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Originally Posted by twinkle555

i feel like im reading a best seller novel!! im hooked..continue please!

I WISH this was a best selling novel! 3 Daughters are KILLING us with college costs!

Daughter #2s Story….. Part 3

The morning of pref parties, Unpredictable calls. She has something to tell me. If you have ever been the mother of a PNM you know it’s never GOOD news when your daughter calls and has something to “tell” you, rather than something to “ask“ you. Immediately, alarm bells started ringing in my head. Is she going to say that there’s been some mistake or computer snafu and she really wasn’t invited to her top 2 choices? Was she released from rush completely and someone just figured it out? Nope…. none of the above. She was just calling to do what Unpredictable had done her WHOLE life, exactly what I never expected. She had dropped out of rush by her own choice. I was stunned, speechless. I think I croaked out “Why”, but really can’t remember if I spoke at all. All I could see at that moment was a flash back of the girl in the Greek letter tee happily strolling through campus. Who wouldn’t want to be that girl I thought?

Well, my daughter Unpredictable for one. She went on to say that she had done some research (Oh Google, you really let me down this time) and found out that there were ways, in her words, to get WAY MORE involved with the project her number 1 choice supported if she did it on her own. In other words, why not just cut to the chase and spend all her time doing as MUCH as she could for this organization and not WASTE any time with pledging and such? I guess I could see her logic. I told her that while I was surprised by her decision, I was also proud of her for following her own heart and that even though she decided that Greek life wasn’t for her I hoped she was glad she went (most of the way) through rush. Unpredictable will begin her senior year next week at the “University of Red Brick Sidewalks and Towering Oaks”. She has become very involved with the project she was so taken with during rush 3 years ago. She hopes to go abroad next year to continue to give service to those in need farther from home. Just like her sister Opinionated, she has met lifelong sisters some of whom wear tees with Greek letters on them.

Back to my tale. It’s Spring Break 2005 and Daughter #3 and I are leaving to tour her list of colleges up and down the east coast........