Wildcat for Life

I can no longer claim I am more educated then Mark. Mark is now a college graduate from the University of Arizona Eller College of business management, with an emphasis in accounting. We are so proud of Mark. He worked very hard in school, with his activity in Beta Alpha Psi, ended with a 3.6 GPA, and made it into the Masters program for the Fall. I’d like to say his school journey is over, but we have one more year of graduate school, and taking the CPA exam and THEN maybe we can be done. Mark also got an internship with a local accounting firm, KLK in the fall, so he is going to be very busy (poor guy). I am going to try to not act like a lonely wife, cause I know we won’t get much time together, but I know in the long run it will be to our families benefit. Mark has always been ambitious, and I know that his hard work will pay off.

The graduation ceremonies were great, U of A really knows how to celebrate. We had a breakfast Friday morning for the accounting graduates, each graduate was represented and shared their accomplishments and future plans. It was amazing to hear all of the students accomplishments! Some graduated with 4 majors, some created their own business and some were accepted into graduate schools like MIT. As I listened to their accomplishments, it made me really regret not doing more with my education. I love and appreciate learning more now than I did when I was younger. I wasted so much time being concerned about dating, appearances and marriage that I completely neglected my education. I completed what I was supposed to, scrapping by with a bachelors, but I could have done so much more. That’s one thing I want my children to know, do what will make you happy, never feel pressed to marry or get a career, but never take for granted the opportunity to gain an education. Marriage\family will come and you have time to meet the right person, but education takes desire and a lot of effort. I think it was Ghandi who said, ‘live like you will die tomorrow, learn like you will live forever’ something like that. I want to return back to school once mark is done with school, possibly for my masters? We shall see.

 

 

 

all the many group selfies

you get a key chain instead of a degree

                                                    celebrating at sullivans

 

It was bittersweet to not have Randy at the graduation, I know mark felt his absence, but I know he was cheering him on in spirit. We threw a surprise breakfast party for Mark on Saturday, invited his friends and those who had an impact on his life. His pediatrician Dr. Smith and his 4^th grade teacher Mr. Tipper attended which was really awesome. He was definitely surprised and we had a good time eating Tinas famous pancakes.

We are exhausted after this weeks celebrations, but we are happy to take down one more life step towards progress. One more year!!!