I'm a graduate!!! NOT

Oh I wish that picture had come out clearly. It's PERFECT otherwise. Right now it would be the perfect background for a graduation announcement with a vellum sheet over it.

On Tuesday I graduated from CSUN with a bachelor of science degree in physics. They graciously allowed me to walk this May even though I don't finish school until December. If I had had to wait until NEXT spring to walk like they usually make December-finishers, I wouldn't have been able to walk and celebrate with my fellow schoolmates. I'm so glad I got to participate in commencement with the physics class of six students that I've studied and worked with for the past four years.

This is Christina, my best school friend. We're always study partners, lab partners, and now we're interns together for the same company and work in close conjunction with each other.

Heather and I are now both CSUN graduates! She graduated with a degree in history.

Brent's best friend Mike came to the graduation too. All three of us in this picture are CSUN graduates, as Mike graduated with a degree in business.

My bro and sister-in-law (and their bun-in-the-oven) came to watch and celebrate also,

as did my loving parents, no surprise,

and for some reason I didn't get a picture in my cap and gown with my parents- and brother-in-law, though they came to watch and celebrate also.

For a dinner celebration after the ceremony I requested The 94th Aero Squadron, a four to five star restaurant (in my estimates) that you would never guess is in the most obscure industrial-looking area of the San Fernando Valley. The theme of the restaurant makes the atmosphere so fun and the windows open up to the runway of the Van Nuys airport, so as you're eating dinner you get to watch planes take off and land to the backdrop of a brilliant sunset. I had a filet mignon which was excellent. I highly recommend this place, though it's pretty darn pricey.

Oh I forgot to post this picture earlier. This is my favorite physics professor at CSUN: Dr. Duane Doty. He's infamous among all CSUN students for the way he piles on unsolveable homework at a madman's pace, and yet you learn more under him than under any other professor. We're quite good friends now and plan to keep in touch even after I've left CSUN for good.

And Rita and I were being silly here after our delicious dinner. Brent gets a little creeped with I push my nose up like a pig...people hardly recognize me when I do so and give a little flirty wink. ;)

Me and my hubby.

I started full-time work at Spectrolab the day before my graduation. I am CRAZY about my job! I love the people I work with, I love the tasks I'm given, I love the relaxed hours and my ability to change my schedule any given week without authority from my bosses. It's awesome.