It's official!

I've graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with two Master's degrees. Commencement ceremonies were last Friday (June 9th). The weather was horrible (of the Boston variety) on Wednesday and Thursday, but amazingly held out for us on Friday. There were just a few sprinkles, but the commencement gods took it easy on us. While I won't look back on Boston weather with fond memories, at least I can't say that my graduation day was ruined. It ended up being rather cool and comfortable!

Here I am in full graduation regalia:



It was great seeing my classmates again and reminiscing about old times. As my wife will attest, I rarely take time to appreciate my achievements, but it was hard not to this time around as I walked down the ramp after having my name called out and receiving two diplomas from MIT. It was the culmination of a lot of hard work and personal sacrifice to attend a university I've held in the highest regard. I owe my wife a debt of gratitude for being so supportive through the whole thing. She's amazing!

What's next? Who knows. I wrapped up my 10th computer book last week so now I find myself with a lot of spare cycles. I'm exploring a few things and I'm sure by the end of the summer I'll be at full capacity again. That's the way it always has been with me. It is nice to have a little break, but I can already feel my ambitionitis starting to flare up!