DONE!!!

WHOO!! Graduated! I'm free!!!

...ahem...

So, I finally graduated from high school. When September rolls around, I will be a college student. Go me.

The practise for the mass was on Tuesday. Not really much to say about that. It was a practise of the mass. Whoever had stuff to do went up and did them and everyone did the walking in and sitting down and all that fun stuff.

Wednesday morning was the practise for the grand march. I don't know why we only had a practise the day before, but we're lucky it wasn't complicated and we picked it up pretty quick. Most of us showed up, some of us with our escorts.

We ran through the march a few times. For the first few times, we all lined up side-by-side in a line that stretched outside (there's a door outside at the back of the stage). Me and a few others were stuck outside, and every time we made it inside they started the drill over. So then we switched it out that the girls were on one side of the stage and the boys were on the other and then we would come out one couple at a time, meet in the middle, walk through the castle/arch/thing we had going on, stand for pictures and walk off the stage.

We ran through that a couple of times before calling it a day and going home.

Wednesday night was the mass. It was boring, the end. After the mass was the picture circus. A bunch of people with cameras were taking our pictures left and right. That was immensely annoying. After we escaped from that, I went home.

Thursday was graduation day. The Day of No Relaxation... Or Peace.

Thursday afternoon my aunt came over and did my hair. Everything was curled and piled up on my head and bobby-pinned in place. Needless to say, it hurt, and it was heavy.

5:00 was the supper. The room was packed tight with circular tables. The meal was a turkey dinner with cherry cheesecake for dessert. They played a slide show of pictures of the graduating class growing up. That was cute. It took a while to serve everyone and we ended up running late (no surprise there).

Sometime after 6:00 was the actual graduation. After the supper was over we hurried over to the school to put on our robes. Then we lined up in order and headed over to the AV room, where the ceremony was being held. The AV room is built kind of like a theatre with two sets of stairs. So, one at a time, we each walked down a stairway and onto the stage. We ended up sitting in a semi-circle on the stage in alphabetical order.

There were speeches and awards and all that. Then our former principal came up and talked about each of us, she had taught us all many times before and had fond memories of each of us. Then more speeches. One of my friends went up and said something about each of the teachers. Then the diplomas were given out, another speech, then we all threw our hats in the air (and have them fall back on us). Another photo circus ensued.

At 9:00 I showed up at the building where the prom was being held. I arrived second, my escort showed up seconds before I did. Then my best friend's escort showed up after I changed into my dress. The three of us hung outside by the back of the stage to wait for everyone else to show up. Eventually and slowly, everyone showed up and we all hung out backstage to wait to be called out for the grand march.

Then I suddenly felt nauseous, so that ruined part of the night. Each couple was called out one at a time, I was last in line. After the grand march was the dance with the parents, then a dance with the escorts. After that, everyone started leaving. I was planning on going to a party, but I was sick so I just went home.

And I've been sick ever since. Fun.

Well, that was my graduation. I still can't believe that we're finally done. It's gonna be sad in September when I start college and realize that me and my high school class will never be all together ever again. We've all been together since kindergarten and it's hard imagining school without them at this point.