Congratulations, lamh! SURPRISE!
You thought you were done, but we have one last quiz for you:
Cue the music, and then we have cake!
dmsilev baked this lovely cake for you – for real! – and extends his congratulations to you for making it through the grad school grind. It’s a lot of work, and something to be proud of.
Technically it’s an orange chocolate ganache tart. We talked it over, and we definitely think there’s enough to share. I think this is one group activity we can all get behind.
*****
If there’s a song or a GIF or an image or a photo or a movie or anything that you’d like to add in your comment as “gift” to lamh – and you’re not a front pager – if you send it to me by email or put the link in your comment, I can turn it into a real thing in your comment, rather than a link.
*****
Update: I am very disappointed that no one spelled out “Happy Graduation!” or “you made it!” on squares of toilet paper with colored markers or sent lamh on a pretend vacation.
Oh, and because I screwed up the time zone, I will pin this post to the top at 8pm (blog time) which is the earliest lamh should get out of her final exam. (Just for a couple of hours until, hopefully, lamh arrives.)
WaterGirl
So proud of you for what you’ve accomplished!
This is the mug I got as a gift when I finished my master’s degree.
I wanted to (virtually) share it with you.
H. E. Wolf
Here’s a bouquet for lamh36 with warmest best wishes from Idris Elba. :)
[Photo by H.E. Wolf]
Wolvesvalley
lamh: You did it!
Congratulations and hopes that you will have many opportunities to put that degree to good use!
I can send you a copy printed on official looking parchment paper, if you like.
Betty Cracker
Congratulations! Here’s a nice big hunk o’ circa-1970s Velveeta to celebrate your achievement! :)
Anne Laurie
Congratulations, LAMH!
Dorothy A. Winsor
lamh, I wanted to stop by to give you an advance copy of my new book. Congratulations!
satby
A congratulations bouquet for you, lamh, with flowers picked from my garden.
Casey L
lamh: For congratulations on a job well done, here is “A Seahorse Vacation” : fused glass, 4.5″ x 9.5″
Not just virtual – if you like the piece and want it, I’ll be happy to send it to you (we can arrange that off-line; WaterGirl has my contact info.)
I remember you went on vacation Down Under, but don’t recall if you went snorkeling there (or on any of your various travels!). But this piece makes me think of being at the seaside, in the sun, with the wind and waves and smell of salt air. After all the incredible work you’ve done – pursuing an advanced degree while working full time AND now doing both during a pandemic – you totally deserve something that (hopefully) will conjure thoughts of relaxing by the sea.
Congrats, again!
CaseyL
Hanging Inside
Hanging Outside
MazeDancer
Couple of friends stopped by… wanted to send their best to lamh
Nicole
lamh, here’s the cookie bouquet I wish I could send…
…along with the card. :)
J. R. in WV
Congratulations LAMH on completing your first graduate degree!!!
This is a virtual orchid that after years of watering on the kitchen windowsill and being 4 or 5 green leaves, has finally bloomed again.
I started grad school years ago after finishing my BS, while looking for work. So I know how hard it can be. You did it while traveling all over the world AND working full time, which is even more amazing!
Best wishes for all your future goals from hermits up a hollow in West Virginia. When we are allowed out of the house safely some day, maybe we can take you out to dinner in the Louisiana good eats area, whoot !!
Everyone, take care, stay safe, be healthy…!!!
JR
SWMBO
These are pictures from the Blue Angels flyover that a neighbor posted. They were taken from the parking garage roof at Publix. A salute to our medical teams on the front line seems fitting for you at this time. Best wishes and congratulations on finishing your masters degree!
BGinCHI
To lamh from Xavi and BGinCHI:
Editorial note: Love the cap and gown, the tassel, and of course the diploma.
But the sunglasses really make it, I think!
Avalune
I’m shit at platitudes.
Congratulations on your achievement!
Idris is proud.
Go Bears!
Laura Too
Congratulations on your grand achievement!!
from Laura Too
frosty
I’m happy to hear that you’ve finished your last final and all the work for your degree. You should be proud of yourself. Take a step back to celebrate and then get ready for the next phase of your life and career. Enjoy it, you’ve earned it!
Here’s pictures of some of the wildflowers we saw this spring on our tour of the Southwest.
– frosty
debbie
They know it’s your special day…
via GIPHY
Something Fabulous
Congrats on your accomplishment, LAMH! So nice to have met you the night of the LA Meetup. Have been cheering you on ever since! And hope you get to have more spontaneous travels soon.
In attendance were Something Fabulous, LAMH, Mnemosyne, Fair Economist, Ruckus, BillinGlendaleCA, Roger Moore, Bill’s camera bag, and the balloons. Fun night!
For a trip down memory lane, here is the meet post with all the meetup pics.
opiejeanie
Hey…
Just wanted to congratulate you.
O. Felix Culpa
Congratulations!!! from O. Felix Culpa and Pippin, the garden guardian.
geg6
Big congratulations from all these Balloon Juice dogs (my own Koda and Lovey, John Cole’s Rosie and Thurston), taken on John’s back porch. Lily was there, but went into hiding every time I pulled the phone out. :-)
Editorial note: I assume that one of the two men in the picture is John Cole, but they both appear to be wearing pants, so I am perplexed.
edit: I have just been informed that John is indeed in the photo, wearing the blue shirt.
Kattails
Awesome job! Here’s a card I made for you, all the best, Kattails.
Editorial note: Kattails painted this for you! And did the calligraphy! She can put your real name on it, if you like, and send you the file.
Baud
Woo hoo!!!
WaterGirl
@Baud: I bet lamh would love an autographed picture of Baud. She might even toss Idris aside for you. (Or not.)
Ben Cisco (onboard the Defiant)
Congratulations lamh36!! Job well done!
Tom Levenson
Awesome!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=8&v=uSD4vsh1zDA&feature=emb_logo
ETA:Welp. That video is a little rich for my blood.* But the song, at least, expresses my hope for your celebration.
*Oh yes. I am an old.
gbbalto
@WaterGirl: With or without his pants?
Anyway, well done Lamh!!!
Cheryl Rofer
Congratulations, lamh! Here are some flowers from my garden –
randy khan
Nothing original, but hearty congratulations. It’s a fine achievement.
Doc Sardonic
Mostly lurk, infrequently comment…..Well done, Congratulations now get out there and knock ‘em dead kid.
dexwood
Well done, lamh! Congratulations.
This is another one of the great little things about Balloon Juice that makes this place a big deal.
pat
I haven’t looked at all the comments and the wonderful things that are contained therein, but I just want to say..
This is the first good news I have read today!
Congratulations and all the best wishes for a successful and rewarding career!!
Dorothy A. Winsor
I am so impressed by the great messages! I have a meeting tonight until 9, so I won’t be around she lamh hopefully shows up. Yell surprise for me.
zhena gogolia
Congratulations, lamh! You’re one of my favorite commenters. So happy for you.
ThresherK
@Betty Cracker: Okay, thread’s over. Nothing more to see here!
Aimai
I don’t have any talent to post anything but I do want to congratulate you, lamh! You are one of my favorite commenters and as a recent MAster’s recipient myself I know just how big a deal this is! CONGRATULATIONS!!!
WaterGirl
Oops. I thought LA was Eastern Time. Looks like I screwed up the timing, and lamh hasn’t started her test yet. Lamh, you had better be studying and not reading BJ!
Latetotheparty
No pix, no cakes, no flowers … just a heart-felt WELL DONE to you, LAMH! Been following BJ for years, and you are one of the reasons why. Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy.
Haroldo
Nicely done, lamh. Ain’t it a relief to have it behind you?
J R in WV
Hope LAMH doesn’t go to a real party instead of surfing the B J blog after the big test..~!!~
ThresherK
@WaterGirl: So, this is like a TV show where everyone but the guest walks into the house and the hiding assembled say Surprise! several times?
Hey, I admire your commitment to the bit.
Baud
@WaterGirl:
There’s no reason not to assume that I am Idris.
TaMara (HFG)
Well Done, lamh!!
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Something Fabulous: Good thing I’m not in the frame, would have broke the camera.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@WaterGirl: Yeah, was thinking that.
Kristine
Congratulations, lamh! Have some homemade chocolate chip cookies! https://www.instagram.com/p/CAECP12g2Lp/
japa21
Congratulations lamh. You’ve done yourself proud.
?BillinGlendaleCA
Lamh, Congrats Graduate! Here’s a lotus flower for a job well done.
thalarctosMaritimus
Hooray! Congratulations, lamh!
Idris Elba at the Berlinale 2018
Raven
Congrats from Cabrini Park!
Yutsano
@debbie: I believe she’s in Red Stick* now. She moved for a job I believe.
To Lamh: MAZEL TOV YA CRAZY KID!!!
* Yes I feel like being that kind of butt today.
Auntie Anne
Congratulations, Iamh!
zhena gogolia
@MazeDancer:
Oh, terrific!
Rob
Congratulations, lamh, from a (mostly) lurker! Well done.
laura
Congratulations lamh! You’ve worked hard and sacrificed to achieve this milestone and richly deserve every bit of praise and admiration.
How you managed to juggle ambitious scholarship and travel both international & domestic while keeping your wits about you and feet firmly on the ground is a mystery to me.
Bouquets of all the pretty scented flowers, clinka clinkas of champagne glasses and so many hugs and kisses!
MomSense
To celebrate we’ll have lobster and fried clams!
Steeplejack
Congratulations, lamh36! ?????
NeenerNeener
Congratulations!
This is the song that always popped into my head whenever I finished my last final of the semester:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddz0GWcPUjM
Brachiator
Congratulations!
Time to celebrate…
debbie
@Yutsano:
You made me Google, me with my high school French!
The Lodger
Yay lamh!
PsiFighter37
Well done and congratulations!
WereBear
We’re all this happy.
via GIPHY
HumboldtBlue
Fantastic news and congratulations, Lamh36!
For some reason I have failed to embed a picture of beer.
bottle, or on tap?
dmsilev
Congratulations!
And because I know someone will ask, here’s the recipe for the tart. Fairly easy if you’ve ever made a pie crust from scratch. Transcribed from “The Essence of Chocolate” by John Scharffenberger and Robert Steinberg. (the version above deviated from the recipe at the end; it’s garnished with sliced almonds, mainly because that’s what I happened to have in the pantry).
WaterGirl
@Baud: Well, I do love you both, so if you were the same person. you wouldn’t have to share!
Julia
Lamh, congratulations, so happy for you! All your hard work has paid off. I rarely comment but do enjoy all the ‘regulars’ here. You brighten my day!
rikyrah
CONGRATULATIONS, LAMH :)
Barbara
No pics, but heartfelt congratulations. You did it!
Mary G
Congratulations, lamh! I admire your work and play ethic so much, and predict all good things for you. Here is a picture I took in my garden last February – I tried to send it to AL for Garden Chat, but it wouldn’t go through:
CatFacts
Congratulations!
Jackie
CONGRATULATIONS LAMH!!! You’ve worked so hard for this moment!!! Eat, drink and make merry!????????????????? ? ? ?
ljt
Congratulations lamh! (From a long-time lurker who looks forward to reading your comments, and shares your Idris love ;-)
New Day Dawning
banditqueen
Lamh-
You triumphed in this crazy year 2020–that says a lot about your commitment and braininess, and it’s also a reminder that great things are happening all around us despite the ugliness. Here’s a portion of you own personal commencement address*:
https://media.giphy.com/media/mrucZJ0u8wme4/giphy.gif
Say hi to Idris for me!
*Don’t let them grind you down, ever!
Johannes
Many congratulations!
?BillinGlendaleCA
@dmsilev:
You put soap on your tart?
MisterForkbeard
Way to go lamh! You nailed this one, and this is a real triump in the shitstorm that is 2020. Congratulations!
Lyrebird
WOO HOO!!!!
Does this mean you can write a weekly movie review column now? Just kidding, unless you wanna… but first…
Celebrate!
dmsilev
@?BillinGlendaleCA: I prefer Ivory.
BGinCHI
This is a great thread.
I think I got something in my eye……
?BillinGlendaleCA
@dmsilev: I always took you for more of an Irish Spring guy.
MomDoc
Congratulations LAMH! It is such a great feeling to be finished! Enjoy, celebrate, and then sit back and be proud of yourself. Sometimes we forget to take a moment and relish all that we have accomplished. It’s a big deal!
Congratulations again!
BGinCHI
@?BillinGlendaleCA: There must be a tart joke around here somewhere…..
Mnemosyne
I randomly popped back just in time to see this. Whoo-hoo! Congratulations!
?????
pamelabrown53
Super Congrats lamh! You da bomb!!!
satby
@dmsilev: @?BillinGlendaleCA: ??? (soap jokes)
Montanareddog
You can tell this is a real party because there is a bearded, fat redneck with no pants on being obnoxious upstairs.
Congrats, Lamh.
cain
Congratulations!!!!!!! :)
?BillinGlendaleCA
@satby: At least they’re clean jokes.
Elizabelle
Tazj
Congratulations! I hope you get the chance to relax and celebrate now.
Elizabelle
French Market beignets coming for lamh. Pretty much the recipe from Cafe du Monde, I think.
So it will be easier to read: this recipe is from Rima and Richard Collin’s The New Orleans Cookbook (hardcover, page 200), and I’ve made it successfully for years. Usually a half batch is plenty, and you will need to refrigerate the dough overnight.
Here are Mr. and Mrs. Collin with their recipe and comments:
BEIGNETS (FRENCH MARKET DOUGHNUTS)
Beignets are the rectangular doughnuts served fresh and hot around the clock at the French Market coffeehouses. They are simple to prepare at home and make a delightful breakfast bread or a delicious snack at any hour of the day. We have found that dough must be prepared in advance and refrigerated overnight. We have found that for home preparation the dough works best in the large quantity given here [Elizabelle — ha!], enough for more than 5 dozen beignets. But that’s no problem — the dough keeps beautifully under refrigeration for almost a week. Just cut off some of the dough when you want to make beignets; roll it out, cut it up, and fry for about 3 minutes per batch, then sprinkle the beignets with confectioners’ sugar and serve piping hot.
We wondered for a long time why homemade beignets lacked the special flavor of those served in the French Market. Then one day we figured out the secret — using canned evaporated milk. And it made sense. Many older New Orleanians consider canned evaporated milk a great delicacy and, in fact, refer to it fondly as “pet cream.”
Serve freshly fried beignets with good hot cafe au lait.
For about 5 dozen beignets: NOTE: PREPARE THE DOUGH AND REFRIGERATE OVERNIGHT. HALVING THIS RECIPE IS PLENTY!
1 and 1/2 cup warm water
1 package active dry yeast
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 large eggs
1 cup undiluted evaporated milk
7 cups flour
1/4 cup vegetable shortening (ie. Crisco)
Oil for deep frying
Confectioners’ sugar
Put the warm water into a large bowl, then sprinkle in the dry yeast and stir until thoroughly dissolved. Add the sugar, salt, eggs, and evaporated milk. Gradually stir in four cups of the flour and beat with a wooden spoon until smooth and thoroughly blended. Beat in the shortening, then add the remaining flour, about 1/3 cup at a time, beating it in with a spoon until it becomes too stiff to stir, then working in the rest with your fingers. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
Roll the dough out on a floured board or marble pastry surface to a thickness of 1/8 inch, then cut it into rectangles 2.5 by 3.5 inches with a sharp knife.
Preheat oil in a deep fryer to 360. [OK, a deep and heavy pot works great too. Revere Ware, whatever.] Fry the beignets about 3 or 4 at a time until they are puffed out and golden brown on both sides (about 2-3 minutes per batch). Turn them over in the oil with tongs once or twice to get them evenly brown, since they rise to the surface of the oil as soon as they begin to puff out.
Drain each batch, place on a platter lined with several layers of paper towels, and put the platter in a 200 degree oven to keep warm.
Sprinkle the beignets heavily with confectioners’ sugar and serve hot.
Old School
Congrats lamh! Here’s hoping the last test went well or it’ll be a little awkward for everyone.
Elie
Congratulations and many many best wishes and good fortune for the future, Lamh!
I always enjoy your perspectives and comments here also!
Emma from FL
I’m too darn tired to be creative, but wanted to congratulate you on your success. The mad dash is over. Relax a while and enjoy your virtual presents.
Delk
????? Way to go!
scribbler
Your tenacity and sheer dogged perserverance to reach this achievement put me to shame–well done lamh!!
Omnes Omnibus
Congrats, lamh. Fire on the Bayou.
Martin
Well done, lamh. Best news of 2020 so far.
stinger
Congratulations, lamh! You are an inspiration to us all, and a wonderful role model for your niece!
schrodingers_cat
Congratulations!
tokyokie
Congratulations! Now I know of somebody with a degree from a school whose teams are the Whos.
Dan B
Congrats! Now get out there and smell the roses (peonies..)
and snarf up the deliciousness!
Mingobat (f/k/a Karen in GA)
I offer you the highest of fives. Congratulations!
hedgehog mobile
Congratulations!
SiubhanDuinne
So happy for you! Congratulations (plural)!
Another Scott
Hearty congratulations lamh!! You worked hard for this accomplishment and deserve it.
Celebrate!
Best wishes,
Scott.
Frosty Fred
Haven’t posted in years but–
YAY!!!
The Lodger
@?BillinGlendaleCA: With all these soap jokes, I’d expect it to be a watery tart…
WaterGirl
@SiubhanDuinne: Nicely done, SD!
grandmaBear
Congratulations! You’ve done well, and may you go on to do great things.
jimmy higgins
https://youtu.be/2wR7ntuQc2s
prostratedragon
Congratulations, lamh! Looking forward to Blue Skies.
beth
Congratulations – May all your dreams come true!
lamh36
OMGoodness!
This is wonderful
Thank you guys so much!!
THATS IT!!! I JUST OFFICIALLY FINISHED MY LAST TEST AS A GRADATUATE STUDENT. !!
#ClassOf2020 #UNOGrad #MSHCM
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/3154903a9174f4034c941d662c68fa337f6aeb93b55e817337835db34bd9e713.gif
Elizabelle
@lamh36: She’s here! Woo hoo!
Baud
@lamh36: Congrats!
Eunicecycle
(Huffing and puffing from running) Am I too late? Congratulations, graduate!
WaterGirl
@lamh36: Did you even answer the second part of your test? Or did you just say “i’m out of here”?
Miss Bianca
Mr. Darcy and I both say, “congratulations, lamh!” : )
https://giphy.com/gifs/movie-film-s2AT65bLtVFsI
WaterGirl
Okay, lamh, tell the truth – I screwed up the time of the post because I thought you were on Eastern Time. Did you see this post before your exam started?
Kattails
@dmsilev: I gained two pounds just looking at that.
mg_65
Congratulations lamh! An impressive achievement. Raising a glass to your continued brilliance!
CarolDuhart2
Please turn this into a video, please-every graduate’s theme song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kw-_Ew5bVxs
Pomp and circumstance. Go to the head of the class!
(added to the top of the post – WG)
BethanyAnne
Omg, UNO? That’s where I started college, many, many moons ago. Congrats on your graduation!
WaterGirl
@CarolDuhart2: Great idea., That’s perfect!
I added the Pomp and Circumstance youtube video to the post up top!
mrmoshpotato
Woo! Congrats lamh36!
WaterGirl
@mrmoshpotato: I think she came to the party for a minute, and then ditched us! :-)
JeanneT
What a wonderful happy thread and reason to celebrate: congrats lamh!
HRA
Congratulations Lamh!
Just One More Canuck
Congratulations to an actual beloved commenter
lamh36
@WaterGirl:
Finished the first part in the first 30 mins…didn’t even go over each answer like I ususally do…just got her done changed an answer or two, but that was it.
Then yep…breezed right through the 2nd part in less than an hours. Was the first one fininshed in fact…LOL. I think even my professor was surprised
JAFD
Congratulations, LAMH, and best wishes !
lamh36
@WaterGirl: Nope I actually didn’t. Spent the day mostly lollygagging and offline. Wanted to be zen for the test. Then bout 2 hours before the test…I did some last minute studying.
I came to say I finished my test and boom this post was up!
Thank you so much!
lamh36
I wish I could individually thank everyone, but there are so many of you!
Thank ya’ll so much for the kind words…and encouragement for the past 2 years!
I have tried my best to keep up with work, school and leisure, but I admit it was harder than it looks.
Looking forward to having my evening free and using the rest of the quarantine time to relax and plan my next move, which may just be a move to Cali. I can use these stay at home orders to plan my next step
lamh36
@BethanyAnne: I got my first Bachelors from UNO in 2002. So I’m double alum now!
WaterGirl
@lamh36: You must be over the moon to have made it over the finish line!
When you come back down to earth tomorrow, I hope you’ll have time to go through the amazing stuff people put together for you.
People baked real cakes and real beignets, painted you real pictures, wrote poems, made you cards, wrote notes, looked for the perfect, well, everything!
P.S. You get Idris for the rest of the week because he obviously cares about you, but I think I should get him for the week after that.
Mnemosyne
@lamh36:
Cali can be a good place to come if you’re in healthcare since we have a pretty well-functioning system that’s continuing to grow. I wouldn’t be surprised if we take another stab at our own universal system, which will need planners and managers.
WaterGirl
@Mnemosyne: I have it on good authority – from someone on this blog called Balloon Juice – that people from California hate it when you call it “Cali”. :-)
Is that not so?
lamh36
@WaterGirl: YES!
I’ve been looking through the entire thread just now!
If anyone really want me to receive anything, I think you, john and Adam or any of the FPer can email me and I can give a forwarding address.
Either way…thank you and thank all you BJ commenters for the congrats!
It was cool, esp since I won’t get a chance to have a real time celebration with my fam like I would have cause of this quarantine
TomatoQueen
Well done to you and best wishes and hopes for your bright future. You have earned it.
WaterGirl
Thanks for coming, everyone! Stay as long as you like.
We finished off the lobster and clams. But there’s still some chocolate cake if anyone wants to take some home, and a few cookies. The beignets should be coming out of the oven any time now.
Drive carefully.
Laura Too
Champagne all around! I’m buying. :) Congratulations lamh! what a beautiful party, Thanks Watergirl, you sure know how to put something together, you’re amazing!
WaterGirl
@lamh36: I’ll send you email now while I’m thinking of it, and I’ll share your address with the peeps who offered things in real life.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@WaterGirl:
and remember to put on your pants before you leave.
dmsilev
@Kattails: Fortunately, it slices nicely into small pieces (recipe says “serves 12”, but I’ve cut it as thin as 20 slices when necessary). Yes, it’s rich. But so so good; the citrus blends beautifully with the chocolate.
something fabulous
@?BillinGlendaleCA: Look who’s being all fancy all of a sudden
Elizabelle
@Dan B.: I love that cat.
Soprano2
Congratulations lamh! A graduate degree is quite an achievement. I couldn’t face school again after I got my B.A., I’m always impressed by someone who can.
WaterGirl
@Elizabelle: I know! That cat was awesome!
BGinCHI
@lamh36: Serious, hardy congrats.
WaterGirl
I hope as people are still hanging around that you take a minute to admire some of the awesome stuff people put together.
I mean, seriously. I couldn’t do a drawing like Avalune, to save my life. The watercolor, the certificate, the cards, and so many beautiful photographs.
The photoshopping of Idris… could someone photoshop him into my life? With a deep fake so good that even I would wonder whether it really happened? :-)
So much talent and good will here on Balloon Juice! And so much attention to detail.
To everyone who participated – you are all great.
Okay, before i get too sappy, maybe I should say fuck you? (surely someone deserves it, right?)
CaseyL
@WaterGirl: That would be great – thanks!
And @lamh36: Missing your family now just means you get to celebrate *again* when you can all get together. At least, that’s how I’d look at it :)
Aleta
@lamh36: Congratulations and admiration for all you know and have achieved… and then managing those great trips and time with family too.
Darkrose
Congratulations lamh! That’s so awesome and I know you must feel great! Make sure you take some time to treat yourself—you deserve it!
opiejeanne
@WaterGirl: That would be me, probably, and I’m not just a native Californian, I’m also one of those very rare natives of Los Angeles County.
I don’t live in CA any more, but I feel a deep connection to the state of California.
Yutsano
@Mnemosyne:
Please please PLEASE address the big problem that spiked it last time! That really was such an own goal honestly.
opiejeanne
@lamh36: Congratulations again!
I have only a tiny idea of how much hard work this took. I chickened out when I was considering starting my Masters because it was just overwhelming, and it was going to cost me $1800! That was a few years ago, yes.
Miss Bianca
@SiubhanDuinne: Have you been made the blog’s Official Balladeer yet?
planetjanet
What a wonderful celebration. This is such a remarkable community. Congratulations, lamh!!!! You have done a remarkable deed. There is so much good you do in the world. Thank you.
chopper
congraduations!
FelonyGovt
Late to the party as always but I wanted to wish you congratulations, lamh! What an achievement!
zeecube
Go Lamh! Whodatt!
hitchhiker
Flowers and Idris and love and recipes and jokes and songs to you, lamh! Sincere congratulations on crossing that finish line.
You did it!
Tenar Arha
Congratulations Graduate lamh!
Very happy for you. And reading this thread it feels like we’re all making a virtual party & really dancing to Chic on here.
ellie
WAY TO GO!
Felanius Kootea
@lamh36: Congratulations lamh! You did it!
Amir Khalid
Congratulations! Go, you!
ruemara
Happy day! Congratulations, Iamh! You did it! This is amazing and I’m so happy for you. Can’t wait to see what you do next. Although maybe I should have gone with my shots of sealed petri dishes.
Comrade Colette Collaboratrice
@WaterGirl:
It’s definitely a flat note. But we would welcome lamh so damn hard it wouldn’t matter, and we’d give her all the time she needs to find a different nickname. Congratulations!!! What a terrific achievement. You have earned this party and then some.
sgrAstar
So happy for you, Lamh!!!! Excited for your next move!
?
Sister Golden Bear
Belated congratulations!
WaterGirl
@Comrade Colette Collaboratrice:
Do the letters in “lamh” spell something out? Louisiana something? All this time, I had no idea… I just knew that every so often I try to spell it lahm.
Torrey
Congratulations! That’s a huge achievement, made huger by finishing as a pandemic interrupts your final semester. Laisse les bon temps rouler! (Or “laissez,” depending on whether you’re going for the Creole or Cajun version. But either way, definitely les bon temps!)