All my life, I have been destined to go to Ohio State. My parents met here. My dad proposed to my mother outside of Ohio Stadium. Every single one of my uncles went here. I was even born here in Columbus at Riverside Hospital. Nearly every single one of my baby pictures is of me wearing Ohio State clothes. I’ve always known I would end up in Columbus. Being an enormous Buckeye fan, my father had wanted to name me after an Ohio State football player. In the late 90s, Ohio State had a very good running back named Pepe Pearson. My father lobbied hard to my mother to name me after him. Mrs. Weadock refused to budge on the issue; she wanted to name me Andrew. They went back and forth on it for months, and then my mother had me three weeks prematurely.
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It took them hours for me to come into this world, and my mom was exhausted. Once I finally came out, she looked at my dad to fill out the birth certificate. He had the perfect opportunity to name me Pepe and have his way, but then he also probably thought about how rough it would be to sleep on the couch for a month. In the end, he put down Andrew Todd Weadock, so while he lost out on picking my first name, he at least got to use his name for my middle name. That is how I ended up being named Andrew, and not Pepe, Weadock. In my school back home, I was one of three Andrews in my grade. So, people just started calling me Weadock. Now, it has gotten to the point where everyone, outside of my family, calls me by my last name. It is almost like Andrew and Weadock are two different people. Andrew goes to class and studies and tries to be mature and responsible. Weadock does a bunch of stupid things with his friends and tries not to get caught messing around. In the end though, both are pretty cool
It took them hours for me to come into this world, and my mom was exhausted. Once I finally came out, she looked at my dad to fill out the birth certificate. He had the perfect opportunity to name me Pepe and have his way, but then he also probably thought about how rough it would be to sleep on the couch for a month. In the end, he put down Andrew Todd Weadock, so while he lost out on picking my first name, he at least got to use his name for my middle name. That is how I ended up being named Andrew, and not Pepe, Weadock. In my school back home, I was one of three Andrews in my grade. So, people just started calling me Weadock. Now, it has gotten to the point where everyone, outside of my family, calls me by my last name. It is almost like Andrew and Weadock are two different people. Andrew goes to class and studies and tries to be mature and responsible. Weadock does a bunch of stupid things with his friends and tries not to get caught messing around. In the end though, both are pretty cool