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May 01, 2006
It's all coming together...
So the last time I wrote I was pretty frustrated because there were so many things I didn't know about my future plans. I still don't have all the answers, but I've got some things out of the way which makes everything seem a little easier.
My thesis is done!!! Just to remind you, it is titled "Sisterhood Agenda: Black Women, Feminism, and Social Entrepreneurship." It was really exciting to finally get it bound and to know that I had written a little book. There are lots of things I could do to improve it and to make it just that much better, but it jsut had to end at some point, and I am very satisfied with the end product. I would be very excited to continue working on it in the future.
I mailed off my University of Ghana application. I'm applying to the MA in African Studies, which would be a wonderful complement to my Black Studies undergraduate major. I could finish it in a year, and also take advantage of being in Ghana to learn more about African history, politics, culture, and philosophy. I have a wonderful contact in Accra, Ghana who has been helping me through the application process. She's a Rotary scholar from Japan, who is doing a Masters at UG right now. I'm crossing my fingers that my application will arrive to her apartment in the next few days and she can walk it over to the admissions office and seal the deal for me. I will be supremely disappointed if my application doesn't make it to Ghana by some mailing mishap. I didn't make copies of my materials nor did I get any kind of mail tracking service, so it will be completely on me if the application doesn't get there. Let's just hope it does!
I've gotten my graduation dinner invitations printed and handed out! Now it's time to wait for the RSVPs to trickle in and for me to debut my Wish List, an elaborate PowerPoint presentation that highlights my top choices for graduation presents. I got the idea from my boyfriend, who is even more picky than I am about gifts. Hopefully, it will be well received and useful to my guests. It's been fun making it, and it will be even more fun getting the presents!
Yesterday, I made a whopping $160 selling my junk at the 2nd Annual Senior Sale at my college. It was really fun convincing my fellow classmates that they desperately needed my stuff. My girl Shadiah and I definitely made more money than anyone else, and we also had the tables closest to the free food at the BBQ put on by the RAs. It was fun and very profitable. I know B-school is much more sophisticated than lessons in hustling, but working the yard sale definitely made me excited about learning the ins and outs of Business Administration.
At my college, classes end a week early for the seniors, and the tradition is to rent a house on the beach in San Diego to lounge on the beach and party our last week of college away. I'm really excited about my house, which will house 7 fabulous people and several guest stars who will pop in and out throughout the 4 days we'll be in San Diego. We are definitely a group of people with very strong personalities, so my goal is to try and be as laid back and relaxed as possible so as not to contribute to any potential explosions or showdowns. I was in charge of budgeting our money, so I opened up a checking account with my friend Zack to collect everyone's cash. Zack and I figured that for $350, we'd provide an all-inclusive package for the 4 days which would be all-you-can-eat-and-drink and housing. To be honest, I'm most excited about the food and drinks, the board games, reading on the beach, and screaming at the TV screen while we watch bad movies.
On that note, I need to go study for my Math test and finish up that PowerPoint, so I can be completely carefree by the time Senior Week rolls around and it's time for cocktails and beach BBQs.
Posted by kaneisha at May 1, 2006 06:23 PM