A Great Start to My Weekend

I'm thankful for waking up every morning and getting another chance to live my life. The beginning of the week however can be long and boring, but when the weekend comes, it's definitely a reason to celebrate. Since coming to Georgia State University, my weekends start on Thursday afternoon when I get out of my last class for the day. As is the case for most students on campus, Thursday is a friendly reminder that the weekend is only hours away. The weekend symbolizes a break from school, and possibly even work. When it comes to breaks, Atlanta is where it's at, especially at night when the bright city lights illuminate the city and class is not in session.

Yesterday was one of my longer days on campus. I've been wanting my good friend Andre to come to school with me for a while now to check it out and see how it is during a day when class was in session to meet new students and check out a program for massage therapy. Since Dre was off work yesterday, he got the chance to come to campus and check it out. We both woke up at 5:30 am and hit the road for school at 7. When I was finished with my classes st 3:45, Andre and I were invited to hang out for dinner at the dormitory of mutual friend, Victoria, while Andre and I waited for the first GSU basketball game of the season to start at 7pm. The three of us went to shop for the ingredients to make dinner accompanied by a mutual friend of Victoria and I, Ricky, and a friend of his. For dinner, we had chilli dogs and tortilla chips, a dinner perfect for budgeting college students.
Dinner was so good, we missed the game's tip off at 7, but we left the dorms with enough time to see the game before halftime, or so we thought. Victoria stayed in student dorms that were off campus so we had to drive back to the school to watch our GSU Panther's play against Clark Atlanta's Panthers. There was only one problem, Atlanta traffic was bumper to bumper because the Atlanta Falcons (NFL) and the Atlanta Thrashers (NHL) were playing home games in arenas that were next door to each other. We didn't make it to the basketball game until there were 10 minutes left in the second half. The game ended up going into overtime, where GSU was defeated by Clark 56-53.



Although the game was over, our night was far from it. Andre, Victoria and I went to the basketball game, while Ricky and his friend went to visit the "Taste of Africa" dinner in the campus ballroom, so I went with Andre and Victoria to meet the guys in the ballroom. That was a party in itself filled with food, music, dancing, and overall fun. I didn't stay to enjoy all the festivities of Taste of Africa, because I was more interested in the Fraternities and Sororities outside of the ballroom who were officially welcoming their former pledges into their brother or sisterhood. Victoria accompanied me outside to watch. There was a live DJ, a huge crowd, and the brothers and sisters of different Greek chapters on campus. That was my type of party, and I had fun watching. The night drew closer to an end as midnight approached. Andre and I had just enough time to make it back home before 1am. When I got settled in at home, I made my bed my best friend. I love it at GSU.