[jennyj87]

The two philanthropy nights went really well. I met a couple of girls who I liked a lot. One girl was rolling her eyes when I was trying to talk about our philanthropy and that upset me a lot. One of the girls I met loved musicals and I absolutly adored her! We couldn't stop talking.

No matter how many times I watched our St. Jude video I creid every time. Thank goodness for water proof mascara.

After night one we didn't have to set up since the theme was the same so we kind of got a good night sleep.

Night 2 again went really really well. I connnected with one of the girls in my group becasue we found out her house was right by my cousins.

That night was the first night for cuts. I knew it was going to be tough because how easily all the conversaitons went. I was very anxious about who would be invited back, especially since I knew a bunch of the girls going through this year.

Sisterhood night again went extremely well. Our return rate was the BEST we've ever had and I about cried when I found out. I met a lot of great girls, my musical girl was back, and I met two other girls I really really liked. I met this one girl again who was great, but I could really see her in another sorority. It was EXTREMELY hot in the room, espeically since it was skit night, and I was in the dance, so I was pretty much out of breath when we started rotation.
The girl who was rolling her eyes the night before was back which kind of shocked me. Of course she was in my rotation again and I was nervous about speaking to her. She did try harder I will admit but I still wasn't feeling it.

We started setting up after the party for pref night which I knew would be beautiful. We got a lot done and went home around 2am. A bunch of people got back to the union at 7am but unfourtunatly my alarm didn't go off so I didn't get tehre till 9am. We got done around noon for set up so I had one of our members curl my hair. At 2 our MSC came in and gave us the names of the girls we were going to pref.
My first party was the girl I really liked but I knew she preferred one of the other sororities over us. i can't hold that against her though. We had a good conversation. I cried during our pref ceremony and senior speeches during every single party. I'm a cryer, it happens.
My 2nd party was a girl I had never met but we clicked right away. We couldn't stop talking! I'm very glad I got to pref her and she couldn't stop telling me how much she wanted to be a Tri Delta and how at home she felt. She loved my pref card which made me very happy.
My 3rd party was with a girl who I have known for a while because she's my roommates neighbor (her parents house). I was so happy she was back and we had another good party. It hit me in the middle of the party that this was my last pref (not of my college carreer but of the recruitment) and she was the last girl I would talk to until tomorrow afternoon.

The night ended good and we had a fireside and talked with everyone for about an hour. I feel way more connected to the chapter than I did last year and I do feel our chapter came together a lot more. I went home that night and finished painting gifts for our Rho Gammas and panhelelnic execuatives, and one of my sisters came over and we talked for a while.

The next mornign the PNM's were suppose to get their bids at noon then they would be released to us around 1230. I was in a meeting at 10am so around 12:05 I left the meeting and stopped in the bathroom. When I came out of the bathroom I see a bunch of girls running and was very confused. They weren't suppose to be realeased until 1230!!! I ran to my chapter but didn't get to see the girls running to us which made me very upset. Thankfully all the girls I met that I wanted to go Tri Delta actually went Tri Delta! Including a couple of girls I've known for a while. I am extremely pleased with this pledge class. Two of my prefs went tri delta, the girl who I didn't know and my last pref. I knew the other girl would go to the other sorority.

We welcomed back our panhellenic and rho gammas in the usual fashion. We had our bid day celebrations and did formal pledging that night, welcming 73 new baby deltas! I'm so happy with this pledge class.