[silverpearls]

I just got back from the final COB night! The event was really classy and all the sisters looked adorable all dressed up. Unfortunately we're still missing a lot of girls (like, 15ish) because of illness, and others had class or work.

We had 3 new PNMs there, in addition to a bunch from the previous night. That brings the total number of interested women to 14 - and we can only take 13 due to chapter total. So exciting!! My guesstimation is that we'll take 10 or 11.

Voting was incredibly positive. It was a great experience because this is the first recruitment I've been at where all of the PNMs were really quality women that we would be happy to have. There were 2 or 3 that some sisters didn't care for as much, but nobody was universally disliked or had somebody railing against them. I wouldn't be surprised if we extended the maximum number of bids. However, I know for a fact that Vicky cannot accept, and I know two other PNMs are on the fence - one of them only came tonight, so I'm not sure if she is prepared to make a decision. There may be others I don't know about who aren't sure, but everyone seemed very interested and positive. In fact, one PNM had both a professor and her Dad call on her behalf to tell us how great she is. It would have been a little weird if we didn't already like her so much!

I'll let you know if I hear any news numbers-wise, but you may have to wait until Bid Night tomorrow to find out how many we got. I'm still on a recruitment high, though - we've never, ever, ever been this close to chapter total!