Return of the Fat Bastard - Graduation Day

June 10th 2016

I got a woody for Prince George

     After  good night's sleep at the semi luxurious Carmel Inn we went down to collect our coupon for a continental breakfast or $4 off menu items and an extension cord so we can plug the air conditioner back in. We had to use the outlet for my CPAP, by morning it was a little warm in the room. The bed in the semi luxurious Carmel Inn was muey comfortable. I slept like a baby, a giant snoring, gassy baby but still a baby !
      The food in the Carmel Inn restaurant was very good. What can they do to sausage and eggs? The lovely Lisa had the Eggs Benny. Okay, I could / should have skipped the rye toast and hash browns but look how happy I am!

      We had just got back to the room when Dr Dan called to tell us that people were lining up for the Grad Ceremony. It's 10 am!! The Grads at 1. Guess what is not going to happen? I won't wait 20 minutes for a seat in a restaurant I was not going to wait 3 hours to watch my nephew graduate. Fortunately Dr Dan , his father, has a vested interest in seeing his kid graduate so he stood in line for us. We went shopping for a couple of things we forgot at home and when we showed up at 12:30 Dr Dan already had our seats saved.

      You might remember Ryland from one of my Alaska cruise blogs. He got lost in the woods and had to be rescued. The Captain had to hold the boat for 30 minutes. They were pulling up the gang plank as the search and rescue truck pulled up to the ship. Well, 3 years later he's Graduating High School. Both him and his girlfriend Avery Graduated on the Principals list. I think they both have a bright future. 

      The Grad was held at the Prince George Civic Center and it was packed!

       It was pretty much the same as every other Grad. The Grads all parade in with the crowd applauding for each and every student. The parents were beaming, the Grads were beaming and I have to say when Ryland walked into the room I was beaming too. I felt my heart swell with pride and I realized I was waving and calling his name and I still recall how fantastic it felt when he waved back.
      The MC was pretty good. He kept it moving and had some good shtick too. Though the living in the parents basement till they're forty was a little old by the fourth time through. There were 168 kids in the graduating class ....can you still call them kids? They all seemed so grown up.
      The general rule for receiving your diploma is they come out onto the stage in alphabetical order. Horvat was up pretty quick.

Grad to meet you

      Shortly after Ryland received his diploma I mercifully slipped into a coma. I didn't come out of it until the lovely Lisa dropped an elbow into my ribs from the top rope! "Avery is up next" the lovely Lisa whispered. I was thinking that's a Q. How much longer can this go? Do you know how many S's Graduated this year? Me neither because I nodded off for a few minutes. I only woke up because the lovely Lisa pinched me really hard! "Is it over?" I said with hope in my voice. Right then the MC said "I present the 2016 Graduating class" Woo Hoo 90 minutes....that wasn't so bad. "Now to present the first of the scholarships and burseries" the MC said at which point my brain once again left the building. I was brought back to reality by a shot to the solar plexis from the lovely Lisa. Ryland and Avery both won multiple thingys. I don't know if they were scholarships or burseries I was still groggy from sleep or perhaps from the flying elbows of doom! Start to finish 2 hours 40 minutes.
      Did I mention I've never met Rylands girlfriend Avery? I think I scared her!

OMG

      This is the part where we go out into the lobby, eat cakes, have coffee and take kabillions of pictures. Lets start with the Reception I had 4 cups of Starbucks and still couldn't wake up. I didn't eat any cakes.

      Here are some of the Pictures from the after Grad Reception

Dr Dan, Me, Ryland and the lovely Lisa

Avery and Ryland

Come here sailor!

Ryland with his Mom Shaun and an unknown Hobo

Uncle Dave, Ryland and the lovely Lisa

Ryland and his 2 best friends one of them might be named Nick

      We all met at a Thai restaurant at 5 for dinner. The food was good, I had a salad roll and peanut chicken with veggies sans rice.

MMMMMM Salad roll

And of course the best part was Julia. She's too young to sit still for 3 minutes let alone 3 hours so she wasn't at the Grad.

Dr Dan and Julia

Big eyed Babe

      After dinner we were invited over to Avery's parents house. I'm so bad with names, someone there was named Doug does that help? We played guitar and pool, they have quite a nice table. Any time your making music in the kitchen it's a very good time!

Playing with David, Rylands older brother

      So all in all a full day. Julia has a ballet recital tomorrow morning and the a couple of parties. One in the afternoon and one that night.....I heard it was a pool party. Can you say Squatchnami Cannonball???

P.S. My spell check isn't working.....live with it!

That's all I've got

Till next time 

Peace Out Y'all