Hey, as far as the song/chant thing goes - if it ain't broke, don't fix it!
Okay, back to day 3....
I got my invitations back on Friday morning, bright and early. I got invited back to all 5 houses, and selected to go back to Elmo, Ernie, and Big Bird. Looking back...I maybe should have given Oscar one more day, but I let the "reputation game" and the dumb freshman boys get the best of me.
I forgot to mention the oh so lovely outfits I wore for the week. I can't remember all of them, but I do remember the grey knit skirt and matching top (as in stretchy knit, like a sweater, but stretched over your butt in skirt form - ick!) that I wore to Friday night parties. Went reallllyyyy well with my big old spiral permed hair. (you other ladies who rushed in the 90's know you had one too...)
Ernie - Can't for the life of me remember the theme, but did the groovy chant/clap thing again. My rush idol pre-dental girl came over to say hi, which just made my night. I also spoke with a very cool soccer player. They had a slideshow which was cute and funny, and I was impressed with their sisterhood and overall laid-back attitude.
Big Bird - Theme was some sort of bedtime, sort of reminded me of Bert's day 2 theme. They had quilts and pillows with the Big Bird letters on them that were big/sis little sis gifts. I met an amazing girl from the crew team who was so cool, and had a great (and much longer than previous days) conversation with a couple of the sophomores in the house. Overall, again, very warm, outgoing, bubbly personalities. One funny thing was that they all wore flannel nightgowns, and with that many girls in the room, they must have been dying in the heat. And one of my friends from my dorm was sitting on a low chair and had some of the cookies they were serving, when all of a sudden one slid down her legs and under her skirt! She was trying to figure out how to dig this out when both she and the girl rushing her saw another one slide down! They both started laughing, and the Big Bird told her she would cover her while she dug the offending cookies out. I loved that story...
Elmo - Picnic theme, I think they wore some sort of khaki short/tee shirt combo. The room was decorated like a park, benches, ect. Walking into the house they were singing more of a serious song, and I whispered something to the girl walking me in, and she looked at me and said "SHHHHH", which was mortifying. Not a good way to begin. I didn't see Charlotte during this party, and I just got this uncomfortable feeling that I just did not fit in with a lot of the girls I spoke to. I spent a lot of time talking to this really, really petite blond cheerleader for a long time which was difficult because I was about a foot taller than her, and I could hardly hear her. She was telling me how diverse their house was, just before she got bumped and introduced me to...one of her fellow cheerleaders, who was petite, blond, and wearing nearly the exact same shade of bright pink lipstick. Oh dear. They just seemed a little more reserved, interested in things that I was not really interested in (Young Life, cheer). The longer I was there, in all honesty, the more I just wanted to leave.
I was kind of depressed going back to the dorm that night. What was I going to do??? I knew Charlotte would be really upset if I didn't go back to Elmo, but I felt like my heart was with the Big Birds, and if I didn't get Big Bird, I thought I would much rather be an Ernie than an Elmo. I honestly hoped that the decision would be made for me, and that I would only get asked back to 2 of the 3 for preference...
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