Tidbit Tuesday #27: Graduation Edition

I’ve been a bad blogger. And it makes me sad. :( We’re in the final stretch of pretty much everything at this point, so I may not be able to blog as often as I want, but I will try! Even if it’s mostly pictures, which this blog post will surely be!

In an effort to make my tidbits chronological, I’ll begin with this.. Graduation weekend was LONG. On Friday, my family arrived to a barely-packed Slocum Heights apartment which I doubt my dad was too thrilled about. Later that day, the S.I. Newhouse senior photo and graphics students had their very own gallery show. And just maybe I made a bigger deal out of it than needed be… But you know me. I get excited over pretty much anything. :) After all, I’d never seen my work behind glass walls before. It was also here that my family got to meet two of my all-time favorite professors. It was a sweet time!

Trying to park ANYWHERE the weekend that 5,000 other students’ families were in town, was quite impossible. So we hung out on campus for a short time before heading out to dinner. And for the rest of my mom’s life, she will always remember this moment.. The moment Alyse taught her the art of photography. Or more like, “Hey Mom, I need you to take this picture please!” :) Although my mom obviously rocked it, keep in mind that my right side is my bad side. So posting this is taking a lot of courage.

But Dylan obviously doesn’t have a bad side. MMM!!! Synonyms for oww-owww anybody?

Cam and I taking a little break from the gallery. As you can see, I was probably way too excited for sushi that night. Told you, it’s the little things.. Little things with raw fish inside.

The next (Saturday) morning, I “graduated” from Newhouse. I say “graduated” because it was more like a big tease. I wouldn’t be an SU alumn until the next day, when we’d actually turn our magic tassels, making us all adults. The Newhouse convocation was nifty though.. Nifty in the sit-and-listen-to-400-names-be-called sort of way. :) In all seriousness though, I will miss Newhouse. Not the insane deadlines, the turkey and brie paninis from Food.com, or the insanity of portfolio-printing season. But I will.. miss Newhouse.

Meet the fam. :)

Time for what all the hype was about. The 156th SU commencement in the Carrier Dome. Rumors have it that over 22,000 people crowded the stands. It was.. Loud in there. And surreal. And fun. And sad. And exciting. And kinda-sorta scary to finally put such a milestone behind us. “I declare these candidates to be most worthy of their degrees.” Like a punch in the gut. I flipping DID IT.

Meet Jess. Probably my closest friend at SU. Despite our height differences, we are pretty much the exact same person. Whenever I think of Syracuse, for the rest of my life, the thought of this amazing friend will not be far behind. I love you!!

I gradumucated! And you wouldn’t know I was a photo-major, because this is terribly over-exposed. But hey. :)

The ride home to Sharon was probably the most fun I’ve had in a very long time. You know when you’re in such a crazy mood that you’d be embarrassed for anyone else to see? Well, my entire family was in that same mood. Hence, Lorae singing her heart out in the background. She was also piled beneath every one of my belonging’s imaginable. She was undoubtedly the craziest. And by the end of the trip, we wanted to leave her there. ;)

When I got home, my sweet little boy was waiting for me. Waiting for the last 27 days we’d live together. Because unfortunately, Dylan is allergic to Mony. :(

So there goes graduation. And all my talk of SU for the rest of my blogging life. (We’ll see about that..) So thank you for reading! And Happy Tuesday!