My not-so-perfect rush story

[LOVEinZTA]

But there was this "thing" - like having a monkey on my back, or a twin sister rushing at a different school at the same time. Oh the pressure! Oh the inhumanity!



I really couldn't resist.

[Faith4Keep]

WHAT?? Now I have to sit through hours of drama before I never figure out what your "thing" is.

....

[Low C Sharp]

listened to some catty girls say that maybe I "was weird enough to be a Cafe au Lait anyway."

So much for the Christian atmosphere at Wacko.
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[LOVEinZTA]

I was joking about the "thing" - I was just being a drama queen and seeing how many eyebrows I could raise, haha.

[AlwaysSAI]

I hate pedicures and manicures. I can't stand strange people touching and rubbing my arms and legs.

[LOVEinZTA]

Getting Pref Invites

If I thought there was drama after people got their invitations to skit round, I definitely wasn't prepared for what was coming up.

I walked over to the meeting place with Lisa and Kate, discussing everything along the way. They both decided that I would be a perfect fit for Espresso. I told them I wasn't going to get my hopes up and that I'd be happy at several of my choices, but that I really had loved them. Lisa had her heart set on Mocha and Kate was still trying to decide if she wanted to be in Cafe Au Lait with her sister or be different and join Ristresso.

We got to the building and found our recruitment groups. Then we had to sit through a lecture on how pref round was much more serious and quieter (which due to my voice I was VERY grateful for) than the other rounds. Finally, they told our rho chis to hand us our schedules.

[MSKKG]

Originally Posted by LOVEinZTA

But there was this "thing" - like having a monkey on my back, or a twin sister rushing at a different school at the same time. Oh the pressure! Oh the inhumanity!



I really couldn't resist.

That better be the only similarity between that thread and yours! You will finish yours, won't you?!? Unlike the other one, at least we know where you pledged, but now you need to tell us your "code."

I've enjoyed hearing your story.

[LegallyBrunette]

Originally Posted by LOVEinZTA

But there was this "thing" - like having a monkey on my back, or a twin sister rushing at a different school at the same time. Oh the pressure! Oh the inhumanity!



I really couldn't resist.

HAHAHAHAHA. LMAO.



I *think* I might have looked at UWacko for law school. Update, please!

[AOE2AlphaPhi]

The suspence is killing me! More? Please?

[AnatraAmore]

Yeah, since we'll never know what that *thing* was, can we at least get the update on your Prefs??? Please?

[LOVEinZTA]

The rho chi's told us we could leave as soon as they handed us our schedules (they knew some people might get upset). I sat as Amanda called out each girls name to hand them the schedule (Gina had disappeared by this point - her grandmother had passed away and she had to leave suddenly leaving Amanda as our only Rho Chi). She finally got to me and pulled a handful of teabags out of her pocket, put those in one of my hands, and placed my schedule in the other. I turned around and took a few steps away, a deep breath, and opened it.

Cappuccino
Mocha

I ran back to my dorm before anyone else could get there, sat on my bed, and cried. It wasn't that I didn't like the choices I had left, but I had no clue what had gone wrong with Espresso. Was it what I wore? Did I say something? Or had they finally realized that I wasn't a walking model of perfection? After about 10 minutes, I pulled myself together and stepped outside. The emotional scene was what it had been the day before, only multiplied by about 50.

I walked down the hall and found Lisa in Kate's room. Kate had been invited back to both Cafe Au Lait and Ristresso for prefs - and so had Lisa. She had been dropped by Mocha and was clearly upset about it. We sat there telling her she should go to prefs and if she didn't feel at home anywhere to just drop. We finally had her set on the deal when in burst Lola in tears. She had been cut by Latte and would be going to Cappuccino and Cafe Au Lait for prefs. They were all shocked when I told them that Espresso had dropped me. As the tears started to mount again I reminded them that at least we all were going back to 2 preference parties, some people were only going to one - we were lucky in that aspect.

I pulled it together and walked back to my room to start getting ready. I saw Ashley crying to her roommate at the end of the hall. French Press and Americano had dropped her and she would be preffing at Latte and Cappuccino.

At this point I had had about as much as I could take. I went into my room around 8:00 and emerged around 9:30 in my pref dress with a cup of hot tea in hand. I calmly walked over and waited outside Cappuccino.

[tld221]

still pushing for Cappuchino!

(oh wait - you transfer from UWacko to UAusome, so i smell a twist!)

[LOVEinZTA]

haha, I'm not very twist-y.

[Katmandu]

THE THING!! What is it?! Is it THIS? Is it THAT?

Love it. Absolutely love it. Continue please!

(I must be slow this week....I just figured out UWacko!! But if it is the school I suspect, there were no nationals back in the day when my friends and I were graceful debutante-pledges with monkeys on our backs.)

[Pike/PhiDeltmom]

LOVEinZTA, you have a wonderful since of humor. This thread has been great! Thanks for sharing it with us!!