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OTOH, I did marching band as a freshman and our director was very much against people going through recruitment. You weren't allowed to miss practice for any parties because marching band is a class and classes take priority, so it was very difficult for girls to do recruitment because they would miss parties and they be dropped by chapters whose parties they'd missed. My chapter sister who should have, by all accounts, been one of those "stellar" PNMs with her pick of invites was cut harshly because she missed so many parties for band practice. I myself decided to quit marching band rather than try to make the two work because I knew they wouldn't mesh well.
Your director might be more lenient or your recruitment might conflict, but if you also want a job it doesn't sound like you'll be able to do color guard on top of all the other things you mentioned. To answer your question, adding color guard would probably be very stressful for you and I wouldn't do all those things at once your freshman year. Go through recruitment first and then figure out if you have time for guard.
ETA: if you're not a freshman as some have guessed then recruitment will be even more of an uphill battle for you and you should make doubly sure that the two don't conflict.
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