So of course we had a nurse-themed party to celebrate.

You rock, Mollie!

All those years of schooling, and now, well, she just got her first job, and she is going to be working as an emergency room nurse. And yes, those are chocolate candies in a bedpan.

Talk about going right into the deep end of the pool.

My daughters, being who they are, threw a party with individually-wrapped, medically-themed cookies that Mollie made herself.

We had specimen cups full of lemonade, and so many other weird things.

And a table covered with things that nurses need to know about.

And we had a marguerita machine.

It was a good party. People came in from all over.

Also there was a festive assortment of bandages, including little backpacks filled with bandades. How do you spell bandades?

To finish up this long adventure, that had me driving from California to New Mexico to see Mollie graduate, I leave you with these last 3 photos. I am trying to learn Chinese painting techniques. I practiced some when I was in Albuquerque. It is harder than I thought it would be.

Not to put too fine of a point on it, but so far, I kinda suck at it.

And one last look at those sandstone formations full of little caves, worn by time and wind, that you can find way out in the desert in Arizona. Okay, back to my usual weird stuff.