End of a busy week

Friday is here, which means the weekend has started. The monotonous week has finally ended and it is now time to relax and have some fun. The week is long because everything is back into swing.
I finally had all of my classes. I had Sports Writing on Monday and so far it is easily my favorite class. My instructor, David Cataneo, was a writer for the Boston Herald for 22 years. He covered all of the Boston sports teams, but mostly the Red Sox. It is ironic that he covered the Red Sox because he is a die-hard Yankees fan. He also talked about all of the important events that he covered, the World Series, NBA Finals, the Super Bowl, etc. He encouraged us to read the news other than sports because it makes you more aware of what is happening around you. What scares me about Sports Journalism is the small margin of error there is for journalists. If you miss a deadline, you're gone. If you mess up a name or a fact, you lost all of your credibility. You make up a story, you will never work as a journalist again. As nerve-wracking as it sounds, I will be up to the task.
Even though I was busy with classes, attended to events to work around my schedule. On Tuesday, on top of my four classes, I also went to the presentation of the UNH Strategic Plan from now to 2020. The plan is online in case anyone wants to read it. The main objectives in the plan were to globalize the university around the world. UNH is already well known around the world, but it wants to expand study abroad programs, which is very cool. The Paul Creative Arts Center will be renovated, a very much needed project. The football stadium and the gymnasium will also be redone. That is just part of what they want to do. Even though my time was waning, it was worth going to.
I actually started to do my homework on Wednesday, the first time I spent time doing homework since Sunday which is unlike me. I have been doing a little of homework each day ever since. Yesterday was the longest day of the week by far. I was out of my room from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. I woke up, ate breakfast, read the "New York Times" and then went to class from 11:10-12:30. After class, I went to the library to do some homework and then ate lunch. After lunch, I went to my 2:10-3:30 class. I then changed into my gym clothes and went to the gym until 5. I walked from the gym to my class that ran from 5:10-6:30. After class, I picked up dinner from a cafe called Panache. I got my food and walked to the PCAC for the Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration ceremony which started at 7 and then went back to my room.
The MLK Commemoration ceremony was really interesting. Even though there was not a lot of mention about Dr. King, there was still really powerful stories about how African-Americans got their freedom. Of course they talked about the story of Rosa Parks, which led to Dr. King's rising celebrity status. The key note speaker, Nikki Giovanni, who is a poet and activist was a very authentic black American. I could just tell that there has never been a subject in her life that she did not have something to say. She was witty, feisty and comical. Her speaking changed the environment in the room. When she finished, the audience wanted an encore, she was that good. The ceremony ended with this fantastic dance routine that celebrated black music. The way these dancers moved was intimidating and almost inhumane. It was a good way to end the event and got the people energized to start the rest of the night.
Earlier today, I had an interview with David Charette, director of the Intramural Sports. The story is about teams that sign up for a sport late and then forfeit their first game gets fined $20. This story could get the word out to the lazy people who screw their opponents over by not showing up. Charette was accommodating and cooperative, which made the interview that much easier. The deadline is on Monday at 1 p.m. After the interview, I worked out. I ran around the track for 1.5 miles, worked out with my biceps, triceps and forearms. After weight-lifting, I played a game of pick-up basketball. It was fun and got my frustration out on a long week.
This week may be a start of many longs weeks this semester. At least it will be fun. I love being productive, so this will be a walk in the park for me. Hopefully I don't get worn out by mid-semester or I am in trouble.