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• Relying on the 2 human alarm clocks to wake us up.
• Panicking when we surfaced at 8.40am and realised they hadn’t.
• Frantically trying to get ready.
• Eating a breakfast of poached eggs with smoked salmon and hollandaise sauce.
• Wearing my ‘going away outfit’ from the wedding.
• Greeting my parents, sister and Grandmother as they arrived.
• Collecting my robes.
• Looking ridiculous. Does anyone actually manage to look stylish in a mortar board?
• Hanging around the University reception, waiting for the ceremony to start.
• Seeing old friends from my MA course and realising just how much I miss them.
• Feeling a tiny bit jealous of those of them that have been brave enough to start a PhD already.
• Heading into the Great Hall to take my seat.
• Loving the pomp and circumstance.
• Listening to Floella Benjamin {chancellor of the university} open the ceremony.
• Feeling a touch nervous.
• Edging ever closer to the stage.
• Finally hearing my name and striding towards Floella who greets every student with open arms.
• Hearing my family cheering from the audience.
• Being told to change the world. Obviously, I fully intend to.
• Asking Floella to wave at my daughter in the audience.
• Posing for pictures. Lots of pictures.
• Heading out of the hall and into the drizzle with my family.
• Being greeted by a huge rainbow.
• Sipping champagne and catching up with my fellow graduates.
• Missing my Dad.
• Craving academic life.
• Having lunch at Strada.
• Despairing at Jesse’s behaviour.
• Quipping that it was harder getting through the 45 minute meal with my two children than it was completing my MA with them. I was only joking though. Sort of.
• Strolling home.
• Drinking tea.
• Trying to be brave when I said goodbye to my sister Nicola. She’s off travelling in a couple of weeks and will be gone for at least 2 years. I think I’m in denial about it at the moment, but I know I’m going to miss her desperately.
• Giving my little sis some good advice. Avoid the really weird men. Moderately weird ones on the other hand…
• Feeling too lazy to cook.
• Giving in very quickly when Mr LA suggested a takeaway.
• Drinking champagne and watching ‘True Romance’.
• Getting very excited when Eliza sent us the link to our wedding photos.
• Staying up far too late looking at our wedding photos.
• Waking up with a serious case of too much champagne/not enough sleep.
• Cooking an amazing breakfast {even if I do say so myself!}
• Being very lazy for what felt like the first time in aaaaages.
• Eventually getting dressed.
• Meeting a dear friend at the cinema.
• Munching popcorn and enjoying ‘The Artist’ very, very much.
• Sipping tea and catching up.
• Heading home to hang out with my husband.

Loveaudrey xxx