So these have been awhile in coming - but here they are. Photos from my PhD graduation.
I now have a piece of paper that says I'm clever and fancy academic regalia to show for my three year's work (plus a two volume thesis). Graduation was fun as there were four of us from the department getting our PhDs, but busy and a bit stressful trying to keep everyone happy and entertained, as well as trying to enjoy myself.
This is me at the castle - chilling in the ruins. Graduates got in free if they were wearing gowns (students get in free in their undergrad or graduate gowns).
Much silliness ensued in the castle... Like this and...
This! I think everyone has to have one of these obligatory, let's wear the "hood like an actual hood" photos.
Nice one for the family (I still haven't sent graduation announcements - now they're post-graduation updates... Oops).
Jumping over the PH cobbles. I stepped on them for the first time when I landed - it was weird! (Students daren't step on them for fear of being cursed by Patrick Hamilton, who was burnt at the stake as the first martyr of the Scottish Reformation on that very spot. Apparently, he'll make you fail your degree, so tradition has it that when you finish, you go jump on the letters).
Enjoy! Hope everyone else is having a good summer and to those in grad school: there is light at the end of the tunnel.
Sigma Love and Mine,
Laura