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Okay, so it's the first day of house tours. I will be visiting two houses Exotic Coconut, Warm Vanilla Sugar & Sensual Amber. We were told house tours would be from 12-3 or whenever the times were, my roommate and I assumed that the house tours were like the philanthropy round where you came and went when you pleased. So we decided to take some extra time getting ready. Needless to say, at 12:05 when we were both still getting ready we got a call from the recruitment counselors & we had to be there 5 minutes ago... What a great way to start the day... not! So needless to say I was flustered & not looking my greatest because I was 1/2 ready.
We get there and we are standing around outside, I guess they were waiting on one more girl. As we boarded the busses I was nervous & excited!
The first house I visited was Exotic Coconut- This house is very pretty from the outside I had high expectations for the inside! It was decorated very nice on the first floor. It was museum-ish; I didn't think I would feel comfortable sitting in the sitting room. I remember the upstairs & bedrooms not being as nice, I remember seeing cracks in the walls that had been covered with paint instead of filled & covered. & I remember seeing paint drips that had dried. I don't know why I noticed these things-- I suppose because my family had just gotten done remodeling our house & I had to help paint. But anyways aside from the physical house the girl that was showing me around was very nice. We sat down to talk and immediately another girl came and they switched. This second girl, honestly I don’t remember much of what she and I talked about, mainly because it was pointless. I remember her asking about my purse, talking about where we were from (towns very near each other), and basically her talking about shopping. (Which I love, but during recruitment when she's supposed to be getting to know me? I don't love it so much then) I remember being mystified by her She had just about the most orange skin I had ever seen, the most platinum blonde hair and the pinkest lipstick I had ever seen. When I looked around, she was the minority; most of the other girls were a more natural skin color, with more natural hair and makeup. I left disappointed, and pretty sure that I wouldn't want to be a member of this sorority. I was okay with it too; I didn't think it was a good match.
Next was Sensual Amber- After my disappointing time at Exotic Coconut I was feeling kind of iffy when I got to Sensual Amber. I fell in love with the house, it was just the right mix of comfortable but cute. The girl showing me around was great, she answered all my questions and we really seemed to hit it off. I was very excited about this house I really liked the girls, we seemed to have a lot in common, the house itself was gorgeous. Sensual Amber I was confident would be high on my list.
The final house I visited for the day was Warm Vanilla Sugar- I was surprised at the house. It looked just like a normal house. Nothing like the previous two I had visited. I wondered how they would have the girl stay in this house. The girl that gave me the tour, I will NEVER forget her. She was super sweet, and very enthusiastic. I liked the house it was pretty nice, the one downside was the majority of bedrooms were in the basement, with no windows. I knew that was something my mom wouldn't like. (For some reason she has this thing about basements as bedrooms) The girl took me to her room to talk; I remember we sat on her bed. Surprisingly we had a nice conversation & quite a bit in common. I could tell that she really liked me. I remember thinking she was nice, and when I left I thought that this was a nice house, but just not for me.
So at the close of house day one, I had learned many things. Most importantly that the house rounds were not come and go as you please I was excited for day two because one of my favorite houses was that day!!
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