We did it!! Christopher and I graduated on May 10th. It was a good day and I am happy that I "made" him walk. His parents came up to see us and Joseph was graduating too. I should have known though that by making him walk I was going to get what I wanted, but with a price. (story time) It had already been a long morning because we had to go early for all the graduating athletes and listen to a few people talk. After that we went and checked in and waited for the ceremony to start. Of course there were faculty trying to get everyone in line and organized before we all marched out and they asked us to get in line. So I go and get in line and Christopher and Joseph just continue to sit at this table not moving. I think one lady must have asked them to get in line at least four times, but you better believe they were the last people in line, only to get in line when the music started to play. So at this point I'm already nervous and semi embarrassed that they weren't getting in line, but I decided not to choose this battle and just let Christopher sit since he was only walking to make me happy in the first place. Okay so they get in line and we walk out together and sit. We are the first college that will be called after the Masters students and we are pretty close to the front being that our last name is Dougherty. The boys bust out the plan that we are going to walk up get our diplomas and just continue to walk out after we go back to our seats. At first I was not liking this plan I was nervous that everyone would be watching us just walk out, and I think Christopher was a little nervous too. Looking back on it now though I'm grateful Joseph made the final decision. We followed through with the plan and bypassed about 3 hours of pure torture!!! I think our families were pretty happy with our decision as was I after we did it! We are both so happy to be done with our undergraduate education. For now we are taking a break but a higher education is in the future for both of us!!!
The SVSU Graduates!!
All of my sisters except for Margie are graduating this year. Mary from High School, Emily and Abby with their Masters, me with my BSW, and Christopher with his BA. Yea for us!
This is of the three of us while we were sitting waiting to walk.
We were so happy Dennis and Kae could come!!!
So Christopher and I packed up our things and said good bye to our home in Michigan. We've loved living here and will be sad to say goodbye, but we are looking forward to our new adventure together. We packed up a big 16 footer truck said our goodbyes and off we went. It was a 14 hour drive and we did it in one day. I of course was scared out of my mind to drive the truck, but Christopher needed a break about half way through the trip so I took over. I was really proud of myself for those 45 min I drove. I was holding my breath the whole time and I had my hands at ten and two, and they were glued there. I was actually a little sore after he took over again because I was squeezing the wheel so hard and I was tense. I was grateful for a husband who would drive almost the entire time!! He is wonderful and he is working hard in Southaven, MS to provide for our little family. I'm still on the job hunt but hopefully it will be over soon!!! We are currently living with Christopher's sister Elizabeth and her sweet family. We are loving it! They have the cutest little girls, and one more on the way!!! I wish I had more pictures of Mississippi but my camera has been dead the entire time we've been here until now. So pictures shall be posted soon.
