Graduation Day!

December 17th will forever hold a new meaning for me. It is the day I officially became Dr. Hoffman. It was amazing, but that is not to say it didn't go off without a hitch though. The night before I had a nightmare that I wasn't able to graduate. I can't recall the specifics, but I got to the graduation in my cap and gown and was told it wasn't going to happen. I left humiliated and in tears. Then I woke up in a panic, but I did a mental check (at 3am) and did everything the university had asked of me. Well, when I got to the actual graduation, all the PhDs had to line up with our advisors. Our names were taped to the floor so we would know where to stand, but... this PhD couldn't find her name anywhere. Yes, panic set in...for real this time. The graduation assistant told me to just squeeze in and that it was probably an oversight but still, I was worried. Then I was worried that my name didn't make it into the program and I had to sit through the entire ceremony dreading that. It was a very long ceremony, but we got to sit up in the front. It's funny, but I think I actually heard Mia crying which helped me pinpoint where our families were sitting.

After the ceremony, when we walked out, all the university professors had created a tunnel and

they were all applauding the new PhDs as we walked out- it was an amazing feeling!