| | Okay, wow. So much has happened in the last week and a half. All of those "lasts" are finished. I am now officially a Spartan Alumni. It was fun to see so many people at graduation, and my family, too!
Dinner today with the fam was pretty amusing. There were 24 of us. We had one table for 20 and another table that we put 4 people at. It was the "kids" table, including my (older) sister and her boyfriend, and 2 of my cousins (19 and 13). I felt as though it was my wedding. We deliberated about who would sit where, how to make sure I was interacting with everyone, and I even had to go around and do introductions! I guess that's what happens when you have a huge family that never gets all together because of a divorce. It's been 22 years since all of those people were in the same room. I was proud of my grandparents for getting along, though. 
One quote from my youngest cousin present that made me chuckle but also kinda sad at the same time came after I said to my dad, "Do you know how to get to the restaurant?" My cousin asked, "Who is that?" "My dad." "Really? I've never met him." Which is true. Come to think of it, some of my best friends from high school have never met my dad or any part of his side of the family. They live in a different city. It was really inconvenient to come up and visit, especially once I started driving and could go down there for a weekend or whatever.
I was happy to be in such a big group of family today. It was fun. We ate good food, laughed, and I was amazed by their generosity. My mom's side of the family put together a quilt with everyone's hand print as a block, with a teacher quote in the middle, some hand stitched ASL letters, and MSU fabric as the backing. Each hand print (one for each of my grandparents, parents, sister, aunts, uncles, cousins, and a great aunt and uncle) has a different fabric that is significant for that person...for the most part they selected the fabric themselves. Then they traced their hand, and my mom, aunt, and grandma put it all together. It's awesome.
In other aspects of my life, God is providing support for Korea. I'm just over halfway done. He is good.
I meet my CT for next fall on Monday morning, and hopefully get a chance to observe the way her class runs a little bit before I need to leave. I'm packing up and moving home on Wednesday. Next weekend is Amanda's big hooding ceremony and graduation stuff. Even MORE of the family will be there then. I'm excited.
Tonight the Bulls are playing the Pistons. I'm headed to Rum Runners with some friends and then probably off to drop one of them off at the airport in Detroit (it's going to be an adventure! 6 of us are going...he needs to be there at 4 am or something crazy).
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