thats quite a list..but all of them are great!! I love ur codenames, very creative :) i think im gonna cheer for laser lemon for now!!

im really excited for your story pinky, i think we have all waited so long for this!! lots of luck and HAVE FUN!!

Suprised no one else has mentioned this, but IU has some absolutely GORGEOUS houses. They are truly stunning.

Pinky:

I just wanted to say good luck! I live in IN so I know several girls who are Greek at IU and everyone of them is happy with their house. As always...keep that open mind and trust that as you go through in January that both you and the houses are making the right decisions to find the best fit for both of you.

Please keep us posted...I'd love to see you wind up in a house where I know girls!

Day One!
 

Oh. My. Word. What a day! It was absolutely gorgeous and sunny outside, but it was below freezing (by the end of the night it was 29 degrees!) So I practically ran home and took a long hot shower and made some hot chocolate, which I am enjoying as I type this. :p

By 10:15 this morning, the campus looked like a scene from a movie: there were over a thousand girls on all the streets wearing jeans and black recruitment t-shirts and nametags. Each rho gamma made a felt nametag for their pnms and they're so cute! Here are some examples: Stewie from Family Guy, the Victoria's Secret PINK dog, the Chanel symbol, 3-d airplanes, tiaras with jewels, Elmo, sombreros, and even one in the shape of an Ugg boot!

We aren't paired with our normal rho gammas during house tours; instead, each group gets 3 or 4 rho gammas who take role and have their "mommy backpacks" with everything you could possibly need in them! All the rho gammas have white sweatshirts and the sorority members have red shirts that are the same as ours on the back, except they have the name of their sorority on the front.

Before I talk about individual houses, here's what happened generically at each house: we're put into two lines, pushed into the door, and scream our name into the ear of the girl at the door. She pairs us up with the member in line behind her and we immediately give our card and we’re taken on either a house tour or we sit down for our conversations. Because some of the houses have to double and triple rush, I’m going to just say multi-rush, because it’s pretty easy to tell which houses are ones that triple rushes if you went to IU. After we left each house, we all scribbled quick notes on little note cards attached to a big ring that our rho gamma made for us.

I am so glad how today went: every sorority acted as if the Panhellenic rules weren’t thrown out the window. They knelt down as we talked to them. When it came time to rotate, the member replacing the one we were talking to would say, “Hi ###, can I meet your guests?” Then the member would introduce us and give the other girl a quick update on what we were last talking about. Then she would say “Good luck with the rest of recruitment!” At the very end, our member would walk us out to the curb and say goodbye. It was very classy and organized, and I was very impressed.

So here’s what you really want to hear: the down and dirty about the houses! I wish I could describe the houses to you. So many of then are AMAZING! I’m talking take-your-breath-away beautiful.

At exactly 11:00 I was talking with some girls from my group when all of a sudden there was screaming and banging on the windows and doors! :eek: The lights were going on and off and the curtains were opening and closing, too. Then the doors burst open and all the girls are at the front of the door screaming with their hands in the air. They do this for a good minute before breaking into their song and we're pushed into the door. It was the weirdest, funniest, and coolest thing, and they do this at every house!!!

My first house was fuzzy wuzzy brown. This was a multi-rush and even though the girls are nice, I felt uncomfortable and awkward when I left. There were big silences that kept trying to get filled with “so any more questions?” I didn’t feel any flow there, it just felt forced.

Next was Jazzberry jam. I already had preconceptions about this one that I left at the door. These girls were very enthusiastic when singing there song and cheering. This was a single rush and I had a good conversation with one girl, and two great conversations with two others. Their house is absolutely stunning! I really liked this house and was feeling much better about rush, since I was worried after the first house.

Laser lemon was another house I had heard about. It was also a single rush and I had good conversations with all the girls I talked too. This was a drink party, which was great because by now I was really thirsty! They also have a beautiful house. The girls here are very close. I left feeling pretty good about this one.

Purple mountain’s majesty was a pleasant surprise. I had a great talk with all the girls, especially one of them. We were supposed to be talking about the rooms during the tour but instead we were just talking about everything else! This was the first house where we were shocked when it came time to rotate members because we were having such a good convo! The girls love their philanthropy and are very sweet. I really liked this house a lot.

Mango tango had a gorgeous house and I talked to many, many girls, but I felt that they weren’t very sincere. I also had an awkward conversation where I felt like I was rushing the member because she just wouldn’t talk! I didn’t particularly care for this house, not nearly as much as the last house.

Ohhh Granny smith apple! They are so happy and enthusiastic! This was a multi-rush where I talked to a ton of girls. Because we talked to more girls than normal, and because it was a multi-rush, there wasn’t a lot of time to talk about anything past the introductory name, age, major, hometown speech. But I still felt very comfortable here, and the house tour was great because they too have a gorgeous house. I really liked this house.

Then I was on to mac-n-cheese. I just could not connect with any of the girls, and the house tour wasn’t nearly as nice as others. The members talked a lot about themselves instead of trying to get to me. This was also a multi-rush. It also felt much longer than the others and there were awkward breaks in the conversations, which wasn’t comfortable.

Burnt sienna was a huge surprise. I didn’t know anything about this house, which is so pretty! I talked with three girls and every single one we kept the conversation going until the very last second! We didn’t want to stop when the next girl came in to take the member’s place! Time flew by so fast here, and I didn’t want to leave at all! This was also a drink party and I was having such a good time that I only took one sip of my water! Then when I was leaving with the third girl, the other two girls saw me in the hall way and stopped their cheering to say good bye to me. This was my absolute favorite of the whole day!!! :D

The second to last house was Banana mania. I had a single rush here like the last house. These girls are so tight and absolutely love their house, which is so great. I talked to two girls here and felt like the convos were good. I felt good about this house, but I must admit I was still in awe over Burnt Sienna when coming here.

Ironic that the last house of the night was Bittersweet. That’s how we felt, glad that the day was over because it was so cold, but we still wanted to see more of the houses! I didn’t feel comfortable here at all. The girls are all very supportive of their sorority, but I just didn’t feel like I could be a part of this house. When I talked to the members it got awkward, and many of the girls would start talking about things like drinking by the third question!

Because we have barely any time tomorrow night to rank all 19 houses, we have to rank tonight’s houses, then fit in the others tomorrow before meeting with our rho gammas. Here’s my ranking:

Burnt sienna
Granny smith apple
Purple mountain’s majesty
Jazzberry jam
Laser lemon
Banana Mania
Mango tango
Fuzzy wuzzy brown
Mac-n-cheese
Bittersweet

I'm so glad how today went. Even though I didn't care for some houses, I really wouldn't mind going back to them for 12 party and giving them another chance. I can't believe I would like as many houses as I do, and this is only day one! Alrighty, I am going to go to sleep because I am so cold and exhausted and we have to get up bright and early tomorrow! Here’s my schedule:

10:00-10:30 Wild watermelon
10:50-11:20 Prussian blue
11:40-12:10 Atomic tangerine
12:30-1:00 Cerulean
12:20-1:50 Mauvelous
1:50 Lunch
4:00-4:30 Razzmatazz
4:50-5:20 Shamrock
5:40-6:10 Mulberry
6:30-7:00 Cerise

Thanks for helping me organize all my thoughts on here and cheering me on! Can’t wait to write about tomorrow!

Oh, and sorry this is the longest post in GC existance! ;)

I'm glad you had so much fun! That is as it should be. You did a great job with your post too. Have fun on Sunday!

Yay sounds like fun! And if you do go back to the "so-so" houses remember that you could have just gotten a bad rusher, where the lack of conversation is just due to her inexperience.

I can't imagine going to so many houses!

What a great start to your recruitment experience! Good luck today, and we're so glad you're sharing all of this with us!

great story so far!! good luck today...and keep warm!

Congrats on a successful first day! Hang in there--I have heard how overwhelming rush can be at IU--and I know it's a scary experience in general, but it's also a lot of fun. I hope you have a second great day of parties--stay warm and stay positive!
Hope to hear an update tonight!

Here's the latest article from the IU newspaper about "19 party"



http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.ph...earch&id=39682

Day Two!!
 

Hey everyone! Sorry I didn’t write last night. I had to start studying for a test today at 10. And I’m pretty sure I caught something after being in the cold all day! Normally I’m absolutely miserable in freezing cold weather, but all the girls would jump and down to the music blaring from each house, trying to stay warm. Plus, the rho gammas would make jokes and play games with us to help pass the time during the 20 minutes waiting outside.

Before going into 19 party I thought there would be quite a few houses I wouldn’t like, and that it would be easy to rank my least favorites. And after Saturday I didn’t think I’d like any houses as much as I loved Burnt Sienna. I was so wrong on all three of these things! Sunday made it so hard for me to rank. Here’s why:

My first house was Wild Watermelon. Their house is insanely beautiful and the girls I talked to had a lot of similarities with me. These girls were the second house I visited where I could tell that they really love their philanthropy. After this visit I knew it was going to start getting hard, because I liked most of the 11 sororities!

Next I went to Prussian blue. I really wish this wasn’t a multi-rush because I left without learning as much as I did in other single-rush houses. The members here are very peppy and energetic. We talked more about current events than about ourselves. Even though I didn’t feel that the talks went as well as other houses, I still liked this house, which was good. I would love to go back and get to know more about these ladies.

Atomic Tangerine was my only letdown of 19 Party. I had heard good things about them but just didn’t have a spark with the girls here. Their house is different than the others, not necessarily bad different, just…different. I’m starting to notice that houses where I multi-rush just aren’t memorable and don't go as well as the single rushes.

Then we went to Cerulean (which is my favorite of all the Crayola names!) This house was the prettiest house in my opinion. And they had it decorated all over, so it was very cute! Thankfully I had a single rush here with three girls and I had the most comfortable and fun conversations out of any house. We kept chatting and chatting about anything and everything! One of the girls and I have the same major and I just had the best conversations of the day so far. I finally had to say goodbye to the last member as we stood outside for too long so I wouldn’t get her in trouble! This is without a doubt my favorite one!

Our last house before break was Mauvelous. This is a beautiful, popular house with equally impressive girls. This was my best multi-rush of 19 party. I felt kinda bad that I ended up talking more than the other girl(s) I was multi-rushed with, but the member just kept asking me questions! But after I left I had this little feeling that the girls in the house and I weren’t very similar, despite our good conversations. This wasn’t near the top of my rankings but I would definitely go back again if invited!

After a very short-feeling lunch we marched back out in the cold to visit Razzmatazz. I didn’t know anything about this house before meeting them and despite another multi-rush I liked the girls I talked with. I didn’t care for the house as much as some of the others, but as far as 19 party goes, I’m not basing my decisions on the house, so I focused on the rest of the conversations with the members. I did notice that the girls are very similar in personality and appearance when compared to other houses' members.

Shamrock time! I didn’t know about this house either and I was pleasantly surprised. I was so glad to get out of my multi-rush rut and actually be able to talk with the girls. I know I’ve said this a thousand times, but they have a beautiful house too. Still, after having been to most of the houses, I could tell the personalities that I would match with better than others. Shamrock was nice, but not as great a connection as others.

By the time Mulberry rolled around, it was dark and in the teens temperature-wise. Our group was doing everything we could to stay warm, but it was getting so hard! When we finally got inside this house, which was a multi-rush, the first thing I noticed is how enthusiastic they still were at the near end of two days! We went on a long house tour then spoke to a few girls. This house is another campus favorite but I just didn’t get that vibe. I could tell though that these girls absolutely love their sorority so much and are always so energetic!

LAST HOUSE YAY! My last house visit was Cerise (my other favorite crayon!) and I absolutely loved them! One of the most gorgeous houses on campus, for sure. Maybe it was the sorority or maybe it was the fact that it was the last party, but these girls were one of the most energetic (but not scary hyper) groups of all the houses! I had the best conversations with the members and was sad to go. It didn’t feel like a half-hour at all when the time was up! I could totally see myself being in this house!

Immediately after Cerise, we ran back to meet our rho gamma and spent the next few hours ranking. I have to say that I’m so glad we didn’t have to do a full rank; it was hard enough ranking our least favorites! I don’t know if it was the same during your rushes, but at IU at 19 party we only put our numbers 13-19 in order. That way if we don’t get back some of our top 12, we essentially get back the “best of the worst,” which is an awful term but the easiest way to describe it.

I ended up ranking the whole thing because I felt that if I only did the bottom 7, then I would be looking for something bad in each of the sororities, whereas if I ranked them starting with my favorites, then whatever ended up in the bottom wouldn’t have been me trying to find reasons to put them there. Ahhhhh I’m sorry if I just confused you with that last bit! :o

Also it’s not like there was a huge difference between houses. In the end there were 4 houses that I really wouldn’t want to go back to, and 2 more that were pretty close. There were 3 that I loved most of all, and the rest were so close! And honestly, I would love to go back to most of them for 12 party if I could, even the “so-so” houses, so I’m really happy the way 19 party went! Here’s the rankings I turned in:

Cerulean
Burnt Sienna
Cerise
Granny smith apple
Prussian blue
Purple mountain’s majesty
Wild Watermelon
Jazzberry jam
Shamrock
Laser lemon
Razzmatazz
Mauvelous
Atomic tangerine
Banana mania
Fuzzy wuzzy brown
Mango tango
Mulberry
Mac-n-cheese
Bittersweet

WHEW! So it was one loooooong and cold weekend but it was so worth it because I had a blast! One thing I didn’t expect was to meet so many cool girls just in my rho gamma group and my 19 party group! In exactly one month we’ll find out which houses we’re going to for 12 party. Actually, we find out after 6 am the day of 12 party, to be exact. Isn't that awful?!? I don’t have any clue how many invites I’ll even get back. As long as there’s one I’m okay! :)

I remember reading on GC about how some girls go to a house sometime during rush and act completely rude or bored or flat out ignore the house. I understand why now. I didn’t know that you absolutely had to go to every house you get back! Well, at least that’s IU’s policy. We were told the 4 most important words we have to remember all throughout rush is “get inside the house.” If attendance is taken and you’re not on the list, we’re kicked out of rush completely. We're told to bang on the doors, windows, ring the bell 100 times if we have to, as long as we get inside the house. I had assumed that if you didn’t like a house you didn’t have to show up, that way they couldn’t rank you well to invite you back. I’m not saying I agree with acting rude at a house, it’s just that now I can see why some girls do. That was definitely my “something new” of this weekend. My other “something new” is that before January 4th, nearly half of the girls who went through 19 party are going to drop…HALF! :eek: My rho gamma told us that nearly 100 girls dropped after Saturday.

Oh, before I go, there are live out policies at many of the houses. I don’t know who heard that all houses have mandatory live in, but then rush at IU wouldn’t be as big as it is because they wouldn’t be able to take in such big pledge classes! There are some houses that bed-rush because they like having senior live in, though. Those are the houses that take in a lot less girls after break.

I’ll write back on here if people have questions. If I don’t, then have a wonderful Christmas break!!!

Pink-aaaaay;)

I think this is VERY SMART of you. I'm glad to hear you had such a great time!

Congrats on another successful day. I loved your creative code names :) You have a great outlook and I hope you get invited back to all of the houses you enjoyed for 12 party! I can't imagine having to wait an entire month--the suspense would kill me!
Happy Holidays--looking forward to an update after winter break!

Good lord woman, this is tough goin'. Glad to see you're holding it together and that you've got a logical, even handed system for your decision basing.

Your Rho Gammas must be saints as well...I've got a group of 13 (as of end of semester) that I'm taking care of w/ another PX, and the sheer face-regonition factor is boggling my mind.

Congrats on making it through the 19 Party! It sounds like you're enjoying yourself and I absolutely love the code names! Best of luck with the rest of Formal Recruitment and thanks for the updates!

fabulous descriptions. you made me feel as if i was there.
your evaluation of each chapter seemed very logical.

best wishes that you get your most faves come january. we will be waiting with baited breath until then.

It wasn't the easiest thing, believe me. By the end of the day I was confusing the insides of some houses. But I still remember the names of all the girls I talked to from both days except for 6 (don't ask! :p )

And yes our rho gammas are amazing. That's 80 names to remember and a lot of tears they're going to have to deal with. Not many people can do that.

Three days later and I'm crazy antsy...wait, is that even a word? Well, I'm getting so impatient. I think it will be better when I get home for break because then I won't have time to think about it.

I just read through both my posts for the first time today...it's so weird! Each time I came back to my room during 19 party I wrote up a detailed description of each house and the members. Then when I wrote the summaries to put on here, I had to cut out so much info! It would have been awesome to write down a lot more about each house for you all.

I'll be driving back to IU on the third for our rho gamma meetings. But 6 a.m. January 4th, 2007...it needs to hurry up and get here! I don't know how well I'll be sleeping the night of the 3rd!

And to top it all off, I have the Boom Boom cheers stuck in my head.

I feel bad that you have to wait the whole month with me. But think about it this way: when the time comes, it will hopefully become a rush thread you're more used to, with parties each day instead of a big space in between. Now that's an exciting thought!

I can't wait...I'm so nervous for you!

From one huge greek school (in the number of chapters) rusher to another, good luck! Stick in there when you're exhausted and just think about how awesome it'll be on bid day when all of your hard work pays off.

Good luck!

The next round starts tomorrow! :D I'm crossing my fingers for you!

Wow, I thought I was going through rush thread withdrawl!


And then I realized the shaking was from too much caffeine.

Good luck honey!!!

My email isn't letting me know when people reply on here anymore! *shrug* oh well......

12 Party is tomorrow... technically, today! :D It's going to be such a long day that's starting at 5 am! (and that's in three hours gahhhhhhhhh)

Here's the party schedules:

8 - 8:45 am
9:05 - 9:50 am
10:10 - 10:55 am
11:15 - 12:00 pm
12:20 - 1:05 pm
1:25 - 2:10 pm
FINALLY LUNCH!!!
4:00 - 4:45 pm
5:05 - 5:50 pm
6:10 - 6:55 pm
7:15 - 8 pm
8:20 - 9:05 pm
9:25 - 10:10 pm
Ranking and rho gamma meeting

I'm exhausted just typing that!!! So I'm going to get some sleep and if I'm still alive after our meeting tomorrow after midnight I'll write to you all.

wow what a long day, but i bet it will won't seem like that long once you get going. I wish you the very best of luck as you already in the middle of round two!! Hope everything goes great!!!!

:eek: A bunch of 18 year olds are supposed to go from 8 a.m. to 2:10 p.m. with nothing to eat?! And that late lunch is supposed to hold you until after 10 o'clock? That's just wrong. I hope they're giving you granola bars or bananas or something, because I couldn't even function my way through an ordinary work day on that schedule, much less charm 500 strangers.

AMEN! Wow, please tell me the rho chis/gammas have snacks or something! Or at least a diet coke and/or red bull!

Snacks
 

Haha our rho gammas have granola bars and fruit gummis. And every other party is a drink party where we get a small glass of water or soda or something. It's small but every little bit helps. Dinner after 10 pm is going to suck though. I'm sitting here on my lunch break inhaling food as we speak! :D

Wow! I don't remember the days being that long when I rushed a loooong time ago! Hope you're having a fabulous time!

Yay! I'm so excited to hear what happened today... I hope you post when you get back but I would totally understand if you crashed face first in bed after a 14 hour recruitment schedule! :p

Hope all is going well ...

here's a link to a very short article in the IU newspaper

http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.ph...9917&adid=news

12 Party
 

Hi! Sorry but last night I crashed after our rho gam meeting. It was definitely the longest day of my life so far! We had to get up really early to meet our rho gamma to get our list of which houses we were invited back to. I got 11 houses back, which is really good when compared to the average amount of returns girls usually get.
I got back Jazzberry Jam, Burnt Sienna, Fuzzy Wuzzy Brown, Bittersweet, Wild Watermelon, Laser Lemon, Cerulean, Mac-n-Cheese, Banana Mania, Cerise, and Mango Tango.

12 party is skit day. The dress: dress pants, cute top, and heels. Weather forecast: rain rain rain rain rain. Ewwwww

So here was my day in a nutshell:

Jazzberry Jam had a good skit and the girls I talked to were nice. This is one where I can possibly see myself being in this sorority but I just didn’t get the warm fuzzies that I got at other houses.

Burnt Sienna was so much fun and I had great conversations with the girls, even some that I had talked to during 19 Party. This house is definitely in my top favorites.

I feel so uncomfortable at Fuzzy Wuzzy Brown still. I have awkward talks and I just don’t feel any connection with the girls here.

Bittersweet is another house that I can just tell is not for me. I was surprised to see they asked me back. I don’t really know how to explain it, I just really feel that it’s not a good match.

Wild Watermelon was a surprise. I didn’t really remember them from 19 Party and really liked them today! Very funny skit and the girls were really nice. This house is near the top of my list.

Laser lemon is a toss-up. The girls are so sweet but again I’m not feeling that little spark. They’re very middle-of-the-road for me because I seem to forget them once I leave. I’d like to go back and learn more about them though.

Cerulean is my absolute favorite house. I loved everything about them and their skit was really funny too! I just feel so at home already with the girls I talk to and I can see myself being a part of this sorority.

I didn’t like Mac-n-cheese any more than I did at 19 Party. Again, I just know it’s not a good match for me. I feel like I am so different from the other girls in the house and the conversations felt forced.

I have to admit by the time Banana Mania rolled around I was in a real sleepy slump. I think I didn’t feel as good about this house because of how tired I was. I didn’t give it my all yet the girls were still fabulously sweet and very down-to-earth.

Cerise was again very impressive. I really like the girls I’ve talked to and I love their house! This house is definitely still in the top part of my list.

I had hoped my impression of Mango Tango would change from 19 Party but again I felt pretty uncomfortable. It didn’t help that I was double rushed, which makes it harder to talk with the sorority member. Again, I kept noticing how different I was from the girls.

At the end of the super long day these are the rankings I turned in:

Cerulean
Burnt sienna
Cerise
Wild Watermelon
Jazzberry jam
Laser lemon
Banana mania
Mango tango
Mac-n-cheese
Fuzzy wuzzy brown
Bittersweet

I know I’m a day behind so I’m going to get to work on writing about my 6 Party day for all the rush thread addicts out there. I must be driving you crazy right now! I might wait until the morning to post the details from today just to break things up a bit. Who knows ;)

6 Party
 

Hello hello hello! And then there were six… … … yep! I got back six houses for 6 Party, which made me really happy. I got back Fuzzy Wuzzy Brown, Bittersweet, Cerulean, Banana Mania, Laser Lemon, and Mac-n-cheese. I was really shocked to see that Burnt Sienna and Cerise hadn’t invited me back, but I stayed calm by reminding myself that I still had my favorite, Cerulean. Apparently a lot of girls didn’t take it as well as I did, though, because many didn’t show up after reading their lists! :eek:

Those lovely people who made the recruitment schedule decided to give us gals a break today by starting the first party at eleven (big yay!!!) The schedule was:

11:00 – 12:00 Cerulean
12:20 - 1:20 Banana Mania
1:40 – 2:40 Mac-n-cheese
Lunch (aka naptime)
4:30 – 5:30 Laser lemon
5:50 – 6:50 Bittersweet
7:10 – 8:10 Fuzzy Wuzzy Brown


6 party is slide-show/video day. The dress: skirt, cute top, and heels. Weather forecast: rain rain rain rain rain. Ewwwww again!

Oh I forgot to mention that if any of you knows anything about the location of the houses at IU, 20 minutes is NOT enough time to get from house to house, especially in heels and double especially in the rain! (Cue blisters and frizzy hair)

So Cerulean: I was sooo excited to see that I was invited back here! I had a great long talk with one of the members and then we watched a slide show and listened to the sisters sing that had everyone in tears! You can tell the girls genuinely love and care for one another here. I cannot get over how comfortable and natural I feel at this house.

I’ve had mixed feelings about Banana Mania but after today I’m really starting to feel more solid about this house. These girls are so down-to-earth and you can tell that they have a blast together. They also had a touching video. I’m starting to think that I’ll be seeing a lot of tears at every house I visit today!

My last house before lunch was Mac-n-Cheese. I haven’t had positive experiences here the past two parties so I tried to give them another chance today, I can honestly say I do not feel like I fit in at this house. I also don’t feel a connection with the girls I’ve talked to unlike other houses.

After an extremely short-feeling break was Laser Lemon. This house visit is the reason why I’m so glad I’ve stayed throughout all the parties. I didn’t know exactly how I felt about this house before, but after today I really love them! I had fabulous conversations and can tell that the girls are really genuine here. I can see myself being a part of this sisterhood, which I couldn’t imagine before today.

Bittersweet and Fuzzy Wuzzy Brown have been my least favorites throughout recruitment. These last two houses just aren’t natural-feeling for me. After having visited other houses I can tell that I just don’t feel the same way as I do about my favorites. I know what it’s like to feel completely comfortable in a house and I’ve only felt awkward during these visits.

Today was an easy ranking to turn in:

Cerulean
Laser Lemon
Banana Mania
Mac-n-Cheese
Bittersweet
Fuzzy Wuzzy Brown

I am so nervous for tomorrow’s Preference Round/3 Party that I can’t fall asleep! Assuming I get 3 houses back, I won’t have my first party until 1:00 pm. I’m so anxious and excited and nervous!!! And I cannot wait to wear my dress which is adorable!!!! AAAH I’m going to try and sleep now (… … not going to happen … …)

This is the first time that IU's put 12 party all in one day.

Best of luck tomorrow!!! Keep smiling!

Good luck tomorrow! I am nervous/excited for you! I can't wait to go through all this!!! :D