[ZetaGirl22]

After we got home, I called into work to get my schedule for the next week. Crap. I was scheduled to work the second day of Set of 10 (the second round) AND a double on the day of Set of 5. Preference was also a Monday night, and I was supposed to babysit. My mom was mad when I suggested I talk to Mrs. S. about having that night off. I had made a commitment to the family, and my mom and Mrs S. were best friends at that time. I think she saw in me that I NEEDED some close friendships in college though, and she agreed to talk to Mrs S. for me. Now I just had to figure out my work schedule.

I had gone into recruitment at pretty much the last minute. We had to ask off 2 weeks in advance to have a day off. I thought about dropping. There was NO WAY I was going to get a dinner shift AND a double covered. I finally decided that I would stick it out, but I would need to decide which day I would have to miss, because knowing my co-workers, I would be missing at least one.

At lunchtime the next day, I went to get my invites for Set of 10 at the Union. This was before RFM, and there was no ranking by PNMs so we got a list of who had asked us back and we had to pick who we would return to. I found Megan, my Rho Chi. I talked to her about work, and she told me that missing one day of Set of 10 probably wouldn't kill me, but I needed to be at Set of 5. Ok. I could AT LEAST find someone to cover my day shift and I could make it to work in time for dinner. My list looked like this:

Nirvana
The Clash
Mighty Mighty Bosstones
The Cure
The Pixies
Alice In Chains
Live
Weezer
Pearl Jam
The Smashing Pumpkins

I was invited to 10, and you could return to a maximum of 10, so I didn't have to regret anyone. I was pretty happy about my list, but no Dropkick Murphys? I had had a great conversation there! Oh well, still had ALL my favorites left. I was pretty surprised by Alice In Chains, though. I did NOT think that the “perfect” girls from my high school would want me back.

I also ran into Kristen at invite pickups, one of my FAVORITE people from Scholars. She asked if I was happy with my list. I told her I was and asked how her recruitment was going. She was dropping. WHAT?!?!?!?!?! She said she had realized sorority life wasn't for her. I was a little surprised, but didn't try to talk her out of it. I figured everyone could make the best decision for themselves. Set of 10 would start tomorrow night, so for now I was focused on figuring out my situation with the S kids and my waitressing job.

I had to babysit that night. When I arrived Mrs S. pulled me aside in the kitchen and told me my mom had called her earlier. Uh-oh. I really hoped that that hadn't disappointed her. I LOVED the S family. Mrs S was even my Confirmation sponsor. She explained that she was ECSTATIC I was rushing! She knew that I was having a hard time meeting people at school, and she herself had been a Pi Phi in college (Pi Phi wasn't on our campus) As luck would also have it, her dad was coming into town that weekend to stay with them for the week, so I wouldn't be needed anyway! Problem #1 solved. Later that week I begged and pleaded for someone to switch work schedules so I could have off Saturday afternoon. As I suspected, there were no takers for ANY of my shifts at first. FINALLY after much convincing, I got one of my friends to pick up my day shift so I could at least go to Set of 5, but I would still need to be there for dinner. Problem #2 solved! Now I just had the rest of recruitment to focus on.