Day 4: Commencement!!

I had a lazy morning while Joelle went to church. I walked down the street to a cafe called La Crêpe à moi, where I had a delicious ham and swiss galette 🤤. Then I went back to the dorm until Joelle came back.

Just after noon, we walked back to the same place, where she got a Nutella crepe 🤤 and I got a creme brulee 🤤. Then we went back to the dorm.

Around 1330, she left for her commencement ceremony rehearsal, while waited until 1430 to go back to the same street where I'd already been twice, at this time to eat lunch at Bongo Burger Northside 🤤.

By 1500, I was walking through campus to get to the ceremony, which started at 1600. It was terrific and not too churchy, despite it being the Pacific School of Religion and mostly Methodist. It was a great ceremony, and Joelle won an academic award, which is no surprise after all the awards she won in the Air Force as a Historian. I'm so very happy for her and all of the new Doctors of Ministry.

A drink with another new Doctor near campus after the reception, and Joelle was really wiped, so we took an Uber back to the dorm. While waiting, I was handed a flyer about stopping AI...making Berkeley live up to my expectations 💕. Love it! Very sad to leave San Fran so soon (in the morning), but mission accomplished and it's time to head home.

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