So finally the time has come for me to graduate high school. My graduation ceremony was held at UB Center for the Arts. I was really quite nervous to go to the ceremony because it felt like my whole high school career had culminated to this one moment when I walked across the stage. I was also sure that I was going to trip across the stage as I got my diploma! But the school nurse, Mrs. Baer, assured me that if I tripped she would come running to help. Thanks Baer! Seeing as graduation was two weeks after the last day of school, it felt like I had already graduated and had already moved on. The night seemed so much more non momentous then I thought it would be. I thought we would have to practice for hours instead of the five minute talk they gave us before we went out there. And the ceremony went quite quickly despite my fears of sitting there for hours. I did not trip, but I can not guarantee you that I shook everyone’s hand on the stage, seeing how there were like 20 people up there and I was concentrating on just getting across the stage. And then less than a minute later, that was it, I guess that meant that I had graduated. Why does walking across a stage and accepting a diploma holder mean that you graduated? I guess it’s all for the ceremony. But the evening was harmless and not as painful as I had imagined. I felt like I needed to say sweeping goodbyes to people who I knew that I would never see again, but everyone seemed to be very casual about the night. What a strange was to close that chapter of my life. I guess it was just as well.
My mom, dad, brother, Grandma, Aunty, Grandpa, and Nana were all able to come to the ceremony which was really nice. After the ceremony we went out for dessert at Butterwood, which is a nice dessert place on Main St. We had the most delicious desserts and the presentation was incredible. I couldn’t help take a picture of my dessert which was an M&M mouse cake.
It was a great night and I felt very proud of all my hard work and dedication that I had put into high school. Now onto college!
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