Highs and Lows--stolen from AXO!

Not a Mezzo · #1 08-02-2003, 12:08 PM

I just saw this on the Alpha Chi Omega board and thought it was a great idea!

You post your high and low moments. It could be a daily thing, a weekly thing, a summer or semester-long thing...just something to let sisters know what's up with you!

I'll start (since this IS my thread...)

HIGHS:
Weekly: I sang in Chapel Hill yesterday with 13 other women for a seminar put on by Hinshaw Music. Our director of voice studies at UNCG is their chief editor. We sang as a demonstration for a lecture by a composer from Budapest. I got him to sign my copy of the mass we sang, as well as getting a big ol' box full of free music for helping out!!!! How cool is that?
Summer: My uncle came home safe and sound from Kuwait, and he and my aunt are moving closer to the family! The fam's in NJ, I"m in NC, they'll be in VA Beach! (Closer than San Diego by far)

LOWS:
Summer (kind of): My big is disaffiliating to be a Gamma Rho Chi this fall. I know she'll be incredible, and I'm so glad she'll be there for the PNM's who will need her strength and sound advice, but *I* am missing her something awful! Not only that, but her fiance is having second thoughts about committing to an engagement now that he's back in the States (he spent last semester in England). I know she's having a tough time and I don't know what to do without breaking her disaffiliation.

That's all I can think of for now, really...anyone else care to jump on in?

VSUPhiMu · #2 08-02-2003, 12:32 PM

This is fun...my boyfriend & I have done this since we watched The Story of Us.

HIGH:
I moved into my own house yesterday and have been decorating and all that fun stuff. I get to cook and be all domestic!

LOW:
I have my own house and miss my old one...going through seperation anxiety from the parents. I know it's weird because I'm 22, but I just can't help it. The even worse part is that I only live literally 100 yards away.

HotDamnImAPhiMu · #3 08-03-2003, 03:39 PM

oh awesome.

HIGH:
The guy I had a crush on when I left Richmond continues to call me nightly, and has expressed great glee at my visit tomorrow.

I made decent money at work the last two nights (waitressing) and my coworkers seem like sweethearts. Plus I've been hit on more times than I can count on since moving to DC, always a boon for the ol' ego.

LOW:
I moved back in with my parents. At 22 this is a huge step backwards. Should make the $ situation better though & help me get back in school more quickly. Plus my dog is uberstressed out, apparently, as she's bitten me twice in the last 5 days (and never once in the 2 yrs before that.)

PLUS, said guy also persists in discussing his ex girlfriend ad nausem. What's UP with THAT?!

OUlioness01 · #4 08-03-2003, 09:28 PM

high: i got a foreman grill and a dvd palyer for my birthday, and i got to see some of my sisters for the first time in 2 months

low: armyguy's roommate died and the funeral was this weekend...it was not a good thing for him

lionlove · #5 08-04-2003, 10:18 AM

highs: I got to see my cousin's two sons yesterday!

Lows: Still living at home, still unemployed.

daoine · #6 08-04-2003, 11:07 AM

High: I got to see one of my best friends from college.

Low: I think my boyfriend is going to leave -- particularly painful considering I've spent the past 8 months walking with him through cancer diagnosis, surgery, and radiation. There's nothing quite like pulling someone to their feet only to watch them walk away from you.

Not a Mezzo · #7 08-11-2003, 01:12 AM

HIGH: Retreat was amazing! We had such a great time, and accomplished what we set out to do--build morale, trust, and communication going into recruitment.

LOW: My carnation sister disaffiliates tomorrow. That, and she's living with another sister on the hall this year. She was my roommate last year. It was awesome, and I feel a teensy bit jealous, but I know we'll still be close. I hope recruitment comes fast so we can get it over with and she can come back!

OUlioness01 · #8 08-11-2003, 09:59 AM

High: getting a bletaed birthday card from a friend of mine from high school, complete with pictures from afterprom he just got developed last week (taken over 2 years ago) they were so funny!

Low: i haven't been able to chck my bank account balance all month because the system has been down and i only have a general idea of how much $ i have

OUlioness01 · #9 08-20-2003, 01:36 PM

high~ being asked to babysit, realizing i only have 10 days until i'm moving into my apartment, and talking to a friend i haven't seen for what seems like years

low~getting my wisdom teeth pulled (and my gums are still bleeding)

VSUPhiMu · #10 08-20-2003, 02:20 PM

HIGH: My diploma came in the mail today!! Oh, and I got to mail out my wedding invitations!! (This has just been a great day!)

LOW: I got sick last night....I get all hot and nauseous and feel like I'm going to die. It's been like 4 days of this off and on, and I'm getting tired of it.

Not a Mezzo · #11 08-20-2003, 11:43 PM

HIGH: Making it into UNCG's Chorale, one of the two elite choral groups in the school of music!

LOW: Sliding in a patch of oil and hitting a curb too hard, making my front right tire pop.

Stupid commuter pass! I can't even find a place to park on campus, and I go off-campus to park and mess up my tire. I just can't win the parking game.

pinkyphimu · #12 08-21-2003, 12:09 AM

high- i have gotten to spend the last two days with my nephew...who is the cutest thing ever! we went shopping tonight and he kept asking to buy things. i had been asking if he brought his wallet (he is three, so he really doesn't have one) and he would say no. we were in the 3rd store and it was about the hundreth time he asked me if i could buy him x. when i asked if he brought his wallet, he said, will you buy me a wallet? what a character!

low- my nephew gets up soooooo early in the morning that i am exhausted! plus, people from work keep calling me and asking me to come in to work even tho i am on vacation in another state!!!!

RoseNWhiteLion · #13 09-02-2003, 10:08 AM

This is such a good idea! My ex used to have this at his RA meetings. They'd begin each meeting with "What's down?" And end with "What's up?" so that they ended on a high note.

OK LOWS:

Day: Had to get up at 6:30 after a long weekend of seeig friends and sleep in

Week: Gettin' my period this week

Summer: The guy I was seeing this summer won't talk to me anymore. Oh yeah, and totalling my car, so now I have car payments on my new car...But I got a Jetta, so I guess that's a "high" too ;-)

Year: Stressed about not having a permanent job, and the place I'm working at now, is only going to keep me through September I think, so I won't have medical insurance if I get fired. :-(

HIGHS:

Day: A new episode of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy is on tonight!!!

Week: It's only a 4 day work week!!!

Summer: It's really too long to type out, but I got to see a guy I've been obsessing over for a year this summer...ok, that doesn't sound too exciting, but it was funny. Just trust me. (Plus, the fling with the other cute guy this summer. Those were the highlights.)

Year: My ex-boyfriend is safely back from Iraq and wasn't hurt in the war.

HotDamnImAPhiMu · #14 09-04-2003, 11:24 PM

me again. Because I am very important.

HIGHS
I got a new cell phone. And this one works. Plus, I'm starting to actually do this thing called "make money." Not a lot of it. But, you know, it's nice for a change.

LOWS
Still don't have a decent job. Still waitressing. And an ex-boyfriend I was completely crazy about called me to tell me he was attempting suicide. awful awful awful.

RoseNWhiteLion · #15 09-06-2003, 05:14 PM

Highs:
I now 10 couples who are engaged

Lows:
I have 10 weddings to go to in the next 2 years.

;-)