The End Really is in Sight

What a week this has been! After celebrating Memorial Day with our hometown parade, Nicholas still had work to do on his thesis. He finally finished and turned it in (just in time!) on Tuesday, but still had many things to take care of at RISD. He had to clean out his locker in the glass department that was filled with clothes (from our recent cold morning/warm afternoon weather), glass tools, blow pipes, finished and unfinished work, glass supplies (color, long pyrex glass tubes he used to make bronchial tubes), and various other supplies he has amassed over the past three years. Then he had to return "borrowed" things: library books to both RISD and Brown, a tripod, and a photo light kit he used in the darkroom to make his photogram pieces. Then there were final meetings/pickups: pick up cap and gown for graduation, and attend student loan exit counseling. Let's not forget our getting ready for all the graduation celebration company! By Thursday at noon, we were both excited, tired, hungry, happy, and ready for the graduation to begin!

Nicholas' parents, Mom J and Bo, little brother, Jeremy, and friends, Derek and Bryan flew in from Austin, TX on Thursday afternoon to spend a whirlwind weekend with us! We met for lunch at Bertucci's near the airport and endured less than stellar service from our "too-busy-texting-in-the-bathroom-to-remember-to-bring-our-salad-before-our-lunch" server and way too cinnamon-y sangria. Fortunately, we were only there to spend time with each other.


After lunch, we took everyone over the the Convention Center to see the Graduate Thesis Exhibition. G-Baby spent the afternoon with us because her mommy had a sore back, but everyone loved taking turns holding her. Plus she got a little culture seeing all the RISD artwork.

Everyone was exhausted from the change to Eastern time from Central time, having to get up super early to catch flights, and the travel in general that we decided to head back to our apartment (and return G-Baby to her parents who were afraid I might not return her!). Nicholas and Derek went to the store and picked up some salmon that we grilled for dinner, which was a wonderful way to kick-off the weekend of celebration.