Graduation Photos at Last!

I am a college graduate!

I'll let the shock and awe of that statement sink in for a minute.

Here are some photos from graduation day! 

Of course, the food comes first...

Celebration dinner! Feta, kalamata olive, and sun dried tomato risotto, topped with roasted  pork tenderloin and fennel  and apple slaw.

With my Grandma Banks...

And my family, before the ceremony.

With my roommate right before we became alumni!

And here I am, after the ceremony, an official  UK Alumni.

With Mommaw and Boppaw after there ceremony - their Tater Bug is growing up!

Here I am with Shelby after the ceremony - doesn't she look beautiful?!

Shelby and I in my favorite park in Lexington!

Poor Shelby always gets stuck carrying the stuff...

Curious how graduates keep their belongings together without a purse? Fanny packs all the way! Hidden under a Bachelor's robe no one was the wiser.

It is strange that these few pictures contain one of the first "before and after" moments of my life. All contained in just a few pictures... I am still grappling with the sheer magnitude of what it means to walk across that stage and receive that diploma, let alone the fact that I earned it in three years. As I have said before, I am anxious to start culinary school and begin my career as a personal chef and caterer, but I am hesitant to end this chapter of my life. All good things must come to an end in order to make room for better things - I suppose I should take my own advice and go with the flow.