For those of you who didn't know, until this Weds, I was a full-time student at Cal Berkeley, working on my English degree. I transferred in from a community college, and spent 3 years finishing up my undergrad degree. During those 3 years, I haven't had a single semester where I wasn't pregnant or breastfeeding, so somehow it seems fitting that my graduation day fell on Mother's Day.
Of course, since that was a Sunday, it meant it was a pain in the butt for those out-of-town family and friends to come. My grandmother, my biggest supporter, is dying in Southern California, and couldn't come. My mother did make it up, though, something I am truly grateful for.
I picked her up at the airport the day before, and told her I was expecting a new baby in December (she didn't know yet), so she was very pleased all weekend. She, like me, was upset that her mother couldn't make it, but it was great to have her there.
My inlaws did NOT make it, calling two days before to say they had to work on Monday and so couldn't come. Nevermind that we drive down there ALL the time on weekends, and have to back here and at work Monday mornings, they didn't FEEL like it. DH couldn't help it and had to tell them about the baby, and when they heard about that THEN they called DH's aunt to try and get me flowers and such. In 7 years, the only things of mine they've come to are my wedding and my graduation from community college (only 45 minutes from their house). I'm mad, and I'm a little ticked at DH for telling them since I wanted to do it fac to face (we see them when WE drive down in 3 weeks). Still, whatever.
Rory spent a good deal of graduation in my lap:
followed me up onto the stage:
and actually walked across to get my scroll with me:
In my tenure at Cal, she came to classes with me for a whole year, and my professors loved her, so it seemed right. The woman who actually handed me my scroll was a prof of mine who used to pick Rory up when she was fussy and lecture with my daughter on her hip...I love her to death.
Two days later my finals were over (no word on the grades yet) but it looks like I'll have graduated with a 3.5 GPA, a BA in English and 1.5 kids. Not a bad deal, really, right?
To see our whole Mother's Day adventure, please head to Rory's website, or look at the grad page.
The plan for now is to do a little babysitting, work on my teaching credential at night (JUST enough classes to avoid paying off my loans)and start teaching middle/high school English once Rory is in kindergarden.
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