa from work, gather Kent from work and MOVE through the city to get to the University on time.  We were late, but at least we got in the doors.  There were threats of "if you're late, too bad."  I was completely stressed by the time we got there.

Settled in my seat, it was like a flood, I couldn't keep my eyes open, my chest pain and back pain had kicked into full throttle.  The lighting was bugging me, my wig felt like it was moving...ugh.

As the ceremony wound on, I was able to relax and enjoy all of the dresses, the hair, the speakers, the valedictorians, were amazing.  I have been to more grads than I care to confess, Spectrum's valedictorians rocked.  Seriously.

Before we left we took a picture with Max, later we found him surrounded by 5 girls.  Including his date.  Yes, 20 minutes before we had to leave for pictures he tells me, he has a date.  More stress.  What about a corsage???  Ugh.  As it turned out, he didn't need one for her.

Tomorrow, I do nothing.  OK, I'll post grad pictures.  For now, I am off to bed.  My whopping 4 hours of off-and-on sleep last night hasn't been so good for my demeanor today.  And a heartfelt sorry to my family....I haven't been so nice the past number of days.