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The plan for house tours day was that we would go meet with our Rho Chis, pick up our invitations, and then have a few hours to prepare before it was time to go to the parties. We could receive up to six invitations that day and I was SO nervous. We had previously signed up for “appointments” with our rho chis and I was the last of the three girls to go. Megan and Kate had both come back pretty disappointed from their picks. They had both been dropped by Troy Polumalu and Carson Palmer, two of their top picks. So I was a little nervous going in. When I met with my Rho Chi, I found out that I got all of my top picks except for Troy Polumalu (which if you remember, I didn’t really like anyways but had ranked them 4th because the other girls liked them.)
These are the houses we were invited back to.
Trojan Woman
Mike Williams
Carson Palmer
Matt Leinart
Dwayne Jarret
Frostee Rucker
Steve Smith
Megan
Mike Williams
Matt Leinart
Frostee Rucker
Steve Smith
Reggie Bush
John David Booty
Kate
Mike Williams
Matt Leinart
Dwayne Jarret
Frostee Rucker
Steve Smith
Reggie Bush
Megan and Kate were not thrilled that I was invited back to Carson Palmer and they weren’t. They immediately became catty and told me they wouldn’t do my make-up that day. I also talked with my boyfriend who only wanted to focus on how I had “messed up” and not gotten invited back to Troy Polumalu. So I headed to my room to get ready and to call my number one supporter . . . my mom. I told her about how my feelings were hurt by my friends and that my boyfriend was starting to really to annoy me with his opinions. Sidenote: My boyfriend and I had been together for 4 years and our relationship was definitely winding down. This was the beginning of the end and we broke up shortly after rush. To this day he remains a good friend and I recently went to his wedding! My mom told me to keep my head up and to go out and have fun. She also said that maybe I shouldn’t be in contact with my boyfriend for the rest of rush since he was making things more difficult. I did end up heading back to Megan’s room across the hall and smoothing things over with the girls, because it is no fun to get ready for rush alone! We all apologized for the fight and they admitted that they were upset about their invitation list and were even considering not going to some of the parties. They did end up going to all that they were invited to for the experience. We also agreed that we would rely on each other less and just concentrate on finding the right house for us.
So house tours began. Megan and Kate headed to Steve Smith for their first party and I headed to Mike Williams.
Mike Williams: Oh my gosh . . . I love this house! It is gigantic! Their theme was alsor really funny. The girls had fun pictures put up everywhere to show the events they do throughout the year. There were all different sizes of rooms, from doubles, triples, quads, and I even saw one with 6 beds! Everyone I talked to was friendly and seemed genuinely excited to have me there. I saw the girl that I had connected with on the first day and she remembered my name. Their philanthropy project was also really interesting. They will definitely be high on my list.
Frostee Rucker: This house was smaller than the first house, but still really pretty. I really liked the song they sang as we came in. The energy was a little lower than it had been at Mike Williams but the girls were still really nice. We spent more time on the philanthropy project than actually seeing the house, and I would have liked to have seen more of the house. While this house isn’t my favorite, I still really liked everyone I met and I am not quite ready to say that I am done visiting them.
Dwayne Jarret: This house tour was odd, and not just because the house was being redone. That part was actually pretty cool. The rooms were almost done and it was cool getting to see how big they would be. Sidenote: The remodel of this house was supposed to be done prior to rush starting . . . but you know how construction can be. The weird part was the two actives that took me on the house tour with another rushee. They took us into this one room and had us watch to Beta fish fight with each other. The whole time they talked to each other and the other rushee and I hung out and talked to each other. She and I both left there with not good feelings about the house.
Carson Palmer: Okay . . . LOVED this house and all the girls I met. My friend from high school was one of the girls I talked to during the tour and she gave me a big hug and told me how happy she was to see me back today. The house was beautifully decorated and the rooms were set up cool. I could imagine living there. I really liked their philanthropy activity. I spent some time talking with the President and the Rush Chair and felt like I could see myself in this house.
Matt Leinart: I was struck again by how beautiful all the girls were that I met at this house. The house layout was different than the others with large rooms for that the newest members often lived in that slept around 10. All of the pictures of the events were great. The girl I spent time with during the philanthropy activity was from the same area as I was and we knew a lot of people in common. I definitely liked this house a lot but thought that Carson Palmer and Mike Williams were still probably my top two choices.
Steve Smith: The conversation at this house was once again stilted. It almost seemed like every girl I talked to was surprised that I was at the party. It left me feeling unwelcome. Also, I still thought it was too pastel.
Kate, Megan, and I met up after all the parties to talk about our days. We still had some houses in common but not all of them. We were meeting with our rho chis to rank them 1-6 and then we could be invited back to 4 houses the next morning. I was pretty clear on who I wanted to rank 5 and 6 and shared my thoughts with my friends. They had the same thoughts, but had gone to some different houses than I had and wanted to rank them lower. So these were our rankings at the end of House Tours.
Trojan Woman
Mike Williams
Carson Palmer
Matt Leinart
Frostee Rucker
Dwayne Jarret
Steve Smith
Megan
Matt Leinart
Mike Williams
Frostee Rucker
Steve Smith
Reggie Bush
John David Booty
Kate
Mike Williams
Matt Leinart
Dwayne Jarret
Frostee Rucker
Steve Smith
Reggie Bush
We were all feeling good at the end of the day. I called my mom and she gave me lots of positive support and I didn’t return or listen to any messages from my boyfriend!
Time to go to sleep so we could wake up and get our invitations for slide show day!
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Thanks for sanity.
Hybrid Mode
