yesterday, i wore a funny hat, polyester dress, and a white hood (really? i had to wear a white hood?) and wandered around the floor of the hockey arena
i wore shoes that were hurty, i shook hands with a chancellor and some deans, my face was on a jumbotron. i met the family of my friends who have saved my sanity over the past 2 years, i introduced my family to them. i went out to dinner with my mom, my sister and aunt.
i am truly blessed by wonderful friends, by amazing family. and my mom remembers everything. for instance, she remembers that when i was little i said i wanted musical instruments for major life occasions - specifically that i wanted a piano for a wedding gift. i am not engaged.
but i finished grad school yesterday. so my mom stepped absolutely outside of her comfort zone, and had been working with some people at the denver folklore center to give me the instrument i'd been quietly wanting for 6-7 years.
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but i finished grad school yesterday. so my mom stepped absolutely outside of her comfort zone, and had been working with some people at the denver folklore center to give me the instrument i'd been quietly wanting for 6-7 years.
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i actually cried when i opened it. not a lot, just a little. and played it in the fancy pants restaurant where we were dining. which seemed fitting - it has strings, we were at strings. it's so instinctive for me to play it. it sounds frighteningly like bagpipes when you play "amazing grace" with the slide.
i came home and fidgeted with it for a long time... i love it. it's exactly the one i wanted - cherry back and top, linked a few months ago with little fanfare. my momma rocks...
i came home and fidgeted with it for a long time... i love it. it's exactly the one i wanted - cherry back and top, linked a few months ago with little fanfare. my momma rocks...
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Congrats on becoming a Slacker With an Advanced Degree! You can thank Thomas for alerting us.
Congrats on becoming a Slacker With an Advanced Degree! You can thank Thomas for alerting us.
(Yes, I just copied and pasted that. Yes, I'm a slacker.)
congrats!!
that's a pretty instrument...what is it called? I like it. I love the hearts on it too :)
Congratulations, Heather. Welcome to the club. Now pull up a couch.
congrats--i now wish i had been there. please send me a recording of you playing your new instrument. love you!
Congratulations! Does your degree say "Official Smarty Pants" - - or something even smarter sounding?
mazal tov!! welcome to the world of the jaded and grad-iated (i have yet to arrive myself...). the dulcimer is beautiful. i'm so happy you finally got one. ditto on the recordings. i wanna hear it!
Congratulations Heather!!! Student loans ROCK!
CONGRATS!!
And what an awesome gift from such a great mom. A dulcimer...that's pretty cool. And pretty impressive that you play it. I would want one just for the cool factor--to hang up and say "lookee here" but to be able to play one too!! Neato bandido.
Congratulations on your graduation.
Beautiful dulcimer.
I love Amazing Grace on bagpipes. It's my most favorite song in the world.
Congrats Heather. Hey, nice dulcimer....ooh. that almost sounds dirty..heehee
Congratulations!
I'm so happy for you. It's always nice to be done. I hope all goes well for you! Let me know if you need anything, I know people. Nobody of any consequence, but I know people. I can get you a free lunch at the McDonald's in Lakewood Washington!
Aren't Bright Eyes GREAT?!
love the new tagline, btw
Yes!
Done!
And what a great mommy you have. (:
Wow! Congratulations Heather!! Are you planning on going back to the UN and get us out of the mess we're in? 'cuz that would be super. :-)
And you have the best momma in the world! How cool was that?
Congratulations! What a wonderful time!
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