It started on Thursday the 12th at 8 a.m. I took my licensed graduate social work exam i.e. the biggest exam of my life! Pretty much if I did not pass this exam I would not be able to work in the District of Columbia as a Social Worker! Even better I would have to wait 3 months before taking it again! So basically...in other words...this really was the biggest exam of my life! Well by 10:30 on Thursday I had passed the exam and the weekend was off to a great start! Phew!
By Friday night my whole family arrived! I got to snuggle with this little man all weekend and that was seriously the best! He was such a trooper the whole weekend and we were all impressed with his great temperament! What a blessing little Edwin is to our family! I must admit he has grown a lot since we saw him last and he has lost all his hair! Hahaha! But we still love that little face!
Friday night consisted of eating, laughing, getting caught up and watching Edwin enjoy his new toy that grandpa got for him! It's a little froggy bouncer toy and he sure loved it! It was quite the night of happiness and joy! By 10 my family was heading off to Fort Belvoir where they were staying for the weekend and it was goodnight until the morning!
Saturday was pretty much everything graduation! We all met up at Fort Belvoir for a generous gift exchange from so many loved ones and then we loaded up the cars and drove off to Catholic University of America for all of the festivities! My favorite part was the cap and gown! I felt like a super-hero or something! Those wings were the best! :)
It was a really great ceremony! Not too long but not too short! I loved that I actually got my diploma right then and there! It is an official done deal! I also loved having my whole family there to support me because certainly I would not have survived grad school without each and every one of them!
After some celebrating and cap throwing we set out on another adventure that really, truly was the best part of the whole weekend! I won't go into much detail now because this story is worth a blog post of its own but my goodness was it special! We went on a mini-tour of Springfield where my grandparents lived for ten years! We got to see my dad's elementary and junior high schools plus their old house and even a special little baseball field! It was so neat to get a glimpse of the past! More to come later on that miraculous little adventure!
After the tour we went to the Chart House for a delicious seafood meal! Oh boy was it yummy! We took our time and enjoyed the evening out! We even got front row seats to a light thunder storm that came rolling through! It was quite the way to celebrate hard work! Thanks again mom and dad for that wonderful treat!
But the fun was not over yet! Sunday morning we had a big, yummy, traditional Merritt family waffle breakfast! We invited our neighbor Emily over to enjoy the yummy meal with us and it was oh so fun! Lots of warm waffles later we were all full and satisfied and ready for church!
Unfortunately Sunday night after dinner at Mary Carol and Andrew's house (my mom's cousin) most of my family left! But fortunately for us Carissa and baby and my grandparents stayed for an extra day! On Monday we took my grandpa to the Air Force Memorial which was so neat! We also did some grocery shopping, painted grandma's nails and enjoyed a big dinner together one last time! Like I said before, it was really hard summing up this weekend in one blog post! Saying goodbye Monday night was not easy but as my grandma likes to say, "we can't stay on vacation forever"!
Thanks for a glorious weekend family! We miss you all but feel so happy we got to make some memories this past weekend! Love to you all!
Congratulations!! You should be so proud of yourself for finishing school, that's more than a lot of people can say (like myself) you are amazing! We love you!! Have fun celebrating!!
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