Recruitment retreat is held every spring semester (although I'm not sure how long it has been going on.. my best guess would be the past 3 years at the very least). It's a time when we just get away for awhile for some quality sisterhood time & sort of as a way to "prep" our new Deltas for Spirit Week (since it can be a very overwhelming & busy time). We sing ADPi songs, discuss the general nature of Spirit Week and Recruitment, talk about how far we're going with the chapter goals that we set, and a couple of our exec members give us a mini-presenation on things that they picked up from DLC.

It is extremely fun to just get away from the house and all be together to get pumped up about recruitment and make our sisterhood ties even closer :)

That sounds great! I know I always loved Sisterhood Retreat in the Fall!! :D It sounds like Mimbi is doing some great things there!!

pending school board approval and the completion of this mountain of new hire paperwork that's taller than me... I just got hired as a substitute teacher for grades K-8 in my town for as soon as I get back from school in April!

I also have a really good job possibility in the high school district... I'm not going to go into detail, but let's just say it would be ideal, if it all works out! *fingers crossed*

Retreats
 

I thought that a Retreat was to be held each semester, within 10 days of bid day. I know that the requirements for retreat are being revised with the revisions to the Alpha Ed program.

Re: Retreats
 

I think the *chapter* retreat must be held within 10 days of bid day, and that's the only required retreat. When I was MEVP, we had a sisterhood retreat in the fall and then the chapter retreat in the spring (following spring formal recruitment). The recruitment retreat is a great idea, especially for those chapters with recruitment in the fall (it sounds like). We had our spirit week usually the first week of December, about a month before the start of formal recruitment, but we turned it into a *retreat* for at least one or two days by going to a local church and having a sleepover there and some sisterhood bonding time! :)

huh...we only did Fall Retreat, which was Chapter retreat. We never had one in the spring. It appears now we have a recruitment retreat, which is a great idea. But i had no idea there was a 10 day requirement following Bid day.

Okay, so this is really random, but I just got off the phone with my grandma, who told me she's bringing me a pot of African Violets tomorrow when she comes up to get me (we're having a day out together). When she told me that I'm like, "That's my sorority flower" and she went "I know!" :)

But other than that, the other big newsy stuff is that I've so far lost 114 pounds since the surgery at the end of June, and I get to go to San Francisco for a day and a half next month! :)

WOW!!! I would think that 114 pounds is well worth a trip to San Francisco!!! :)

I agree ;) but my mom and I are actually flying up there to go see a basketball game (our beloved Sacramento Kings are playing the Golden State Warriors there in Oakland, and we can't get tickets anywhere else like LA or Sacramento, so we decided to go this way to see them...plus I've never been to San Francisco in my entire life and I'm a CA native! That's just wrong! :D)

That is very very very wrong

More news (yay!) I just went to my first ADPi alumnae association meeting, and it looks like I'll be the chairperson for Founder's Day next year (and I've also contacted the advisor of a local chapter to offer my help in any way to that chapter) :)

jen which alumnae association did you affiliate with? i didnt know there was one in san diego but I guess that would make sense since there is a chapter down there. I still have to do the paperwork for the OC association.

But GREAT NEWS!! I GOT A JOB :D I start after spring break and its going to be an AMAZING experience.

Yes, I'd like to know, too. My friend Cheryl is interested!

WOO HOO!!! This is GREAT news!!

quarterlife rebounding!
 

I have a phone interview with a PR agency in Orlando next week! Who knows? I may be east coast bound once more!

Also, I contacted the Adelphean, and they're going to let me do some writing!

Re: quarterlife rebounding!
 

WONDERFUL!!!! Congratulations, Abbey!!!

Might I suggest an article on Maureen? :D