Here Goes:

Graduation:

Saturday was such a beautiful day. The sun was out and the weather was just perfect. Sunday, Mother's Day, Graduation, the weather was dismal. It rained all day. It was cold. Somehow that did not spoil the atmosphere. We all gathered at the school and took a bunch of group pictures. J went early with me so she could take pictures. She ended up manning several cameras. We found out that Heather was not able to make it because of her severely swollen feet. We called her and put her on speaker. This was the first time I cried. It made me sad that she could not be there with us; with me. She and I spent a lot days together in the past couple of years.

The ceremony went well. Last year there were only 11 graduates so the president made comments for each of the graduates. Since we had 43 that was not going to happen this year. I was grateful. But during his speech he was making the point that he had had direct contact with 39 of the graduates. That is when he mentioned me. He just said, "By the way, Rebecca, did you get that resume information?" It was funny. He is a very nice, funny, generous man. Which leads me to the second and last time I teared up. He made a big donation to the school's scholarship fund.

Party stuff:

I did not want a party. Somebody from school mentioned that we should all just get together after graduation and celebrate together. There were only 12 education students. I ended up hosting. The response sucked. Only Ang and her family and Jess said they would come. That was fine with me. We would still have fun. At the ceremony Kay came up to me to say that even tough she had not RSVP'd she and her mom would like to come. It would have been fine but there is some back story: Ang did her first leg of student teaching in Kay's mom's room. Becky. Becky was not very nice to Ang. In fact, somebody went to the college to tell the dean of education that Ang was being treated badly. When we had not heard from Kay we thought we were in the clear. When I told Ang she said that she and her family would not stay long then. This was for us. Our families wanted to celebrate together. So I went up to Kay and said something like, I am sure you are aware that your mom and Ang had something happen during the internship. I need you to know that her family will be there, your mom may be uncomfortable. Kay had no idea what happened. She said her mom would probably be OK. I told her Ang may not be. While I feel bad for Kay, I could not let Becky do this to Ang. She has been very mean. When Ang asked her what happened she denied that Ang did anything, yet word got back to us that Becky was telling people Ang messed up.

We were nervous but as it turned out Kay and Becky did not come. I had told Kay that I hoped she would come and I would not tell her not to bring her mom, but I needed to let her know what was going on. Poor Kay. She is a wonderful person. Her mom...not so much.

Another person said he and his girlfriend would come. He didn't. It bummed me out but he was only up for  the weekend and he was probably visiting with family, as he should. I'm a Momma. I would not want to share my kid!

Party On Garth:

I decided to drink my wine. Guess what? It was GOOD. And I think it was a nice base for my moonshine. Ang's husband Dan had been so anxious to get me liquored up. Alan can't figure out why people want to see me drunk. I am a fun girl, I guess they are wondering what happens when I am mixed with alcohol?  It is not much different except that I really don't censor myself and may be a bit louder. I humored him. It did no taste good but it was entertaining.

On a fun note, Ang and Dans son Brain came over. We had not met him before this. Now when Ang used to talk about J meeting Smash I told her that she seems more like Brain. I am not saying that I wanted to set them up. He is soon to be 20, if he isn't already. Brain can be very temperamental but he is smart and anti-conformist. Sure enough Brain and J hit it off. No not dating like, they just had fun together. They laugh at the same things, like similar movies, then they sat down and traded their favorite You-Tube videos. I found it all funny. Ang would give me  funny looks.  Brain was  always interested to know what J and Smash had in common. Now we think he is going to be more perplexed but tell him that J is OK. Not that they are not getting back together.

Jess stayed for a bit. Her dog was sick so her boyfriend stayed home to dog sit. We have not met him but he is about 7 years younger than her. She is 27. He may have felt out of place. Jess is going to move from the area as jobs in teaching are scarce here.

That's it for now. Much more to tell about my subbing, my toilette (ooo don't you wish you were me?), Smash's prom, and whatever comes today.