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Preference Night
My Rho Chi texted me to come later because my parties were scheduled for later times. I texted back asking which ones I had and she said
Afrikaans
and
Italian!
Woo hoo! Both the houses I had asked for! I was super pumped for my first party.
Afrikaans: This party was SO BEAUTIFUL! The party started with the president announcing each girl and who she was preffed by. I was put with the girl I’d had the first night of Recruitment. We had a much better and more natural conversation today. They talked about their values and did a thing with flowers (if I tell what, it might give away the group, I think, maybe?) and their party was just breathtakingly beautiful. Later on in the party the sisters took their name tags in the shape of their symbol and flipped them over to reveal the name of the girl they were preffing and put it on the girl. This was the moment when I knew that this was the group for me. I nearly cried when they did that. This party ended way too soon and I never wanted to leave. Once I turned the corner from the chapter room I looked at another girl and pointed back and said THAT ONE! After the Afrikaans party I was pretty set on wanting to become one of their sisters.
And then I went to Italian.
I was preffed at Italian by a girl I really had gotten along with before. While we were talking, I thought about these girls and how easy it would be to also call them sisters. Their pref party was incredibly personal and emotional. Some sisters shared their stories of how much being an Italian sister had changed their life. But I didn’t cry just yet. Each sister did a flower thing and then some sisters came up and sang. This is when I cried. This party really got to me, not just because it was so beautiful and personal, but also because I felt so conflicted. I really loved this house and after getting to know some of the girls, I felt really bad about maybe-possibly choosing another house. I knew more of these girls, better than the Afrikaans sisters. And I felt kind of weird picking Afrikaans over Italian after getting so emotional at Italian.
So I talked to my Rho Chi. And I told her that I had been set on Afrikaans and that that house was where my heart and my head were. But that I really liked Italian and could really see them as sisters as well. And that it was really hard choosing to rank two that I really liked. But she told me to go with my first instinct and know that I would be happy either way. So by the time I went to go rank and sign my MRABA, I had already had my head sorted out. I would rank them
Afrikaans
Italian
And only tomorrow will tell what will happen! I feel really good about my decision to put them in that order. I feel like Afrikaans is for me for so many reasons although I would still be so happy at Italian.
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