My Lil Graduate

I know, I'm gonna say it again...Oh, how times flies. Fifteen months have come and gone in a flash and we're getting ready to celebrate Lee's scholastic achievement of his Master's Degree. We're all very, very proud of him and his accomplishment. For fifteen months he's stayed up late finishing projects, attending group meetings, and turning in homework. His program was to take two years, but he doubled up his classes to finish early. What's even more mentionable is that he got all A's and has a perfect grade point! Unfortunately, however, he would not be recognized for that at the graduation ceremony because his last class ended less than 8 weeks before the ceremony and the academic audit would not be completed. But in our minds, he's the top of the class/world!

This coming weekend the girls and we are heading to Miami for the graduation ceremony. The girls are skipping school Friday and we're skipping work to head down early and enjoy the area before Saturday when the ceremony is. We're staying at the Hyatt Hotel and that alone has us pumped up. We're La Quinta or Days Inn kinda folk and it's a real treat to stay in a fancy schmancy place. *Very against my ethnic spending, but it's a celebration weekend*

We plan to hit the Miami beaches, do some shopping, sightseeing..the whole tourist thing. We've never taken the girls overnight with us out of town, so it's a first for that too. I'm not worried about them in the least, but what I'm dreading is 1) the 4 hour drive to and from Miami and 2) sharing a hotel room with those Peters' !! If you know me, you know I'm a very (let me bold that word) sensitive sleeper. The stars have to be aligned for me to fall asleep and with one king bed it's going to be rough! I've actually opted to sleep on the blow up mattress which eliminates the need to share my bed with anybody, but then there's the noise...oh those Peters'. Lee snores incessantly, Leeana breathes/snores loudly, and Lauryn talks in her sleep. I'm packing ear plugs. Wish me luck.

But in any case, I'll put aside my neuroticisms and avoid paying for an extra room. We're looking forward to a GREAT time of being together and celebrating Lee's defining moment. I'm so glad he's over with it too...it was stressful on me too when he had homework out the ying yang, when he stayed up all hours of the morning etc. But like we agree, now comes the hard part...finding a job to commensurate his qualifications. Stay tuned for wonderful pictures of our weekend!