Graduating

Yes, I've graduated.  A semester early, in fact.  Get to save myself a few thousand dollars there.  My commencement ceremony was yesterday, and it was an interesting experience.  I did not want to be there, I am absolutely not one for any kind of ceremony, and to be honest I can't stand wearing anything that isn't a T-shirt and either jeans or shorts, depending on the weather.  But, my family wanted be to do it, so I was happy to do it.  Not many people graduate in the winter, let me tell you.  And a lot of people didn't show up.  There were maybe a thousand people at mine, but there were three commencements, since I went to a big school.  It was a nice feeling, finally being done with school.  I have to bring this up though.  While everybody was walking, the people in charge asked that the crowd hold their applause until each separate college had gone through.  This was too much to ask, apparently, and it got completely ridiculous at some points.  So much for the solemnity of the event.  But even considering that, it was a great feeling walking across and getting my (admittedly fake because we don't have final grades yet) diploma.  So yes, looking forward to the rest of my life.  Wow, did this two days in a row.  It's been, what, 4 months?