graduations galore

the last week and a half has been ridiculous. nonstop motion. i graduated 2 saturdays ago, and my family and dominique came down. the weather held up, and there was a nice picnic afterwards. it was a relief to get it all over with, though i still don't feel like i'm really done.

then i packed for a couple days (that's what she said), and headed up to dominique's for her graduation. a group of bomb techs was in town for a course at dominique's school, so we went out with friends and those guys each night during the week. on tuesday night we were outside at this bar when all of a sudden it got really windy. the gust was so strong that it knocked over full bottles of beer and a full tray of 20 irish carbombs. luckily, they were replaced. the other 40 carbombs were delivered inside and managed to stay upright until it was time to be imbibed. on wednesday night we got dinner and drinks at bdubs, probably the greatest restaurant ever. thursday, dominique's friends had a party at their apartment. friday, we had some drinks with dominique's mom at the hotel then headed to dinner. from there we met friends at the bar.

on saturday, dominique graduated!! woohoo! the ceremony was nice. the auditorium looked really nice and the speeches weren't bad. we went to a big dinner at a nice restaurant with some other families, and then headed to one of the professor's houses for drinks afterwards. it was a good time.

today i ventured back to new england, where i'll be hanging out for the week ($1 drafts tomorrow!). already have some plans so i'm pretty excited about it. then this weekend is the big move...getting my stuff out of pennsyltucky forever! i can't wait. when i left the state today i immediately felt my IQ jump at least 20 points. i've only been gone for hours and already i feel like a new, cleaner person. it's wonderful. i will miss nothing about it.

so, blogging has resumed. the lack has been due to all the fun stuff i've been up to and also a lack of internet. while the fun stuff will continue, the lack of internet (and blogging) will not. and for those concerned, there will be at least 1 more post to wrap up my relationship with mary. then i will leave pennsyltucky behind forever...except when i travel outside new england, since it's such a big useless cockblock to the rest of the country.