one down

ok, so.....we got up early and drove to lexington for a reception honoring the gaines center fellows on the day of their graduation.....and it was a lovely affair......but then any event that features a hot breakfast buffet with hash brown potatoes and bacon is right up there regardless of the reason to get together in the first place.....there were only 2 that came with actual robes....i suspect that most had opted to skip out on the peacemeal graduation rituals...the institution in question being too large to graduate in one place at one time....yeah...they do have a football stadium, but then one risks rain.....and so graduation is done at the basketball arena...in shifts...starting at 8 am and going on in the afternoon and early evening.....we had lovely chats with his friends, including those he intends to visit in nyc, and london....the fellow who will spend the summer in a monastery near hong kong had already left town.....our gathering ended around 11:00 am.....and though there was another event at 4 this afternoon, we opted to head on home and leave our eldest child to adjust to life after college.....