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Bid Day was EXCRUCIATING. It didn't start until 6 PM and I had only one class that day. The snow was really coming down outside, and after my class I went to my room and stared out the window, still mesmerized at the concept of snow. I was trying to think about anything else, but I couldn't. I decided my best option was to go to sleep until it was time to get up and get ready, because my thoughts were racing so much I couldn't stand being awake.
Of course I dreamt about bid night. I dreamt that I walked in to the ballroom and was immediately crowded by the Blueberries. They handed me my bid and excitedly welcomed me. I was happy, but not ecstatic. I knew I'd learn to love them the way I loved Raspberry, but I couldn't help feeling disappointed. When I woke up, I was completely disoriented. I had no idea if it had been a dream or not. When I checked my phone, it was 4:30, so I decided to get up and start getting ready.
I downloaded two backgrounds for my phone. One was Blueberry themed with their mascot, and one was Raspberry themed. I decided as soon as I got my bid, I would apply one and delete the other. My 21st century version of symbolism...
Bid Day was on campus. I walked with my orientation friend and two other girls from her floor. We talked about who we had preffed and found all four of us had preffed Raspberry number one. We arrived and sat in our RC groups. One of my RC's walked around the circle with a big smile, handing each of us an envelope with our name on it. She told us we had to sit on them until everyone in the room had their bid (all 600 of us). I couldn't take it. I felt like the bid was burning under me. I NEEDED to open it!!! After what felt like hours, the RC's announced we could open our bids.
I opened mine very carefully, knowing I would want to preserve the envelope with the bid card. I pulled the card out of the envelope and saw the crest in all its colorful splendor of.....
you ready?
RASPBERRY!!!!
aka
DELTA GAMMA!
I started screaming and looked over to see my orientation friend was holding the same bid card! We ran over to our group and put on our bid day shirts. I sat with my new sisters and watched the RC's do their reveal. Turned out, the one who gave me my bid card was also a DG! I was so excited! The girl from my high school that I took the cab with the night before recruitment started was there, as well as the two other girls I had walked over with. We were all beside ourselves knowing we were now new members of Delta Gamma. I was initiated in March and my sisters are extremely dear to me. I love my home in DG, and feel very lucky to have ended up in the sorority I loved from the start. I met my big on bid night. We had a party with pizza and cake, and I felt so at home.
Of course after recruitment was over I got extremely sick from the lack of sleep and food (and the weather probably didn't help either.) My new sisters brought me cupcakes in DG colors two days after bid day! I knew then that we really were brought together to be sisters at heart.
ITB to any Deegs reading. I LOVE DG! <3
Last edited by beebee21; 08-09-2011 at 02:37 PM.
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