I just got back from the first parties of round 2! Tonight was skit night, and I went to 2 houses--house 6 and house 4. I'd really liked both of them from what I saw during round 1, and I was really excited to see them again. The only bad thing--it's been raining all night!! Definitely not the best conditions to be walking from house to house in, but my umbrella and I made do.
The first house I went to was house #6. I decided tonight that I absolutely love this house! I'm REALLY trying not to get my hopes up for it because it's supposed to be one of the hardest houses to get into, but I had a really great time here. I'm just happy they liked me enough to invite me to this round. Anyways, when I went in I was greeted by one sister, she made sure of my name and then she walked me up to a sister with a video camera and said "Sisters of [ABC], I present to you Melissa S--------." I wasn't really sure what to do with myself, so I probably just had the biggest, cheesiest smile on my face for that! All the sisters had really adorable shirts on, but I can't say what they said because it will give away the sorority. All I'll say is that it looked like a designer logo, but it went with the sorority name. Anyways, then we went into the chapter room, which was decorated with lots of balloons, and we all got chocolate covered strawberries (yum!) and juice. There were chairs set up, and I sat and talked with the woman who walked me in and another sister. They were so sweet and easy to talk to! Conversation never slowed, which was good. After a few minutes we watched the skit. It was a riot...just hilarious! It was a spoof of a talk show, which they called "The Tomorrow Show." 2 of the sisters played the hosts, and they were really good. They talked with these really exaggerated New York accents and were dressed up in these really crazy outfits. The topic of the show was finding the perfect sorority, and they interviewed several VERY different characters (a party girl who acted really wild, a girl who kept getting up and doing aerobics, a "nerdy" girl who came in loaded down with books and with toilet paper hanging out of her skirt, and some others) to talk about what the perfect sorority would be for them, and of course at the end of the show they decided that the perfect sorority was [ABC]. The skit took up most of the party, but I got a chance to talk to the sisters again a little bit after. Both of them were just so sweet! When it was time to go, the one who met me at the door gave me a huge hug...I was a little surprised but I guess she is just really friendly! Which is always a good thing. I really, really, REALLY hope I get invited to pref here. I wasn't sure I could see myself in this house before (mostly because of Jane, who I didn't see tonight). But it seems like most of the girls here are just really fun, outgoing, funny, and sweet.
After that I went to house #4. The girls who weren't in the skit were all wearing black dresses, which I thought was a little fancy for round 2 but still nice. The kitchen was all decorated with black and gold balloons (again, not the sorority colors) and stars hanging from the ceiling. They served us cheesecake (my greatest weakness
), Hershey's kisses, and Shirley Temples. I didn't really have that much to talk about with the first sister I talked to, but I had pretty good (not amazing) conversations with the rest of them. Their skit was really cute, too. It was based on TRL, and they had a top 5 countdown. For the first 3 they just danced around, then for another a girl sang...she had an AMAZING voice. Then for the "#1" video it was a spinoff of N Sync's "Dirty Pop" only it was "----- Pop" and had words about the sorority. They also did a really cute dance to it. Overall I liked this house. Not QUITE as much as I did the other day, but I would still be happy to pref here. They seem like really nice, down to earth girls.
Tomorrow night I see the other 3 houses...I go to #2, then #3, then #7. Saturday morning I find out who invited me back, then that night I go to prefs. I can't believe that in just 3 days I'll be in a sorority!!! Well, hopefully.