Hi all! Thanks for the words of encouragement!
PHILANTHROPY NIGHT WENT SO WELL!
I felt like we really kept our energy up for all the parties and sang and rushed our hearts out! Except for one, I already knew the PNMs I talked to, so I felt really prepared and poised. The one I did not know was very talkative and asked a lot of great questions about philanthropies and seemed compatible with our chapter's values. I was very impressed by her! And all of the other four PNMs (one of which has been a total rush crush all along) I had were awesome too. I could tell some were a little nervous (one asked me three times what I did over break!) but I thought that was very understandable and actually kind of cute! On the first night sometimes it's hard to remember what you've already asked! Our new craft of the angels (for the Children's Medical Center in DC--going to two programs, one for children with AIDS and another for children traumatized by the Pentagon or sniper attacks) went very well. The PNMs got really creative with sequins and such. We had one mishap with a glitter pen but luckily that was at the last party and our superb floaters rushed us paper towels... Overall very positive feelings about it all! I have one really funny/weird story but I don't want to write about that, although I will answer PMs if you want a big laugh.
I think it went well! Our chapter has had problems in the past but I think this will be a really good year for us. Positivity rules!
Also--I've never done this before, so I don't know if what I've written is kosher--please please please let me know if I've gone too far in my descriptions so I can edit if needed. I want to give you all a fun story but don't want to create any weirdness either. All you Panhellenic rush-minded people, help me out!
BTW, Fraternity rush starts tomorrow (or I guess today) here. My boyfriend is a Pike so of course I'm rooting for them but I have a lot of close friends in all the groups. So go boys!
Time for me to get some beauty rest!