UCLA Graduation: 8 Clap!

I can't tell you how many hours I have sat in the rocking chair with Parker in his bedroom. Nor can I tell you how many hours I have sat in that rocking chair, holding Parker, not to mention my laptop while reading, studying, or typing a paper. 

Honestly, this is how I used to do quite a lot of my homework:

Global Marketing Case? (February 2013)

And I bet that Jeremy cannot tell you how many Saturdays and Sundays he would take Parker on a walk to the playground so that I could finish an assignment. The boys would return after what I'm sure felt like forever for Jeremy -- because getting a toddler to walk 4 blocks to the playground and cross the street 5 times really can take FOREVER -- but I would have barely made a dent into whatever case I was trying to analyze. "Can you leave again?" I'd ask, knowing Parker would likely not take a nap for a while. 

There were times I didn't know how I would get all of my work done. There were times I didn't think school would ever end. Or that Parker would ever sleep. And there were also times when I couldn't believe that as a new mother barely getting any sleep, I was more prepared for class than 28 year olds taking two years off from work for a glorified summer camp, also known as business school. 

Well today was finally commencement. A Masters of Business Administration. A Masters of Public Health. That idea I had back in 2010 to follow-through on my dream of graduate school? It was a great one. It didn't play out exactly as I had *initially* planned, but catching Parker as he dove into my arms I walked into the ceremony today was the best moment of my graduate school experience. 

Thanks, Jeremy, for helping make today happen. And thanks, Parker, for taking this entire experience to the next level. Where to, next?

UCLA Anderson Graduation