The Big Day!

Today is the day that Becca got her pin, which in nursing is like a diploma.

Her mom and dad and sister, along with Sister Judy (her dad’s cousin who is a nun) and SJ’s room mate, and her mom’s sister Janie and I took Becca to eat at Fabulous Fern’s in St Paul. I had New York strip steak and Becca had Top Sirloin or something like that. It was excellent food.

We went to the ceremony. There were 34 graduates, 10 before Becca. She walked up to the podium, got a flower and then met her mom in the middle of the stage to pin her lapel. It was nice to see and all of the graduates and they all looked eager to be done! There were a lot of little kids in the audience and it was pretty annoying when they all started fidgeting. I can’t fault them too much because it’s hard to stay still that long, but it was making everyone, including the instructors feel anxious or perturbed.

They had cake and punch after the ceremony and after the cake eating, Becca and I went back to my car and the two of us drove down to Hidden Falls Park in St Paul, just south of the Ford plant. It was about 9PM, so technically, it was closed, but we pulled into the observation point anyway. We got out and walked towards the edge of the bluff, looked at the stars and lights of the city and boom! I dropped down on my right knee and asked her to marry me. She got a little caught up and said yes!

I was not as nervous as I expected to be. She said it feels surreal. She called her mom as soon as we got back to the car. I felt like a hero!

So yeah, it’s official!