Nixon in China

Megan and I met up at Alto for another opera short event. This opera was "Nixon in China". The assistant director explained a little about the opera after the mini-performance. It is in a minimalist style, definitely different then anything I've heard before.

Post-Graduation Trip

After graduation, I flew back to Atlanta and then drove with Eileen to Charlotte.

I had an interesting flight to Atlanta. The flight attendents were serving the drinks when several passengers noticed a burning smell. They put the cart away then started asking if the floor felt hot under anyones' feet. They also opened all the overhead bins and starting feeling the bags. They wanted to know if anyone had brought a curling iron or butane on board... Yeah, so we diverted to Kansas City. I spent the next 4 hrs there until they discovered the short circuit in the coffee hot plate.

In Charlotte, I met Shawn's parents. We went out on the lake in Shawn's parent's boat. I had not been wakeboarding since 2000. It took me 4 times to be able to get up on it. Apparently it's not like riding a bike and it does not come right back to you. See Eileen's blog - she captured a video on her new camera. I also tried kneeboarding which was a little easier.

It's Official - Graduation

Today I graduated from the MBA in Health Administration program at CU Denver. I attended a dinner and awards banquet for the program. I was surprised to receive the Director's Award. Our program director said something to the effect that it goes to a student with a high GPA. I had no idea how my grades compared to my peers - thus the surprise. I was even more surprised when I got home and realized there was an envelope taped to the back of the plague, and the award included a monetary gift.


My aunts Ellen and Joan attended the event with me. We celebrated by opening some champagne at Joan's house. They also gave me some gorgeous earrings by the jewelry designer John Atencio.

Almost to graduation