Raphael

Thank God it’s Friday because it has been a busy week. This week began on a good note because it was my birthday!!!!!!!!!!! I’m not telling my age to you guys; just know that I’m old lol. I had gone to Indianapolis for the weekend to celebrate since my birthday was on a Monday. Some of my friends came with me to Indianapolis which made the night a lot better. After I celebrated my birthday on Monday, I had to get back into my study habits so I could be prepared for two tests I had to take this week. One of the tests that I had to take was in my insurance 344 class. My insurance 344 class is probably the hardest class that I have on my schedule so I have to spend a little more time studying for it. The other test that I had to study for was my Spanish 2 test. I really don’t have a hard time in that class since the teacher is easy to communicate with and makes things easier to understand. So my week has been filled with a lot of studying and no play, well some play but you get my point. Well it seems like the weekend is here time to party!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello readers! First of all I like to apologize for not updating my blog consistently; I promise to all my readers that I will blog consistently for the rest of the semester. It’s seems like I have a lot of catching up to do. This past two months has been crazy, filled with finals, traveling and some R & R. Now I’m back at school so it’s time to get back to work. I’m taking 18 credit hours similar to last semester therefore I have a full and busy schedule. Most of my classes are business and insurance classes. So far it’s been ok, I haven’t really experience the heavy work load yet but I’m not looking forward to it either. All my teachers are cool; they seem to interact very well with me and so that will help me get a good grade in the class. Well that’s pretty much how my first week school went so I’ll talk to you guys later.

                             A couple weekends ago I had the opportunity to drive with other members of my business fraternity toAtlanta, GA for a business conference. I’m apart Delta Sigma Pi a business fraternity here atIndianaState which is the Delta Tau chapter. Well the chapter decided to go to LEAD (Leadership and Excellence Academies for Deltasigs) which consist of provincial conferences, volunteer leadership workshops, and educational programs. It was held at the Marriot Hotel in Atlanta, GA. Schools that were participating in LEAD were George State, Virginia Tech, University of North Carolina, Florida State, Florida, UNC Greensboro, South Carolina and Howard. The members and I decided to leave on Friday 8 in morning so we could have enough time to arrive in Atlanta, check in and have time to ourselves for the night. So the drive took 9 hours, but I slept throughout the whole drive since I wasn’t driving.

                      Once we arrived in Atlanta we checked in the Marriot hotel and decided to get some rest since we had a long drive. After we were done taking a rest, me and some of the members decided to go to the Mall and browse a little. The mall was filled a lot of stores that we don’t have here in Terre Haute also we ended seeing Young Jezzy, rap star, at the mall. Later that night we went out to the night scene of Atlanta since we were all 21 haha. On Saturday we had the chance to meet up with other chapters from other schools while attending some leadership conferences. I learned a lot of information from the conferences that I can apply to our everyday life and in my chapter activities. After the conferences were done I had the chance to socialize with other members from different schools such as Howard Virginia Tech and Georgia State. That Saturday night I decided to stay at the hotel and hang out with my new friends while the members went out to the night scene. I had a wonderful time hanging out with the members from Howard, Virginia Tech and Georgia State it seemed like we had so much in common and that really made the night a lot better. We didn’t end up going to sleep around 4 a.m. It was a good thing that I went because I had a wonderful experience.

Other than attending classes, participating in student organizations, or just socializing with friends I spent a majority of my time in my dorm room. A dorm room is home away from home so therefore I try my best to have the home atmosphere in my room. It’s important to be comfortable in your own environment so you won’t get home sickness. Since I’m a Resident Assistant I get my own room to myself. As you can see I have one twin bed located against the wall so I won’t fall of my bed lol. Next to the bed is my magazine section. The reason why I have a magazine section is because when I have company come over they can read my collection of magazines and have something to keep them occupied. Across the magazine section is where I have my technology/entertainment area. My technology/entertainment area is made up of my flat screen computer, subwoofer, two speakers, TV and my turntables. I spend a majority of my time in this part of my room. Is either I’m doing homework on the computer, playing music on my turntables or just watching some sports on TV. As you can see I have both closets to myself. That’s a good thing because I have a lot of clothes to myself. Well I hope you guys enjoyed my room.