This past Sunday I graduated from USD!!! It was probably the best graduation weekend that I could have ever had. My mom, dad, little sister Tiffany, older sister Lindsey and her husband Justin, my Grandma and Grandpa Russ and Betty, my aunt Charlene, her friend Bill, and two children (my cousins) Justin and Michelle from my dad’s side, my Grandma Adeline, and my aunt Cathy from my mom’s side, my awesome friend Paul, and my buddies Carson and Lieu all came to San Diego to celebrate with me!
My parents rented this house in Mission Beach which was a real find. It was great because it was right on the beach, across the street from the Mission Bay Aquatic center, and down the street from some great restaurants.
Saturday, I took my immediate family plus my Grandma Adeline sailing. It was awesome because some of them had never been before. They maybe did not know the boom was called a boom for a reason because I almost knocked out everyone a few times when the main sail would fly over the top of where we were sitting. We sailed by Sea World, and had a great time out on the water. The way back was a little rough. We had to sail upwind through a bridge. It was pretty difficult and we were doing well until we had to make our last turn. We were completely under the bridge so the wind was pretty much non-existent and we had no momentum that was taking us forward. We came about and instead of our sail catching wind, we drifted down with the current of the water. The catch is is there is many pillars from the bridge down into the water and there happened to be a little red boat with three men fishing at the nearest pillar. The current kept taking us closer and closer to this little red dingy. There were many choice words said as the three men tried to brace themselves as this 22 foot sail boat headed right toward them. We did run into them, but we were going so slowly that everything was alright. The three men were very nice and completely understood our situation. Thank you to those three men out there if you ever happen to read this!
On Saturday night, we made reservations at the best restaurant in San Diego, Momma Mia. We had 19 people come to dinner, so they set up the patio just for us. The food was great, and the company was even better. Everyone loved the authentic Italian food and owner; they really make you feel like family! After our great dinner, We showed all of the 19 people the eBUS! They were blown away at all the improvements that we have made, and we were pretty excited to show it off. It was pretty late at this point, so we all went to our separate sleeping quarters.
That night, I slept on the roof with my aunt Cathy. It was a pretty cool place to sleep the night before my graduation, but the ocean kept waking me up, so I didn’t really wind up actually sleeping that much. I woke up, rather I got up, at 6:30 in the morning because I had to be at USD at 8:00AM! Man, I just graduated college, don’t they know that I don’t do early mornings? Anyway, my graduation was pretty flawless. Apparently my whole family was taking bets on when I actually walked across the stage, and I got my “diploma” (a USD folder with a note from the president) at 10:41AM. After the ceremony, we headed off to lunch at Anthony’s Downtown. Again, we had a party of 19; it was fabulous that everyone came to celebrate with me!
The next day, Monday, we went sailing again. This time, I took my Grandma Betty, aunt Charlene, my aunt Cathy, Paul and a few others that went the last time. It was awesome again. I think everyone loved being out on the water and sailing around the bay.
I had a great weekend and it really summed up a fabulous four years. Thank you Mom, Dad, Lindsey, Justin, Tiffany, Grandma Betty, Grandpa Russ, Grandma Adeline, aunt Cathy, aunt Charlene, Bill, cousin Michelle, cousin Justin, Carson, Lieu, and Paul for making this a weekend I will remember for ever!
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