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aimeejmc
06 April 2009 @ 01:59 pm
Sometimes, it feels stupid....  
To be so excited to graduate with an AA. I plan on walking, buying a cap and gown AND High Honors cord. I'm inviting people. I'm planning on having a party (combo graduation and "goiter away" party pre-surgery).

But ... it's an AA. Not a BS or BA or even more.

BUT BUT!!! It has taken me five years and three schools to get the damn thing and I am sooper proud of myself for actually FINISHING something that isn't craft related. Some grandeur is allowed, I would think.
 
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Barbara Caridad Ferrer[info]fashionista_35 on April 6th, 2009 06:02 pm (UTC)
You WORK IT, girl!

You've busted ass and deserve all the grandeur. (I dare you to put a tiara on your cap!)
Aimee[info]aimeejmc on April 6th, 2009 06:06 pm (UTC)
BEDAZZLER!!!
Trudy Booth[info]trudybooth on April 6th, 2009 07:31 pm (UTC)
Bedazzle a tiara!
Anne: nique[info]netmouse on April 6th, 2009 06:03 pm (UTC)
Definitely. I'm proud of you too.


Done will be Good!
Aimee: Chicks[info]aimeejmc on April 6th, 2009 06:21 pm (UTC)
Thank you, sweetpea. Hopefully, you'll be able to come up for the party!
Anne[info]netmouse on April 6th, 2009 06:32 pm (UTC)
That would be cool. Do you know when it will be?
tamara[info]tskaredoff on April 6th, 2009 06:06 pm (UTC)
It's a degree! Finishing a degree is always awesome and excitement-worthy. Grandeur totally allowed. Nay, demanded.
Aimee: Defying Gravity[info]aimeejmc on April 6th, 2009 06:22 pm (UTC)
Yes! Demanded!! So sayeth tamara!!
Susan W.: Hornblower[info]susanw on April 6th, 2009 06:15 pm (UTC)
I think it's worth grandeur! You've been persistent and determined, and you've done a good job, dammit!

So, yay you!
Aimee[info]aimeejmc on April 6th, 2009 06:22 pm (UTC)
Thank you so much! Yay me!!
meara[info]mearagrrl on April 6th, 2009 06:45 pm (UTC)
Hey, rock on with your bad self!
Staggering toward the doctoral line...: yay![info]flinx on April 6th, 2009 07:16 pm (UTC)
Nuts, wrong Muppet for this.
PAR-TEE! PAR-TEE! PAR-TEE! AN-EE-MAL! AN-EE-MAL!

*pant pant*

*headbashes the drumkit*

I didn't do the walk or get any of the regalia (ha!) when I left Chicago, because I couldn't wait to get out of the place, and I couldn't stand the thought of spending much more time there, and I especially didn't like what UC had done to me.

Now, because I've gone back to finish this damn thing, and it means so much more to me, I plan on inviting lotsa folks to my defense, and I plan on walking the walk, even though I'll likely have to come back to town for the event. That, and the robe's got those cool stripes on the sleeve, and the hat becomes shapeless and floppy! Ha!

So. This degree, even "if it's only" an AA, means a lot to you. That's all that matters. Celebrate the achievement! That's what I'm planning on doing. :-D

gloomcookie[info]fabby on April 6th, 2009 07:28 pm (UTC)
Soooooo not stupid! You worked hard and you accomplished a major goal. Go you!
fiorituranotte: teaparty[info]fiorituranotte on April 6th, 2009 07:36 pm (UTC)
You should be proud of yourself, and you deserve the party. I don't know how you manage a toddler, school, and work. It's impressive.
chicating: erika red[info]chicating on April 6th, 2009 07:44 pm (UTC)
yes, this.
I wish I'd made a bigger deal of mine, but it felt unseemly, and I thought there'd be loads of Big Days ahead.
in retrospect, nsm.
Hecubot[info]hecubot on April 6th, 2009 08:03 pm (UTC)
While your perseverance has been impressive, I'm even more proud of how you approached your education. You worked hard on your papers, and you took your subjects to heart. You didn't just do the work; you learned the material.

I think you're pretty fucking awesome.
Aimee[info]aimeejmc on April 6th, 2009 08:08 pm (UTC)
Thanks, Hec. Than you so much.

I think you're pretty fucking awesome, yourself.
noradeirdre: yays![info]noradeirdre on April 6th, 2009 08:17 pm (UTC)
Totally agreeing with Hec.

Re: deserving of grandeur? HELLZ FUCKING YEAH!
Hugh Likes Carrots: me myself i[info]theodosia on April 7th, 2009 01:42 pm (UTC)
What She Cheered, with bells on!
java[info]truejavachik on April 6th, 2009 08:26 pm (UTC)
PAR-TAY.

And are you kidding me? Working full time, being married, having a kiddo...plus studying? You (and my cousin Buffy) rocketh!
Connie[info]riani1 on April 6th, 2009 10:27 pm (UTC)
Yay, you!
hackerguitar[info]hackerguitar on April 6th, 2009 11:03 pm (UTC)
Congratulations - you've worked hard for this.

You'll keep going.
Larisa Graham[info]larisa57 on April 7th, 2009 02:29 am (UTC)
That's fabulous! Yay degree!
vw bug[info]vwbug on April 7th, 2009 08:25 am (UTC)
Totally party. TOTALLY party, girl. Party, party, party!
omnis_audis[info]omnis_audis on April 7th, 2009 08:36 am (UTC)
don't be so dismissive of that degree. There are a lot of people who start college, and can't even finish "just an AA". And I agree with Hec, not only did you earn it, you LEARNED it. Hold your head up high. You have a degree!!

Congrats!!!
Another Girl: crayons[info]septembergrrl on April 7th, 2009 12:21 pm (UTC)
Dude, you GRADUATED. That is AWESOME.

Congratulations!
arliss: rose-my pic[info]arliss on April 9th, 2009 07:03 am (UTC)
I'm proud of you too, hon. I had *nothing* to do with it, so it's completely unearned on my part. But damn, I'm proud to know you!
Aimee[info]aimeejmc on April 9th, 2009 12:37 pm (UTC)
But damn, I'm proud to know you!

That feeling is incredibly mutual.
Anne[info]ontology101 on April 9th, 2009 10:32 pm (UTC)
A lot of us may have gone to a four year school right out of HS and maybe we worked while we were taking classes. But most of us didn't work full time, we didn't have a child to raise, a husband to consider, a household to keep together, a move across country....

I think you walk proud and tall. And keep on walking through your BS and your MA!!!!

You can do this and so much more Aimee. You've got what it takes and you deserve to be proud. You are an excellent role model.

Anne