{"id":8725,"date":"2025-05-17T22:13:31","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T03:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gallopingcow.net\/?p=8725"},"modified":"2025-06-01T21:47:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T02:47:41","slug":"congraduations-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gallopingcow.net\/index.php\/2025\/05\/17\/congraduations-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Congraduations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We had two graduation ceremonies to attend today, so not much else to do. Summer had to go to work for a bit, and I ate some of the terrible chicken tacos she made yesterday. Then Eaddie left to meet her at Walmart to find some pantyhose, and I started getting ready for the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eli&#8217;s graduation was at one, and we got there a little later than we wanted, but still plenty early to get seats by his family. Eaddie freaked out and kept rudely calling Summer on the phone when she couldn&#8217;t find her shoes or her ticket to the graduation. It ended up being a non-issue, because she just walked in and nobody said anything to her, even though Ceci and I walked back around to give her an extra ticket they had.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ceremony was actually fairly short at about an hour, since they split the class in half. It was neat that two of Eaddie&#8217;s friends were speakers, and then the kids walked and we dismissed to find them outside. Summer kept saying she didn&#8217;t want to stick around, so I started walking back to the car, which seemed to upset her. She never came up with a plan or vocalized a desire to do anything, so it was frustrating to just hover around that many other people in the sun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We finally made it back home and I snacked a little before we left again for Eaddie&#8217;s graduation. We had to pick up Maristella on the way, and I took them to the band room to help Eaddie get dressed. Then Summer and I went back over to the arena and saved seats for my parents, Eli, his mom, and eventually Nick just as the ceremony started. The speeches went a little better than the first time after some live practice, and the kids made it through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/pw\/AP1GczOSgX08LzbB8ei8J2CcKNN0UaSLBPi9H4XYVy-Ulh7998Sj5z6NIYtrlm0yM5dYe2fE76qIKn20UJUKGg4yXEsqUC0WAFtT69CYsV93JrOMceV8wSR4ug3egJsaDxZSXYiQ-zfb94psCbRPFaAtGKsFKg=w956-h1270-s-no-gm?authuser=0\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We found Eaddie outside and took a bunch of pictures, and then Summer and I headed home for the night. She went to the Neighborhood Market for some soda water, and I took Muad&#8217;Dib out for a run as the sun went down. At one point he disappeared into a wooded area after something, and the shock collar seemed ineffective. He did eventually return without much fuss, and we continued through the basin for a dip, then went through the roundabout before making it to my parents&#8217; house. He ran reasonably well the whole way. My parents weren&#8217;t home, but I stopped to brush him out before we made it home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I put on the second episode of <em>Resident Alien<\/em> after failing to come up with anything else to do, and then Eaddie got home from her senior night just as we were wrapping up for bed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>It really just isn&#8217;t.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had two graduation ceremonies to attend today, so not much else to do. 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