Brava Jessica

So who is prouder, Jess or Dad??

I took (for me) a fairly sudden and very short trip to Boston on the weekend of the 17th of May. Jess, who finished up her coursework in December, decided to go back to Boston and see her friends and go through the graduation ceremony with the other Boston University graduates. I knew as soon as she told me, I had to be there.

Getting there was another story, being as I arrived on Thursday morning at the airport WITHOUT MY PASSPORT. Angelo, my friend from Palermo, was driving me, and he turned around and we came back to Sciacca to get it, and of course by the time we got back to the airport, the plane was gone. A fight to Rome, a night in Rome, a new ticket, and I was in Boston on Friday afternoon a few hours before Jess got there. Friday night I hung with Jon and his friends until Jess got there, and then we were up at 4 to drive Jon to the airport, where he and Steph were flying to Florida with three other couples for the annual foray into both Florida and Vacationland. But I did have some quality time to spend with him.

Saturday afternoon, Jess and I went shopping. We ate at a nice little place on Newberry Street, and we had a wonderful afternoon together. Saturday night, she had dinner with her father and then went out with some friends.

On Sunday, we drove to BU and I let her off near the entrance, and then followed the instructions to try to find a place to park. Eventually I wrote my own instructions, and everything was fine with the car.

I sat with Jess' God-mother Susan, along with Susan's daughet and her fianzato. Jess's father and his friend had settled into another section without noticing us.

It was a nice ceremony, and I am especially proud of Jess for doing this all on her own, from application to graduation, and I am doubly proud of her as she was able to find a job in her profession of Journalism. Brava Jess.




Susan (Jess' Godmother) Jess (Jess's Self) and Bob Collier (Jess's Dad)