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Bid Day Part 2
My Rho Chi looks at me smiling, and asks me what it says. I tell her that I got a bid to Miami, trying to keep a smile on. She looks at me and says in a way that seems ingeniuine, "That's terrific! See you at PX Reveal in the park later!" I think, yeah right stupid Boston girl (very un-Panhellenic, but I was disappointed).
We then wait in a giant room until everyone opens their bid card. All the Atlanta pledges are screaming... so are the Chicagos, the Bostons and everyone else. I want to cry, but if they are screaming because they are excited, than I can too. I scramble to find some Miami pledges and try to get them excited. They are a bit dull, but we manage to pump it up a bit.
Then we are picked up and walked to our new house. There I see Lauren, who is my Bid Day Sis and who showers me with gifts. She tells me how excited she is that I am her sister and I start to cry. I lie, and say they are happy tears, because I don't want to hurt her at all. I go along with the flow and am pretty impressed by all the new people I meet.
Then, we head to the park for PX Reveal. A lot of them aren't surprises, but then my PX pulls off her Panhellenic shirt to reveal her letters and she's a Miami too! What? I must have had a really warped opinion of Miami... two other PX's I liked (and one I didn't too!) ended up being Miamis. It was definitely shaping up to be a stronger house than I had realized.
I saw some more Atlantas at the park and they didn't even acknowledge me. I don't know if they were embarassed they misled me or if they honestly just didn't care. It's still a mystery, but it's a good caution to PNM's to be wary of oral bids. They don't guarantee a thing!
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