installment 5
 

Day 5 dawned, and I dressed to go and pick up my invitation. Then I heard it. A timid knock. I opened the door, and there stood Antoinette. I instinctively hugged her, knowing the news. Then I started to cry. And cry, and cry. I was practically hysterical (In hindsight, I cannot believe that there were no counselors on call for cases like this.) Anyway, I somehow found a ride to the dorm I would be living in. I called my mom, and told her that I had withdrawn. I could not bear to admit that I had been released. I moved into my dorm, and met my new roommate. She, too, had withdrawn. We met up with some other rush dropouts, and went out that night. (many girls seemed to have withdrawn from rush) I adjusted to college life, and made friends. The story could end here… or I could tell you what ultimately happened. What will it be?

I really do think you need to go on!!

omgggg more ppplease!

Fast forward to October. I settled into dorm life, and began to make friends. One particular Saturday afternoon, my roommate and I were hanging out in our dorm room, when another knock on the door came. (Actually, we were consuming, ahem “beverages” concocted in a blender…remember, the eighties were not an abstemious era!) I opened the door, and there were two sisters of Berlin, smiling at me and asking how I had been. I had been half expecting something like this to happen. (I suspected that Antoinette, my wonderful rush counselor, had given my name to the office of student life.) They invited me to dinner at the house, the following Monday.

Monday night rolled around. I donned the blue shirt dress with the puffy sleeves, and set out for the Berlin house. The sisters of Berlin seemed really happy that I was back. I don’t remember many details, but I do remember thinking that meeting the girls of Berlin for dinner did not feel like rush- it felt like I was meeting friends. I remember one of the girls sat with me while I waited for an escort back to my dorm, and showed me all of her Berlin photo albums. I spent a few more evenings with the sisters of Berlin, and was pleasantly surprised at how much fun I had with them. A couple of the Berlin sisters also greeted me when they saw me on campus. I had liked this group during formal rush, and I liked them even more now that I was getting to know them in a more relaxed way. They were not as big, or established, as some of the other chapters, but that did not bother me. I was looking for a group where I could make close friends. Finally, I was instructed to stop by the Office of student life at the appointed hour, and pick up an envelope…..I picked up my envelope, and opened it to find a bid to Alpha Gamma Delta!

Woooohooo! My first instinct was to say "Welcome to our sisterhood!" but then... you're not a new member ...lol. Come on over to the Alpha Gam forum and introduce yourself! (or do we already know you?)

um, or she really did mean ninety and was being a smart ass?

Congratulations!

But did we ever solve the staircase riddle??

Bleated congratulations to you and AGD! Now what was the deal with that staircase?

I knew it!! I just knew you were going to go (or did go) alpha gam!!!

Congrats!

Looks like you became a squirrel right around the time I did. Welcome!!!!

TSteven!

Where do you get these absolutely fantastic pictures of life at the University of Kentucky from the 70's and 80's (and more)???
I took few pictures while I was there, frankly I'm a little jealous. I'd love to be able to access cool pics like these! :)

im a little late on this, but i dont think we ever figured out the staircase. i think its the A from Alpha Phi?

yes, it is. are you a Greek from Ucsb, by any chance?

nah, im a croakie and boat shoe wearing greek from the deep south. i just happened to notice that your code names and actual chapter name went in the same order.

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