Awake

Well, somewhat awake (actually we've been up since 5 this morning, but thinking otherwise makes me feel better). Grad Night was great! Graduation at 7, congratulations all around, change clothes and load the charter buses by 9. Police escorts to keep everybody together (buses and assorted support vehicles) and an overall trip of appx 90 miles made for a full and fun night! A big screen presentation of parent-supplied photos (nothing like potentially embarrassing images to bring the house down), followed by several hours of food and karaoke (ignore any rumors concerning a finale of YMCA featuring a parent, coach, police officer and photographer; any photos that surface will have obviously been photoshopped), more hours at the go-cart/putt-putt/ice-skate/laser-tag park with caricature artists thrown in, and finish up at the reservoir where several of us watched the sun come up (I'll post that image tomorrow). Great way to wrap up Patrick's senior year (course he has Senior trip to Fla next week). Jeni and I had just enough time to get home, get Eric on the bus for school, Kaitie to her school and make it to Eric's school for the moving-to-the-next-school ceremony. Pick up Kaitie and finally get back home and some sleep by early afternoon, these 36 hour shifts are still a piece of cake, the recovery (for some reason) seems to take a little longer. A few sessions today to ease back in, and a quick trip to Amtrak to pick up tickets for our first all-five-of-us family vacation wrapped up the day on a good note (have to admit, glad to see Taylor Hicks pick up AI, someone with such a heart and passion behind what he does is great). Check back later for images from Grad Night 2006 RHS style (by who else, Wiggins Photography!)