Day 3109

 I woke up at 8 and played games for a while.  Then it was up for pet food.  I didn't have breakfast because I'd played games too long and it was time to go to Alicia's graduation.  We left Abby at home in the box.

The drive up to Portland State was quick because I was running a little late.  The speed limit may have been exceeded at times.  It turns out we got there just a little after Hooch did.  All of us got to stand in the rain for almost 30 minutes.  That was due to them putting everyone through an airport like security screen and bag check.  The idiots even made leave their umbrellas outside.  I'm glad Ellen had reminded me to leave my knives in the car.

Fortunately Martha had gotten in early and saved seats.  They were way up at the top.  We sat down and waited for the start.  Of course it started late due to the security crap.

The ceremony was a long drawn out affair.  There were speeches by faculty and administrators as well as some by several honored students.  It was at least 90 minutes before they started handing out the 300 diplomas.  We arrived there a little after 10 and didn't leave until after 2.

Of course it was raining when we left.  Oregonians seem to have forgotten how to drive in the rain.  We managed to take back roads to the freeway which avoided the departing traffic.  However there was a short backup on I5.  Traffic on 405 was backed up from the 26 exit to the lend of the bridge.  We ended up taking Cornell Road.  Again we got to Hooch's place just as they did.

They had a party with Hooch's family, Alicia's god parents, and Martha's sister and boyfriend.  Martha put out a great spread of finger food of all sorts.  I was hungry.  We stayed there for about an hour before going home because we were worried about Abby.  We weren't sure that she was over being sick.

We stopped at Freddies in Wilsonville on the way home.  We got home at 5, just in time to feed everyone.  I sat down to watch videos and fell asleep for an hour.  When I woke up both Abby and Cooper were sleeping on me.

At treat time (8) Ellen took over the TV and I surfed before going to bed early.

As a side note - welcome to Oregon.  It rained continually all day and was still raining when we went to bed.