[honeychile]

I've posted this on another board before, but it does have its moments:

This tells better in person, when I can do the proper accents, but... My best sorority friend, Cheryl & I both had job interviews in Atlanta, & we were able to make them for the same day. Flew to Atlanta, only to find out that we weren't able to rent a car because we were under 25. We sat there with our luggage, disgusted, trying to decide what to do when we saw a familiar face: "Isn't that Dave?" It was Dave, who was dating a sister of ours, and believe it or not, he worked for Hertz! We got a car!

We had made arrangements to stay at Emory University, since it was closest, and the ADPi house was incredible! All the sororities have the same basic townhouse, but this was decorated magnificently! If you ever saw photos of how Princess Diana decorated Highgrove, in the lovely blues, whites, and yellows, you get the idea. Only 4 or 5 sisters could live there, but they were really hospitable. The only possible complaint I could have was that it was arctic in the basement (where we were sleeping)!! The only time we wore our coats was to sleep in!

Neither of us decided to take the jobs offered to us (another long story), so we visited National Alpha Delta Pi Headquarters. Well! The welcome simply could not have been warmer, and we so enjoyed seeing the memorabilia and the Executive Office. Delightful! High on ADPi, we decided to get up early the next day, and drive to Macon, home of the Adelphean Society which is now Alpha Delta Pi, first society for college women founded in 1851.

Now, I should tell y'all that Cheryl has a tendency to stutter when she's upset. Also, we are both Virginians, but had PA driver's licenses at the time. I should also tell you that my mama had given us very strict warnings to be more than careful while in Macon County. Cheryl was driving, and I was riding shotgun. The ride to Macon itself was uneventful, but once we got into the town itself, we were hopelessly lost.

We pulled over & were looking at a map of Macon, when we realized that a police car had trapped us on the side. The policeman got out, looked pointedly at the Hertz license plate, and asked, "Are you little ladies in trouble?" Cheryl almost fainted. I drawled, "No, sir," just as I noticed that another police car was now in front of us, and that policeman - wearing the Smoky hat & mirrored sunglasses - was coming up to my side of the car. Hands on his hips, he basically thrust his groin to the car, and said, "Where y'all from?" (picture about 15 syllables in that statement) Cheryl started stuttering, "P-P-P-P-P-P-P..." just as I said, "Why, Virginia, sir! We're looking for Georgia Wesleyan!" Cheryl looked at me as if I had gone mad, and kept saying frantically, "P-P-P-P-P-P...!" The policemen relaxed a little, and said, "Why y'all want the college?" I was giving them my best Scarlett O'Hara dimples and eye fluttering, and responded, "Why, Officer, we're Alpha Delta Pi's, and we'd like to see the Adelphean Room y'all have up there!"

Well! You would have thought I said I was the Queen of Sheba there to grant their every wish! The "mirrored one" stepped back, and said, "Deputy, escort these little ladies to the College, and you show them some hometown hospitality!" The deputy gave us a full police escort, lights & all, and took us directly to the Adelphean Room - which was locked! Seems that they were refurbishing both the Adelphean & Philomathean rooms due this out for us), but we were allowed a quick glance through a window. He made sure we know a good restaurant while we were in town, told Betty Lou that we were Alpha Delta Pi girls ("We have us some Alpha Delta Pi girls here!"), and made sure we knew how to get back on the highway! All in all, a most memorable experience - even though we never did see the room!