Well, the Graduation event went well last night. With 500 graduates in the senior class, and several thousand people at the event - which was held at the Virginia Beach Convention Center - I successfully avoided any contact with the estranged wife. Unfortunately, I did not get to see my other two children due to the size of the crowd.
We did, however, get to see Victoria, by exiting quickly and making our way to the door by which the graduates were exiting and waiting for her to come out. Thus, we were able to talk, snap some photos and give her our gift. We also saw a couple of her girl friends who have been out with Victoria and us in the past (we told them we want them to join us at The Wave some Saturday soon). Victoria looked gorgeous and so very happy. I am so very proud of her, as is Raymond (She was one of the honor graduates). Our mission accomplished, we headed out before we could run into her mother. The school puts on an all night party in a safe environment, so I have not talked to my daughter today since, know her, she did not get to sleep until after sunrise today.
I ran into one or two people I knew from the straight phase of my life [Gay Species has lectured me that it was a "phase" and not a "former life, so I will test to see if he reads this post] and all were pleasant. What was really a coincidence is that seated a few rows in front of us was a gay couple that we know somewhat but not overly well. It turns out one of them had a son graduating in the same class as my daughter and he was only a couple of students behind my daughter as they received their diplomas.
