Well, I know it has been around two weeks since I last posted so I have so much to tell you. I don't have no camera and I have been so busy that I have not bothered anyone to use theirs for the moment. For now, I guess that text will have to work. Just imagine everything I have done and magnify everything times ten. Yes, that has been my two weeks worth of adventure since my last post on the 25th of September.
To start off, I celebrated my 20th birthday last week. The day was October 1 and unfortunately, my birthday fell on a Monday, when the intensity of mid-terms picked up. Personally, I knew that I could not go out to celebrate like how I wanted to. I had to be low-key so I could focus on several upcoming exams. I still celebrated on Wednesday since I was determined to make the most out of my birthday. I prefer to have my birthdays on the down low, having people find out instead of just outright telling them. This way, no one would try to do something that I would regret on a school day like drink before a long day of exams. I have seen this happen where a person would celebrate their birthday when they knew they had exams the next day and show up to class with a hangover. Imagine the consequences.
Coincidentally, my birthday fell on Greek Week. Just a little explanation: Greek Week is when all of the Greeks on campus come together for a week of entertainment, fun, and competition. Greek Week was all of last week. I represented Phi Delta Theta in two of the six events: the Water Balloon Toss and Corn Hole. I am not the most athletic or skilled person in any person; mainly I did the events to mingle with people that went Greek and somehow I lost contact with and to participate for my fraternity. I am all about unity for all Greeks, no matter what race, nationality, or religion a person in a sorority or a fraternity is. Greek Week was fun for me. The events were Chalk the Walk on Monday, Water Balloon Toss and Olive Race on Tuesday, Jello Eating Contest, a cookout and Corn Hole on Wednesday, Dance Off and a Chariot Race on Thursday, and Penny Wars throughout the week. Final results were read last Friday with the eventual winners being Chi Phi and Kappa Alpha Theta. I wasn't bummed about the result; I just wish there was more participation in the Greek community.
Moving on to my world in academia, I have completed four out of five exams. I have received two of the four exams back with my exam for Making of Britain to be returned to me today. I passed the two tests that was given back to me and hopefully I have passed the Making of Britain test despite not planning out how to write two three to four page essays and thirty-five matching choices in less than a hour. I will not dropped the class in the worst-case scenario that I did poorly on the exam; I will just do better the second time around and working intensively on my paper in that class. No excuses, just do the work in that class is what I have to keep telling myself. Now that I have mostly recovered from mid-terms, I have a renewed sense of initiative to continue my studies in these classes and pass the highest grade I think I can achieve. I have to remember that I have a scholarship to keep and a promise to obtain my grades for the corporate world. Environmental Alteration test is on Thursday so I am preparing for that after turning in a sizable twelve page paper. I have to get pumped for this last exam.
Onto another news, I got away from OWU on Friday to visit home...somewhat. I left Friday evening to go do some valuable service with fellow Circle K members. We did what was called a District Service Project- people were split up into five teams and we headed into different areas of Cleveland and its suburbs to focus on a particular structures such as churches and houses of the elderly. I was split up to do service with Circle K's International President, Amanda Badali along with the OWU chapter's President, Sara Nienaber. I like working with them- they are fun but dedicated people to work beside. The team that I worked with consisted on twenty-five people from various parts of Ohio, New York, and Pennsylvania. New friendships were made, a person house was rescued and I was happy to help out. The Project was awesome and I hope to do more of this Projects in the future.
I arrived on Saturday, worked on my Exam/Paper for Cultural Geography, and then prepared to help out my organization, Black Men of the Future with our first party. We decided to have a party to promote our organization and to loosen up all of those tense muscles from the exams of last week. The party didn't start to get hot until the midnight, which is usually when parties at OWU really start. The music selection was good even though the sound system felt like it was going in the middle of the party. I saw a lot of unfamiliar faces at the party; someone told me that they were Greeks from Ohio State. Odd that they would be in a small town like Delaware when they always have a live scene in Columbus. Nevertheless, it was good seeing new faces and what they had to offer on the dance floor. I decided to excuse myself from my own organization's party because I had commitments on Sunday; I left around two o'clock a.m. to insure that I would get a good night's sleep.
On Sunday, I did another CropWalk. Last year, I did the CropWalk by myself and I enjoyed running the 10K course through Delaware. This year, as Community Service Chair for Phi Delta Theta, I was not alone in my pursuit to help the disadvantaged. I remember the theme "We walk because they walk" and I think that sometimes people do not appreciate the ability to use their two legs. The CropWalk is the perfect example of demonstrating how we as humans need to help the people who have to walk to get where they are going on a daily basis. I appreciate the CropWalk immensely and for that, I speed walk and jog most of the course.
The last two weeks have been a whirlwind for me- keeping on top of studies, balancing that with fraternity life, balancing those out with obligations for organizations, and trying to just be me all at the same time. Right now, this is working for me and I like this. I feel like I am in control of my life and I am just getting started. I am sitting at the Student Involvement Desk to earn some extra money writing this to you. I have to get this off my chest so writing this is the best way to do so. You, the reader can interpret my words however you like but right now, I am in a good place in my life and I want you to know. Well, I have to go now- I have my Environmental Alteration in ten minutes and I need the time to hike over to the Science Center.
Living life,
Hasani Wheat
Class of '10
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