[JennRN]

Well, I wrote a long message last night, but it got erased, so now I have to do it again...Grrr....anyways, here goes, and I apologize in advance if it's lengthy!!

Group 1: I talked to the alum chapter pres yesterday, and she is so nice!! She told me alot about the group: appearantly in my area there was one alum group, and then in November, these girls split off from them to form the alum group in Raleigh. All the girls are around my age, either engaged or married-like me! She told me that, unfortunately, alot of people are out of town, so Friday's event might get cancelled-but that there is still the baseball game in July, and also a book club meeting in July, which she invited me to as well. And she encouraged me to bring my fiance to the baseball game-and then offered to carpool with me to both events, so that I'm not wandering in like, who is everyone?? She was really nice, very friendly-and very informative!! She said that if I like all the girls, and vice versa, and I feel like I "fit", then she and I would sit down together and discuss what the sorority is about, the commitment, the bonds, etc-basically stuff I would learn in a pledge period. And if I feel comfortable and ready, then we could proceed with AI!! I am so excited to meet her and the other girls, and start going to their events!!

Group 3-I also talked to the chapter pres yesterday, and she was very nice too! She told me that, since it's summer, most people have crazy schedules and vacations, so they don't have many events-which I would expect. She told me about the group-the age range seems to vary with some girls having just graduated from college, and some people being married with kids. She said that she would keep in touch with me, and let me know when any summer events come up, but said that most of their events are from Sept-May, and then invited me to the September one. So, I look forward to hearing from her, but also am sort of bummed about not being able to get involved now. But like I said, I know it's summer, people go on vacation, and I understand that ut's hard to get people together.

So thats it for now!!