Jeff's Graduation Present

Almost 2 years ago, I graduated with my Masters in Information Systems at UMBC. For a while, I was talking about getting another dog to keep Lucy, our pug, company during the day (Lucy at that time started not to hear or see well, so I thought the company might do her some well). I wanted another pug, but Jeff as much as he had grown to love Lucy didn't think he could handle two dogs snoring at night and snorting in his face. Jeff's grandfather always had beagles, so he wanted to get a beagle. I told him we could always get a puggle, but he said "no, we don't really need another dog." Little did I know that almost a year later, Jeff would drive all the way up to Northern Pennsylvania to get a puggle.

That night he came home very late, after spending the entire day with his friend in PA (oh so I thought), that I rushed upstairs to meet him at the door. There Jeff was holding in his hands this wrinkly and adorable puggle puppy. I quickly said "What is that?" He said "Look we compromised; it's a puggle - part beagle / part pug. Congrats on your masters. I'm so proud of you."

Zoey has been a great addition to our family -- it was totally worth getting my masters. LOL

Here is a picture of Zoey on her first night home:


Now that Jeff is graduating with his Masters in Information Assurance on May 15th. I had to think of something very special to do for him also. I asked Jeff if he would like another puggle, but he didn't go for that one.

After 3 months of researching and planning, I decided on the perfect graduation gift. I decided to get Jeff a pool table with a ping pong conversion top to put in our new basement.

Last week (when Jeff finished his last assignment), I told Jeff what his gift was and that I wanted him to come with me to pick it out. He was so thrilled to hear he was getting a pool table that he quickly started doing research.

We ended up purchasing the pool table on the first night we went out (after negotiating a wall cue rack, upgraded felt, the ultimate accessory kit, delivery, and installation all for free). It was a done deal...almost. After purchasing the table, Jeff noticed that the guy charged us $5.00 too much. Instead of refunding us the money, Jeff got the salesman to give us pool table cover valued at $115.00 for the $5.00 extra we spent.

Here is a picture of Jeff's graduation present:


Jeff - I'm so proud of you. Congrats. I love you.