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"Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes..." was stuck in my head as I ran into the hall to receive my bid. I had a class that got out not even 15 minutes before we were supposed to meet and had to sprint to catch a bus to take me across campus. It was rough, I don't do well being late.

We met up in our Gamma Chi groups and we were entertained as they revealed their affiliations to us. Collectively, I think we all knew that they were stalling, because who doesn't love suspense? Then we were instructed to turn around as our Gamma Chi passed out bids. It became quiet, and I felt the paper in my hand.

"10." Groans filled the room as the girls waited anxiously for the countdown to begin.

"9." We all got a little quieter.

"8." I was slightly bouncing up and down because of the nervous energy.

"7." The girl to my left exchanged a sympathetic look with me.

"6." I could feel the tears start coming. (I'm an emotional person, as seen in pref round.)

"5." I closed my eyes.

"4." The hall started to join in with the counting.

"3." I joined in.

"2." This was it. Whatever happened, I was going to be fine.

"1." We flipped our cards over and...

LI'L SEBASTIAN

I screamed so loud! IT HAPPENED. I met up with my roommate, who also received a bid from the same house, and also caught the eye of two girls I went to high school with. I lost it at that point, it just became a blur of hugs and happy tears, and celebration.

Mom's happy I found a home, too. Lots of exclamation points when I shared the news. It's cool because she went through the same chapter at my college 20-something years ago, and I'm SO excited to share that connection with her.



Oh yeah... I may have left out one *tiny* detail.

I'm building my park with Alpha Gamma Delta!!!