To Berea

Today's postcard

Today I put on a float-y skirk and sandals and went to Berea (KY) for graduation.

Irene, Sophia, Bella, and I had an impromptu lunch at the Mexican restaurant.

After lunch we met Bella's mom and went to Seabury for the ceremony. We ended up on the steps just as the graduates were coming down, so we got to see everyone before they went into the gym.

Full house.

After the ceremony the graduates tossed a beach ball as they waited to leave the gym. You can see it on a chair as the last graduates wait to file out.

One thing I don't like: even though the families are asked to remain seated until the processional is finished, most leave once their student has left the gym. See all those empty seats both in front of and behind the last graduates and the people walking up the aisle while there are still several rows of grads? By the time the students whose names are at the end of the alphabet leave the gym, it's almost empty. How unfair for those students. Off soapbox.

Other than that, it was a perfect day with lots of happy people. There was a party in my old neighborhood for a few graduating international students, including my host student Kaydene. I got to meet her sister, who came from Jamaca for the graduation.