Delta College class of 2013

April 26, 2013

Delta College Commencement

What a great day!  Getting to graduate with people that I have had classes with and those who I have never met before was a great experience and one worth celebrating.  It was during graduation that I was walking across the stage that one of my instructors stood up, gave me a thumbs up and cheered.  As I was walking past the faculty that I walked past another instructor that had an impact on me.  In total four of the five instructors that had the biggest impact on me were there.

The two of us had never met before April 26, the night of graduation.  That night we met for the first time and this picture was taken.  I thought that it would be posted to Delta's website and with ta caption saying something to the extent of "best friends celebrating their graduation".  It didn't work out that way.  But it did get posted to Delta's facebook page.

Post graduation.  Note the chocolate in my dad's hand so that my mom could take the picture (I am almost certain that my family is a family of chocoholics).  Before taking this picture, I had had a great conversation with my intro to criminal justice instructor.  It was during that conversation that I told her that I had caught the criminal justice bug from her.  I also got to congratulate a friend in my Juvenile Offender class during the winter 2013 semester.

Megan's first bridal shower

Megan, pre-gift opening

Post gift opening (from left to right) Kerry (bridesmaid), Amita (maid of honor), Megan (bride), Erin (ME!, bridesmaid), Allise (MIA aka working, bridesmaid)

Around/during gift opening.  From left to right me, Amita, Megan

Final Work Projects

On the final day of camp we did all the cleaning, sorting, and inventory that we needed to do.  These were two of the pictures from that morning.

One last night...

The last two days that I was at camp were the two hardest days for me.  It meant saying goodbye to friends.  It meant saying goodbye to a place I had come to call home for the school year.  So sitting around one last campfire with these friends was hard to do.

Opposites

Why did I take this picture?  Because it was RAINING OUT!  We had endured so much heat during the summer of 2012 at WBC without any rain.  So rain was exciting and was worth a picture.

Another tale of opposites:  We (the staff) managed to keep up with campers on not enough sleep.  To see a member of the staff who wasn't doing noon watch sleeping somewhere or socializing was a normal sight.

Perspective on a history making drought

Just a new perspective on the longest drought in history (as of 2012) in the Prairie du Chein WI area.

A rare day without my glasses on.  Also a Friday morning when saying goodbye to campers.

A camper's shoes.  Just thought this was an interesting perspective.