{"id":233,"date":"2008-06-14T22:32:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-15T05:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/?p=233"},"modified":"2014-07-05T20:31:45","modified_gmt":"2014-07-06T03:31:45","slug":"mr-hs-very-big-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2008\/06\/14\/mr-hs-very-big-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr. H&#8217;s Very Big Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today was a big day.<\/p>\n<p>A very big day.<\/p>\n<p>As with most very big days, it involved a lot of waiting.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"114 by coffeejitters, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/coffeejitters\/2579036517\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3004\/2579036517_5ed7529e63.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"114\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And people herded like animals into areas where they can do some more waiting.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"112 by coffeejitters, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/coffeejitters\/2579866806\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3033\/2579866806_58d49176f5.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" alt=\"112\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There were some important people, like Quincy Jones and Bill Gates.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"121 by coffeejitters, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/coffeejitters\/2579037229\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3087\/2579037229_321c515423.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" alt=\"121\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There were speeches.<\/p>\n<p>And more speeches.<\/p>\n<p>And more speeches.<\/p>\n<p>And then there was more waiting in line (Mr. H is in the beard and sunglasses)<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"122 by coffeejitters, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/coffeejitters\/2579867894\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2027\/2579867894_ea6a4559eb.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" alt=\"122\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There were hands raised in celebration<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"124 by coffeejitters, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/coffeejitters\/2579867992\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3095\/2579867992_15f9f9e932.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" alt=\"124\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And there was a memento\/documentation.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"150 by coffeejitters, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/coffeejitters\/2579037421\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2168\/2579037421_b3570d1d7f.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"150\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today Mr. H graduated from the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Arts, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Persian.<\/p>\n<p>I am so blessed and proud to be this man&#8217;s wife.<\/p>\n<p>_________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:78%;\"><a rel=\"alternate\" type=\"application\/rss+xml\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/Coffeejitters\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0pt none ; vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.feedburner.com\/fb\/images\/pub\/feed-icon16x16.png?w=1080\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"alternate\" type=\"application\/rss+xml\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/Coffeejitters\">Subscribe to CoffeeJitters<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">\u00a9 Copyright Judy Haley 2008. 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