[MaggieXi]

On Tuesday I had to rush to get ready. Luckily, the weather got a little bit better. It is still raining, but we will be in Moseley to visit two of the sororities whose houses aren't done yet so we will only be outside to go see Om. I am glad I laid out my clothes before I left for class and Sarah was right there to do my hair. However, I was soo hungry 'cuz I didn't have time to stop at Harden to grab someting little to eat so my dinner is mostly gold fish! I met with my group in Moseley and we all walked down to go to Om. I walked with Torey and she told me that Down Dog was already her favorite.

I'm really glad that Traci told me that Om was kinda scary in the begining. We lined up and walked in. It was completely dark and silent. Not like yesterday's visits at Down Dog and Shanti. We all sat on the floor and all the Oms got in a circle around us and sang this song about their sorority that was practically silent and then all of a sudden they screamed out their letters! Even though I was waiting for it, it still made me jump a little bit. After the yelling, I got picked up by this girl Kristin. She was nice but kept me off in the corner and I didn't really get to meet anyone. Kristin asked me the usual questions and seemed really not interested in talking with me so I felt really awkward. I even tried to make conversation with her and she really didn't have much to say. I saw Katrina for a second and she said hi, but she looked really busy and stressed out. I was kind of glad to leave the party at Om. I just didn't see what the big fuss was over being an Om. They just seemed stuck up to me.

Next we all walked up Moseley to see Half Moon. They were all yelling and singing in their room before we went in. When the doors opened, I was linked arms with this girl Jen. She was sooo nice. She didn't just ask the regular questions, we just hit it off and talked about Philly. She was actually from one of the suburbs too so we mostly spoke about all the things we missed from home. Jen also introduced me to lots of people and left me for a little bit to talk to her roomate Michelle. Michelle was really nice too! I couldn't believe when the party ended. On a bunch of TVs in the room they had vidoes of pictures that they had collected set to music which I thought was a nice touch. It went by so fast and I really liked all the girls I met. Plus, I don't know what Courtney was talking about them being all "southern". I met girls from all over and they weren't at all what Courtney was making them out to be!

The last house was Lotus. According Courtney this is the "party" sorority. We lined up outside their room and they were singing a cheer and we were all led in and sat down in chairs. (None of the other sororities had chairs for us to sit on) We were shown a video show of pictures of all the sisters doing stuff over the last year from like greek week and homecoming and their formals and stuff. The sisters cheered at some pictures and called out people's names. They all seemed to be very close, and although they have probably seen this video now a bunch of times, they still seemed to enjoy it. None of their pictures were of them partying! Then the president welcomed us and then we were picked up by one of the girls in the room. The first girl I met was Ashley, she was this short little blonde who was just funny, and then I met her roomate Anne and a bunch of other girls. One of the girls, Hope I ended up talking to for a long time because she is a communications major and was the one who put the slide show together and since I was thinking of going into communications, I got a lot of feed back from her about it. This party was also over really quickly! I liked these girls a lot too.

When we were done with Lotus, my Rho Chi group went down stairs and Heather had us tell her about how we were feeling and that tomorrow our invitations to the second round would be ready at 12 and to meet her outside the Panhellenic office. She also told us to go home and write all this stuff down but to definetly keep our minds open about all the different sororities because each one had something to offer us.

When I got back to Staley, Courtney & Karen were ranking the sororities. I thought this was a little silly because I think it is probably more up to the sororities and less up to me. But Traci and I joined in.

My favorite is Half Moon, followed by Lotus & Down Dog who are tied, and then Shanti, Om and Warrior. Courtney and Traci told me that I was being stupid to put Lotus and Shanti ahead of Om. But I told them it was just a list for now. And I think I really offended Karen by putting Om second to last 'cuz it is her favorite and its her sister's sorority. But oh well!