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PART 3!
I went back to my dorm after the Philanthropy event and tried to keep my mind off it with homework. My parents called at 10 caused a near heart attack, and the pizza delivery guy called at 11 to say he was outside with my order--I have never been more grateful to hear, “Hi, it’s Steve from Domino’s,” in my life.
I went to bed and woke up for my 9am calculus class. I’d gotten no calls between bedtime and when I walked into class. I turned my phone to vibrate, put it on my desk, and tried to stay focused on class. Our university has a clock tower with bells that go off every hour, so at 10 o’clock they chimed as usual. I hadn’t gotten a phone call. People around me must’ve thought I’d had a mental breakdown or aneurysm because I started smiling and giggling like the Cheshire cat. Class finished at 10:15 and I bolted to the Student Union.
I got to the room and walked in. (After talking to my Sisters apparently we all had the same worry on walking there: that there’d been a mistake, we had no Bid and they’d forgotten to call us.) So I was convinced I still wasn’t in until the Leadership Consultant handed me my envelope (which she couldn’t find at first!).
I opened it and still couldn’t believe. We did some forms and got our Bid Day gifts, which were: a door decoration (a cutout with our mascot and our names on it), a lettered tote bag filled with a lettered tumbler and sorority post-its and pencils, and a Bid Day t-shirt. We were told to come back at 2pm for our Bid Day celebration. Our Bid Day Celebration was simple but fun—we took pictures of our new chapter on the big steps all chapters do their Bid Day pictures at, had some free food, were taught our first song by visiting sisters from nearby schools, and had a blast!
So, after many ups and downs, I came home to…
ALPHA DELTA PI!
I am happy to say I am a member of the newest chapter of ADPi, Theta Omicron at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia! Everything that happened was for a reason and I’m so glad I came home to the right sisterhood. That summer before I just knew I’d be in white and blue! (And yes I did rhyme that intentionally.) I am actually our Scholarship Chair this semester and had the honor of being in the same room as Tammie Pinkston (our International President) again when she installed our officers and gave us our charter! This time my jaw didn’t drop but my stomach sure did!
Thank you all for reading this! If there are any other colony stories out there, I’d love to hear about yours, too!
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