College of the Desert Graduation

This will be my first post in quite some time. I started up my Facebook account when school ended and when I have that going, it’s really hard to maintain both. I am starting the blog back up because when school starts, I will turn off my Facebook account again. For me, it is just too time consuming. Plus, the website is changing and there are ads that I don’t agree with and don’t want to be looking at, posts from friends that hurt my heart, and so much complaining that I can’t help but feel deflated after reading all the terrible, frustrating complaints in other people’s lives. I happen to be a practiced complainer as well, so I struggle with even wanting to maintain this blog; however, I want to keep in touch with my family and friends somehow, so this is probably the best way to do that.

Here’s some photos from the College of the Desert graduation. We had a few events in the days before, like the transfer recognition ceremony and the MESA banquet and the ACES celebration, that's what some of the other photos are from.

 I had a lot of mixed emotions during graduation. It was difficult to get through finals (I got my very first, and hopefully only, C grade ever; the rest were A’s), pack up the apartment alone (Sean had to work), and try to separate myself emotionally from everything that I’d invested in the last two years. At COD I had finally found the camaraderie that I had been searching for since high school. I had friends, I could chat with my professors, I had a sport and I knew where to find everything. It’s all I ever could have asked for, and I was having to leave it all behind. I know there are great things waiting for me here at Davis, but the thought of starting all over is a bit daunting.

My mom and Holly were able to make it to the graduation, something for which I will always be grateful. They flew down and after sitting through a ridiculously long ceremony were able to see our little apartment on San Marino, then come up to Morongo and see our ranch, which we’ve had for three years now and they’ve never seen.