Commencement 2005

I got my long-awaited (by my parents, anyway) commencement packet today. It had a lot of stuff in there, the most important pieces of information being:

1)Diplomas are distributed after the ceremony and individual names are NOT read.

I was dreading commencement because I figured there was a good chance everyone's name would be read. With over a thousand people in my class, it was a horrifying prospect. Plus, the graduate students (medical school, law, business, PhDs, etc.) probably add another thousand people onto the total. The ceremony is only scheduled for about three hours though, so I don't think they're going to read names. I mean, they have to fit in songs and speakers in that time, which doesn't leave time for names. Right?

2)The Senior week schedule.

Senior week actually looks fairly neat. It looks very laid back and fun. Scheduled events include:

Cardinals Game (I'll skip this)
Senior Hoedown - games, line-dancing and free food.
Float trip - Rafting on the Meramec river
Senior Paintball - They rented out the park, apparently. I've never played...
Senior Night Out - Apparently, Wash U is big on renting entire facilities. Yay for clubbing.
Forest Park Picnic - Who doesn't like a picnic?
Senior Gala - City Museum!! In the fancy part, I bet. Door prizes!

Also, I made the honors list. Cum Laude, the lowest ranking, I know. But I wasn't sure if I was going to make it or not, so it's a nice bonus. Last semester really didn't help my GPA.

Anyway, I'd better stop procrastinating and work on this lab report.

Countdown: Approximately 20 days.