Last Saturday's weather was a perfect Maine day; no humidity, beautiful clouds that hid the sun just enough so it wasn't too bright, and a slight-to-more-than-slight breeze. It threatened to be a rainy day since there was a tiny shower in the morning just after sunrise, but the dark clouds stayed in the distance all day, making the weather beautiful. However, because of the possibility of rain, the graduation ceremony was held indoors at the gym, which I thought was even better as far as sound quality, etc. It was a beautiful, beautiful day.
I woke up about 5 AM, then again about every 15 minutes after that. Finally, I just got up about 6, got changed into my what-I-wore-to-the-graduation-clothes, and started to "waste" time by getting on my computer and checking Facebook. No sooner had I decided that than my cell phone rang. It was Katie. She wasn't feeling well so I suggested we walk down to Dunkin Donuts downtown (a block away from the dorm) for some coffee. I went upstairs from Alex's room and met her at the door to hers. It was only about 7 AM; the street was practically deserted, there was a slight breezed, and the sky still had the "I think I want to rain but not really since I just sent down a very tiny rain about an hour ago" look and feel to it. For a little bit, it seemed like just the two of us owned the morning. We got our coffees, sat at a table in DD and finished them off, then left to get to the Snack Bar in the Student Center to meet Alex for breakfast. Even in there, it was pretty deserted. I think all the graduating students had been out partying the night before, so they weren't awake yet!! I loved not having a lot of people around.
Once we ate, it was time to go back and get her cap and gown on. It was time.....she's gong to look like a real, true college graduate!! We were so busy from the beginning of that morning until we got home to Bangor that I don't even know how we had time to remember how to breathe. At 9:30 we had to be over to the gym (one block straight ahead from her dorm) so she could get in her "line" depending on which major she wanted to graduate with. She chose her English Major.
The whole ceremony lasted not quite 2 hours, which I didn't think was too bad. It started at 10; ended at noon. There was a reception in the Dining Hall after, which we all went to for a few minutes. Good brownies.
After that, we changed into something "real" again--as in, not "good" clothes--and we went out to eat lunch. All students had to be out of their rooms by 4PM, so as soon as we ate, we headed back to the dorms, got the rest of the stuff out of both rooms, which filled the back of the van so much that we weren't sure where we were going to put everything (!!!) And that was just the leftovers from what had already been taken home the day before!!
We headed back to Bangor by about 4:15; Katie slept most of the way home. She was so exhausted. When we got home, she tried to take a nap but couldn't really get to sleep, and her heart was beating so erratically and hard that it was starting to scare me. She was born with Aortic Stenosis so I'm always a little pre-occupied when it comes to her heart. Off to the Emergency Room........turns out she was severely dehydrated, and she was getting sick, but didn't know it yet. They gave her a whole bag of fluids, and she started to feel better after that.
Sunday was a "normal" day, but Monday.....Katie woke up with an extremely sore throat. I didn't want to take a chance that it might be strep throat, so she was able to get an appointment for that same day with a doctor. So....off we went. Fortunately, it was not strep. But, he did give her some antibiotics, so I was glad of that.
So, it's been a pretty wild and crazy week so far. It's so, so, so nice to have them back!!
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