Graduation and Such

Well, it's official. We done gradu-a-mated. The ceremony was last Friday and we had almost all the family in town from brothers and sisters to grandma and grandpa. The weather was lovely for a change. Our families were spoiled! After they left it dropped back down to freezing after having been a pleasant 60-70 degrees all weekend. At some point I may or may not share more pictures, more information, and just more in general about graduation, but for now I'll just sum it up.

Thursday night we had an awards dinner for Spencer's medical class. We went and were sat (assigned seating) at a table with one of his classmates and her parents, grandparents, boyfriend, and boyfriend's parents. They all were meeting for the first time. Fun! The dinner was excellent, but the awards were, well, boring. Maybe because Spencer (or anyone else I knew) didn't win anything. But hey, that's how awards ceremonies are, right?

Friday morning the assorted relatives gathered at our place for breakfast, we took pictures, and my mom, dad, and sister headed out with me for the graduate student lunch. The lunch, again, was excellent. They even had complimentary campagne (they didn't for the medical students the night before). Our table must have looked kind of funny though because half of us don't drink, and a few also didn't like champagne. Wisconsin is a very alcohol-heavy environment though. They even gave my 19 year old sister one! At the lunch we were also put on the spot to say something so I got up and thanked people, and made a joke about not eating cereal anymore. After that, we lined up, marched in, sat for about 2 hours (or rather napped), got the diploma, took pictures, and went out for dinner at Carabbas. Afterwards we treated the non-natives to frozen custard, which was an instant hit. Spencer's dad started out with 2 scoops then went back for 2 more!!

Saturday and Sunday were spent with the family seeing the sights, shopping, and lots and lots of eating. All in all it was great having everyone around. It was crazy, but we had a really good time with everyone and got to do a lot of touristy type things that you don't normally do when you live somewhere.

Phew. And that was the short version. So much for that. :)
Now, it's onward and upward to the next big phase of our doctoring lives: residency!