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I tried going to sleep but no luck so I will continue. My daughter went to convocation and heard some amazing advice that stuck with her throughout. A speaker said everything about keeping an open mind, etc. They ended with "Every sorority at Auburn is wonderful. There are 120 young ladies in every sorority. If you honestly think that you cannot make a connection with and become friends with any of the members, the problem is not with the 120 women already in the sorority." I loved that and so did she.
Since this is a condensed story, I will not be describing all 17 chapters. Instead I will focus on the four that became the major players towards the end. On the first day, she attended 12 parties. Although she enjoyed all parties, there were three that stood out at the end of the day, for both great and not so great reasons.
War: This was her favorite of the day. Everyone was super nice and she had great conversations. Life was perfect. I am pretty sure unicorns were pooping rainbows at this party.
Eagle: This one was what she described as the most awkward. It was party number 11 of the day and she felt like she was at an interview instead of participating in a conversation. She would answer the question and then ask the active a question. The active would ignore what she said and move on to the next questions. Still she chalked it up to the active being nervous and possibly new at recruitment. A new active came and it got better. She described them as nice enough.
Aubie: She said these girls were very nice. She met lots of people. Everyone kept mispronouncing her name, even after she corrected them so she started to get annoyed. Still, they were nice enough and seemed interested in her.
On her second day, she visited the remaining sororities.
Tiger: This was her favorite of the day. Again, she met several people. An officer came to meet her. She loved them. The rainbow pooping unicorns were also at this party.
At the end of Day 2, she had to list five alternates. Because there was something she liked about each of the sororities, she struggled with ranking alternates. After a while, she listed the five alternates, including Eagle and Aubie. It seems like silly reasons to list them but she said she was not too worried about it. She said she would not mind going back to any of the 17 and, if she went back to her alternates, it was because she was meant to. That is her calm personality. I, on the other hand, was starting to binge on Diet Cokes and Oreos.
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