What AZTheta said.
I also want to point out that my conversations weren't necessarily stellar, if you didn't pick up on that. At the time I thought they were great but I'd later realize otherwise.
Anyway... on with the story!
Thanks, victoriana
The next morning I was too nervous to even eat breakfast. I put on a sundress since I was figuring out this dressing thing, slowly. (More like figuring out the guidebook was more casual than the actuality.) So in the time I was waiting and waiting and waiting, I decided that this was excruciating. I was more than ready for mine. I knew I could get up to 8 callbacks, and I thought I'd be happy if I had six.
I got my schedule, saw that I only had 4 callbacks, and was disappointed.
I saw that one of my callbacks was to
Ruby House.
And then I was ecstatic.
I was so happy to get a callback to this house, I was just too happy to speak.
I was a little sad that
Tanzanite House hadn't called me back (along with some of the other ones I had ranked #1), but I didn't care so much because I was so happy to be going back to
Ruby House.
The other 3 were
Peridot House,
Obsidian House, and
Topaz House.
I wondered why
Obsidian House called me back after I ranked them last, but I didn't think much about it. I just was happy to have a callback to
Ruby House. All of my parties were immediately beginning, and I had no breaks, so I'd be in a rush to get then all done and then have the rest of my day done.
It was philanthropy day, and I had
Topaz House first. I loved their craft, and I had more great conversations here. I remember distinctly thinking that I enjoyed them. I thought to myself, "If
Ruby House ends up dropping me, will I think about accepting a bid from this house?" I did not know for sure, but I thought that the answer was likely yes. I felt very welcome and at home here and my conversations were all natural and flowed well. I could see myself fitting in here.
After that party, I headed to
Obsidian House. I remember feeling embarrassed to get an invite here because all of the girls standing outside this house were very unhappy to be here, but I knew I had enjoyed my time and was a little bit happy, secretly, to have been invited back. I am sure if I hadn't listened to other peoples' opinions, I would've been thrilled to come back here. Only one other girl I saw seemed excited to be here, though. I had a fairly typical party. The craft was pretty fun and the party passed quickly because I was enjoying myself. When we came out of a house our RCs told us to not talk and to write our thoughts down, but girls found ways around this anyway. After this party, a lot of people were whispering to each other, but I hurried off to my next party before I could hear any other gossip. I liked this house, and I felt bad because a part of me didn't want to like it. I wish I had remembered that recruitment is about me, and not about what other girls think of my options...
My third party of the day was
Ruby House. Of course I loved it as much as I had the first day. I went in excited to have a callback, and during my party I felt a connection again. I loved the chance to find out more about them, and if they had any faults I didn't notice them. I was head-over-heels in love, and I knew where I wanted to pledge, nevermind the fact that this was only Set 2. I talked to one of the same girls who I had seen the day before and she remembered me. I loved their craft project, and their philanthropy was obviously very important to them. On my way out, walking through the gauntlet of cheering girls, one of the other girls I had talked to from the day before waved at me and remembered by name. I thought that this was a good sign. I basically was luminously enraptured by this house and the actives. I could see myself fitting in perfectly.
My last party was, of course, at
Peridot House. I had no idea what to expect because I couldn't remember them at all. By the end of the party I felt a little weird. Unlike my other 3 house visits, I was feeling extremely lukewarm about them and maybe even that they 'weren't the house for me.' The conversations were all average but I didn't connect at all with the last girl I got. I felt like I had ranked them as a #1 so it was no surprise they called me back, but this time I felt uncomfortable there, like it just wasn't a good fit for me.
After I voted (which wasn't much of a vote because we had to rank our top 5), I met my sister for lunch and we went to get our books. I spent the rest of the day unpacking, meeting my roommate, etc.