Graduation Day

Thirteen long years of school have finally paid off – Sarah graduated this afternoon.  I think she was something like 38^th in her class, which put her just out of the top 10%.  I think she would have been somewhere around 12%-13%.

It was HOT.  The last of the supposedly really hot days we have had and it just happened to be Sarah’s graduation day.  And it was very humid.  But it could have been worse.  It could have been raining and we would have been jammed into the school, and most likely forced to watch the ceremony on closed circuit TV because there was not enough room in the gym for everyone.  For what it is worth, we were able to sit on the visitor’s side of the football field so at least the sun was at our backs.  It didn’t help all the much since most of the shade from the pressbox was past where we were sitting.  And in order to get those seats, we got there almost an hour before the ceremony began, so we were sweating like crazy way before the kids walked in.  I felt bad for the kids in the school orchestra who had to sit on the field, in the sun, and play the entrance march, and music during the presentation of diplomas.  I wasn’t wild about the speakers, but at least everyone who spoke kept things short.

We are all very happy and proud of Sarah and her accomplishments at MFHS. I hope she carries that over next year at UW – La Crosse.