Tuesday, December 15, 2009

One more day...

Never again.

Tonight is Jen's last of being a student. By tomorrow afternoon, it will be all sewn up and done with. After 2.5 years, she will be an MBA graduate. In honor of that, I'd like to point out exactly what she has accomplished.

Completed your first and hardest semester of school work with a constantly changing body chemistry. Not to mention a rash all over your feet. Plus, you had to abstain from joining your fellow metriculants during any post-school soirees; that shows a lot of willpower.

Interviewed for and got an internship less than a week before giving birth.

Had twins. Took time off. Understandable.

Continued your education while always finding time to spend with your family.

Had chance to, but did not sleep with Tiger Woods.

Never saying no to a challenge, crammed your schedule with every conceivable extracurricular activity. I know you did all this just to try and get a job so you could support me. Thank you.

You never once told me I couldn't go play hockey or go for a bike ride.

Went to Scandanavia and learned a lot about corporate responsibility and went to an ice bar.

Learned a lot of crazy business jargon and esoteric acronyms that I don't understand.

Worked tirelessly on your CBE project. See, more acronyms! Argh!

And tomorrow, you'll be all done. I'm very very proud of you. You couldn't have done it without me...I'm not an idiot, I know how enormous I factor into your success...but for now, let's keep the focus on you. You rule. Honestly, not many people can do what you did. I couldn't.

Congratulations!

Day three hundred and two.

4 comments:

  1. Jen:
    Dave recapped it well...and I'm as proud of you as a father in law could possibly be (which is as much as your mom and dad are). The irony is that you did all that work in order to be able to now go out and work even harder. Not fair, huh?

    Love ya'
    Jim

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  2. I have a question: What is the circumference of Lilly and Abby's heads (separately, not combined). Email, me, eh? This question will not seem so odd next week. (Don't have your email addresses on this machine.)

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  3. Wow, look how fast her hands are going...

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