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Okay, I slept for eighteen hours last night, I am slightly recovered now, so I can post this. *grins*
I graduated yesterday. I now officially have an undergraduate degree, Bachelor of Arts in archaeology and geography. *grins* Got the piece of parchment and everything. Hee!
And it was a good day, too. A nice ceremony (though I was apparently the ONLY female there in trousers and flats - I missed the memo on dressing up, it seems), two pretty decent speeches by the University President and a guest speaker. But more to the point, I got to meet back up with a lot of the people who helped me. My mentor and friend. My counsellor at the DSS office. The tutor who helped me through those last couple of months when I had what felt like a dozen essays to get in at once. *grins* It was so nice to say hello to them all again. And I got a startlingly large amount of hugs. From parents, too. I'm the first in the family to graduate since Mam herself. Heh.
Plus. I got to see my city again. My college. I missed them so, these past few months. I really, really did.
Though they've gone and redone the interior of the geography department while I was gone. That did annoy me. I liked those old stairs! They were my friends! They were the best spot for a quiet sit-down before you hit the library, dammit! *grumbles to self*
Oh, I have to go back there. In, you know, a couple of decades when I've made enough money to do some courses on the side. The archaeology department introduced a course on underwater archaeology, the bloody year after I leave! I will have to go back. I miss the bloody place already ... Heh.
I graduated yesterday. I now officially have an undergraduate degree, Bachelor of Arts in archaeology and geography. *grins* Got the piece of parchment and everything. Hee!
And it was a good day, too. A nice ceremony (though I was apparently the ONLY female there in trousers and flats - I missed the memo on dressing up, it seems), two pretty decent speeches by the University President and a guest speaker. But more to the point, I got to meet back up with a lot of the people who helped me. My mentor and friend. My counsellor at the DSS office. The tutor who helped me through those last couple of months when I had what felt like a dozen essays to get in at once. *grins* It was so nice to say hello to them all again. And I got a startlingly large amount of hugs. From parents, too. I'm the first in the family to graduate since Mam herself. Heh.
Plus. I got to see my city again. My college. I missed them so, these past few months. I really, really did.
Though they've gone and redone the interior of the geography department while I was gone. That did annoy me. I liked those old stairs! They were my friends! They were the best spot for a quiet sit-down before you hit the library, dammit! *grumbles to self*
Oh, I have to go back there. In, you know, a couple of decades when I've made enough money to do some courses on the side. The archaeology department introduced a course on underwater archaeology, the bloody year after I leave! I will have to go back. I miss the bloody place already ... Heh.
