A Day To Celebrate
By Jeff Moffitt
@moffittjc (118555)
Gainesville, Florida
May 5, 2018 7:58pm CST
What a turn of events over the past 24 hours! If you read my previous post, I had a bad day yesterday dealing with a break-in and robbery at one of the swimming pools I manage at my job. It was a frustrating day dealing with all the repercussions of that event.
But today was much better, and a cause for celebration! Today, my girlfriend graduated from the University of Florida with a Bachelor's Degree in Sociology, and I couldn't have been more proud of her! She's worked so hard over the past four years to get to this point. It hasn't been easy, but she stuck with it through thick and thin. Not only did she go to school full-time, but she also worked a full-time job and two part-time jobs to help pay her tuition and other bills.
So, yesterday was a frustrating day, but today was a celebratory day! Have you ever had such a turn of events from negative to positive (or the other way around) in such a short time period?
The photo is my girlfriend showing off her cap that she decorated for her commencement. Her only complaint of the day was that her hair--which she had straightened this morning for the graduation ceremony--was frizzy and curly by the end of the day due to the heat and humidity!
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@infatuatedbby (94921)
• United States
6 May 18
Congratulations to your girlfriend. 
Happy Celebrating! 
She did a wonderful job on decorating her cap. :) Her hair is lovely, I'd trade my hair from straight to get some frizzy curls! Hehe.
Happy Celebrating! She did a wonderful job on decorating her cap. :) Her hair is lovely, I'd trade my hair from straight to get some frizzy curls! Hehe.3 people like this
@moffittjc (118555)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 May 18
I love her natural curls! Most of the time she keeps the curls, but she wanted to do something a little different for graduation, which is why she straightened her hair. Her straightened hair ooked great for most of the day! But even her frizzy curls were cute too!
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@infatuatedbby (94921)
• United States
6 May 18
@moffittjc Hehhe! Her natural curls are awesome!
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@moffittjc (118555)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 May 18
@infatuatedbby She's sitting right here next to me and she saw your comment. She says to tell you thank you!
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@JamesHxstatic (29258)
• Eugene, Oregon
6 May 18
Great for her! Congratulations too!
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@moffittjc (118555)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 May 18
Thanks! It's been a very exciting, yet tiring, day for her. Next up is my daughter's graduation from high school at the beginning of June. Wow...I didn't even realize that I will start off both May and June with graduations! lol
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@JamesHxstatic (29258)
• Eugene, Oregon
6 May 18
@moffittjc Busy months! She ought to get that Master's for much better jobs I think.
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@moffittjc (118555)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 May 18
@JamesHxstatic I agree! She definitely plans to get her Masters eventually, she just wants a break from school for a little while. I can relate...I did the same thing, and waited a few years before I went back to get my Masters.
@rakski (112925)
• Philippines
6 May 18
@moffittjc yes and at thw end of the rainbow there is gold pot waiting fir you
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@moffittjc (118555)
• Gainesville, Florida
7 May 18
@rakski I'm still looking, but I haven't found that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow yet!
@moffittjc (118555)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 May 18
It is wise to always look for the rainbow at the end of a storm! It's there, if you look hard enough!
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@moffittjc (118555)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 May 18
I love her naturally wavy hair, but I also love when she straightens it. She looks good either way!
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@moffittjc (118555)
• Gainesville, Florida
11 May 18
@JudyEv I'm not going to lie...I look at her with a lustful desire every time I see her!
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@moffittjc (118555)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 May 18
I definitely understand and appreciate what she went through working and going to school, because I had to do the same thing when I went to college. It was tough, but it made me a much stronger person.
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@moffittjc (118555)
• Gainesville, Florida
7 May 18
@paigea At least her part-time job was doing something she loves and is passionate about. She teaches dance and gymnastics three nights a week. That's her stress release from the burden of going to school full-time and working full-time.
I did something similar when I was in school. I went to college full-time, worked full-time at Walmart, and then bartended late at night. I don't ever remember sleeping when I was in college! lol
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@paigea (35718)
• Canada
6 May 18
@moffittjc I dud too! But not full time AND part time. Hard work!
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
21 May 18
You are so right to be proud of such a determined person! Congrats to her!
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@moffittjc (118555)
• Gainesville, Florida
26 May 18
@MarymargII My hair not only frizzes up, it gets all puffy as well. I've been told that on high humidity days, my head looks like a mop head!
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
23 May 18
@moffittjc Muy hair would be fuzzy too in that heat- it loves to frizz up in humidity.
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@snowy22315 (170464)
• United States
6 May 18
Congrats to your girlfriend! Lots of college graduations yesterday.
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@snowy22315 (170464)
• United States
6 May 18
@moffittjc I know my nephew's was, but he is at a conference and could not attend.
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@moffittjc (118555)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 May 18
@snowy22315 When I was in college, my last semester was an internship in another part of the state. The place I was interning at offered me a job after the internship was over, so I stayed and kept working. I didn't feel like taking time off to go back to the university just for my graduation ceremony, so I just had them mail me my diploma.
@moffittjc (118555)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 May 18
This whole weekend was full of commencement ceremonies here where I live. UF is so big they have to have multiple commencement ceremonies over the course of four days. It was probably graduation day all over the country for universities and colleges.
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@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
7 Jun 18
Congratulations to your girlfriend! I love the way she decorated her cap!
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@moffittjc (118555)
• Gainesville, Florida
10 Jun 18
@Shellyann36 Some students get pretty outrageous when decorating their caps for graduation. They basically are doing everything they can to attract attention to themselves.
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@moffittjc (118555)
• Gainesville, Florida
9 Jun 18
She kept it pretty simple with her cap decoration. It did look nice though!
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
7 May 18
That really is great news and she sounds like a great girl! My hair does the frizzy thing if it gets damp which is quite often as we get so much rain over here so I understand how she feels! Congrats to her; she deserves it for all her hard work.
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
14 May 18
@moffittjc Nightmare for us girls!
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@moffittjc (118555)
• Gainesville, Florida
16 May 18
@sprite1950 I can imagine how much of a nightmare it must be! I have short hair, and it goes all crazy when the humidity is high, so I can imagine how bad it is for women with long hair!
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@moffittjc (118555)
• Gainesville, Florida
13 May 18
Yeah, our humidity here in Florida pretty much makes straight hair a waste of time!
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@Freelanzer (10744)
• Canada
29 Jun 18
Congratulations to your girlfriend. Graduation is always a proud time. I've graduated a few times but nothing has made me prouder than the graduations of my boys form high school, university and post university. You must be very proud. What did you get her for graduation?
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@moffittjc (118555)
• Gainesville, Florida
4 Jul 18
@Freelanzer She's got me wrapped around her little finger! It's hard to say no to my little girl (who's not so little anymore!)
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@moffittjc (118555)
• Gainesville, Florida
1 Jul 18
Her main gift from me for graduation was a boatload of cash to put towards the purchase of a car, but somehow I ended up buying her a whole new wardrobe of clothes bearing the university name and logo! lol
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@DeborahDiane (40064)
• Laguna Woods, California
17 May 18
@moffittjc - Congratulations to your girlfriend. That is quite an accomplishment and I agree you should be very proud of her. I'm sorry about the pool break-in. That is so frustrating to have to deal with things like that.
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@moffittjc (118555)
• Gainesville, Florida
19 May 18
I'm still dealing with the fallout from the pool break-in. Our city manager is having a meltdown about it. I don't think he understands that random crimes do happen in our city, and it is through no fault of our own. I guess he is looking for someone internally to blame it on. I'll continue to weather the storm a little while longer, and then some other catastrophe or crisis will rear its ugly head and then he'll move on to focusing on that. But in the meantime I continue to write email after email to anybody and everybody explaining what happened and what we're doing to improve our security.
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@moffittjc (118555)
• Gainesville, Florida
20 May 18
@DeborahDiane I have more important things to focus on, like saving people's lives and keeping them safe in the water when they visit our facilities to swim!
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@DeborahDiane (40064)
• Laguna Woods, California
20 May 18
@moffittjc - It is so frustrating that people do these things for little or no reason. I'm sure you are disappointed and frustrated that it happened, and the city manager is not making things any better. It is a shame that people have to provide enhanced security for a swimming pool!
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@moffittjc (118555)
• Gainesville, Florida
23 May 18
Yes! My daughter's graduation is on Saturday, June 2nd. We were just talking a few minutes ago about the upcoming ceremony!
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@moffittjc (118555)
• Gainesville, Florida
26 May 18
@DianneN The next two weeks are going to be absolutely crazy for me between work and personal commitments! But I am going to enjoy the ride as much as I can!
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@DianneN (247191)
• United States
23 May 18
@moffittjc That's coming up very soon! Such excitement in your house!
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@Courtlynn (66918)
• United States
24 May 18
Congratulations to her! Sorry about her hair. I know how that is! lol
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@moffittjc (118555)
• Gainesville, Florida
27 May 18
@Courtlynn That's true. Women actually take a lot of pride in their hair and spend a lot of time caring for it and doing it up nice. Us guys don't care as much if our hair is messy or out of place!
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@moffittjc (118555)
• Gainesville, Florida
26 May 18
It was a great day to celebrate, regardless of the hair situation. Life goes on, despite bad hair days! lol
@Courtlynn (66918)
• United States
27 May 18
@moffittjc that is true. but still, to females, its not good to have bad hair days!
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@moffittjc (118555)
• Gainesville, Florida
26 May 18
I have the same problem with my hair as well. It takes on a life of it's own when the humidity is high.
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@moffittjc (118555)
• Gainesville, Florida
28 May 18
@nela13 I just looked up the weather report due to this tropical storm that is passing by us, and we currently have 98% humidity. That's horrible, and it just makes everything feel icky.and gross.
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@caopaopao (12395)
• China
6 May 18
Congratulations on your girlfriend's graduation from college. Shee worked for her own money to pay for the tuition, which is too great.
You should really celebrate.
You should really celebrate.1 person likes this
@moffittjc (118555)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 May 18
Oh trust me, we will be doing lots of celebrating!
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@epiffanie (11326)
• Australia
9 May 18
What a hard-working young woman! .. Awesome! .. Congrats to her!.. She will be rewarded for all that hard work .. You are one very lucky young man .. I'm sure you are treating her well ..
.. She will be rewarded for all that hard work .. You are one very lucky young man .. I'm sure you are treating her well ..1 person likes this
@moffittjc (118555)
• Gainesville, Florida
13 May 18
I am a lucky guy, and I make sure I treat her like a queen!
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@moffittjc (118555)
• Gainesville, Florida
2 Jun 18
It was a good day! And it still is a good day! This whole weekend is going to be great!
@Juliaacv (48538)
• Canada
6 May 18
@moffittjc That's just what we are doing this afternoon also-enjoy!
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@moffittjc (118555)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 May 18
I'm hoping today (Sunday) will be a nice relaxing day. I'm on call for work, but hopefully there won't be any issues where my staff has to call me to respond. Otherwise, I'm just going to enjoy a day of lounging around the house!
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@moffittjc (118555)
• Gainesville, Florida
8 May 18
@Juliaacv I don't get too many free days to lounge around doing absolutely nothing, so I cherish them dearly when I do get them!
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)@moffittjc (118555)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 May 18
I don't know how I got so lucky, but I'm not taking it for granted. I make sure to take good care of her and make her feel special as much as I can.
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@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
6 May 18
Congratulations to your girlfriend, Jeff. So happy for the both of you. Yes, I did experience that a lot of times.
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@moffittjc (118555)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 May 18
Thank you! She's a very happy girl tonight!
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@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
6 May 18
@moffittjc Youre always welcome, Jeff. She deserves it.
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