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Haha it’s easy to know the outcome when you know how to find me on Facebook FYI- a good friend from high school that was going through with me went Chi O so congrats on a great new sister!

Now.. IM SO SORRY to keep you waiting but I’ll finish up. We were supposed to start prefs at 4:30, but ended up being held in the parking garage till nearly 7 due to rain. It was an adventure, charter buses dropping girls off at each house on the row, rain coats and umbrellas everywhere, doing attendance in house vs on the lawn.. it was CRAZY.

So crazy, I didn’t even get to see my Rho before the night started. She called and told me my first party and instructed me to get the rest of my schedule from an Exec member. Glue was up first and I was pretty excited. I had time before the party and decided to find an Exec.

Paper and Pencils stayed off my list, but Markers was gone instead of Folders. I didn’t mind not going back to Folders, but Markers had been neck and neck as my favorite with Glue all week. So I was a little hurt. But I knew Glue, Folders, and Backpack made a great schedule, so on I went.

Paper- Pi Beta Phi
Pencils- Alpha Epsilon Phi
Markers- Tri Delta

I was pretty surprised when my party at Glue started because I had expected to be paired with someone I had met earlier in the week and I didn’t. It worked out great though, my rusher was WONDERFUL. She took me to her room and we talked about how she grew up close to me and used to play my school in sports. We got along great, so great we didn’t even quit talking long enough for her to show me her scrapbook she had made. About half way through the party we went downstairs to see part of their ritual. I don’t think it would be right to go in to detail but I will say it was one of the most touching things I’ve seen. Sisters all around the room were crying and you could see how much they meant to each other. My rusher and I were both crying as we left and I KNEW this is where I wanted to end up. I was so touched I cried all the way to my next party at Folders.

This party was nice. I got to see three girls I had met earlier in the week. We chatted and they introduced me to a new sister who I got along with nicely as well. We talked a little about their ritual and then moved into a bigger room to see part of it. It was simple and sweet. I felt bad because I had really grown to like these girls and knew I would love to be friends with them in the future but I just didn’t feel closeness with them the way I did Glue.

Backpack. I was matched with the sister I had met the night before and she was as sweet as ever. She had made a scrapbook and showed me her memories from her first year of sisterhood and talked very fondly of her sisterhood. I felt a little awkward because we hadn’t found that relatable ground like I had in my previous parties. We were still more on a question/ answer bases than a conversation one. When we went in to see their ritual it was very nice and you could see that the sisters meant a lot to one another but for some reason I felt more disconnected from them than any other night. I couldn’t see myself here at all.

So at the end of the night I ranked my houses.
Glue
Folders
Backpack