Convocation Weekend

I can now gladly say that I am a university graduate. Even though people my age had already graduated two years ago, through discipline changes and years off I can thankfully say that I finally made it through undergrad and am nothing short of satisfied with how my undergraduate "career" unfolded. Graduating is bittersweet. I definitely am not the first to say and think that, but I had to throw it out there because that was the first thing to ever come to mind after finishing my final class in mid-April. After meeting so many amazing friends in such a small, welcoming atmosphere, it is hard to think that I won't be there for next year to enjoy all of the fun and enjoy the company of the many people that made the past few years so amazing.

That being said, Convocation weekend just ended today and it was incredible to have so many friends, graduating or not, all in the same place with no agenda or schedule, just enjoying each others company over some beers (some is an understatement by the way). My room mates from last year all moved into a spot, which turned out to be one of the best houses in Sackville in my opinion. So we spent a significant amount of time either there, or at my friend Chris' house, all in good company.

On Friday night a group of us were directed to a 1990 Alumni party in Edwards House. We figured why the hell not... That is a prime example of the random and unexpected fun you can have on Con. weekend. Everybody was in good spirits, willing to chat about past experiences, catch up, and drop the good ol' "back in our day..." Basically could not have predicted that I would have had such a fun evening.

Saturday was much of the same. A group of us showed up at Chris Clements' place for a BBQ, and before you knew it there was full fledged party going on by 2PM. As you can guess, Saturday turned out to be a great evening as well. What really surprised me was how willing everyone was to continue partying on Sunday night. I honestly thought it was going to be one of those mellow nights at Ducky's pub, but it was almost as foolish as the two previous nights. But if you looked around at how people were acting, you'd know that they were worn out from the weekend.

Today felt like a collective hangover from the entire weekend, which wasn't that great since today was the actual graduation, but it wasn't too hard to stomach. The worst part was saying good bye to Sackville and a lot of friends that are moving onwards and elsewhere. I felt privileged to have such a great group of friends at Mt. A, so that was hard. The ceremony itself was amazing. Peter Mansbridge, easily one of Canada's most distinguished public figures, became Mount Allison's Chancellor. What that position fully entitles I don't know, but I got to shake the mans hand while he congratulated me in Latin, then English. I simply replied nervously with a "THANKS MAN!"

Unfortunately the moment I dreaded all weekend had arrived. Leaving. Con. weekend was easily one of the best weekends of my life. I'm not trying to sound like an alcoholic or anything, because what made it so amazing was the reunion of friends just having fun. And, of course, on top of that actually graduating.

I guess I'll stop there. I'm not even sure if people read my posts that aren't about hip-hop anyways. I just needed to stress how fun Con. weekend was, and will be for future grads out there. I know for a fact that I'll be up for the next one.