After ranking the houses:
Barcelona
Tokyo
London
New York
And I dropped:
Rome
Los Angeles
I got my new schedule from my Rho Gamma which read:
Tokyo
New York
Los Angeles
Barcelona
I was so excited that I still had a full schedule! But WHY was
Los Angeles still on there?! A lot of PNM's were complaining that
Los Angeles &
New York were still on their schedule. Already, I had decided that those were the ones I was going to drop that night. I was so annoyed. There was no connection with those houses.
I was slightly heart broken that
London wasn't on there. I knew I did not have the best conversation with that sister, but I guess she just really didn't like me.
Oh well. It was tour day! Where I would be living for two years was important to me.
First off to
Tokyo. I was still not used to the outside of their house. It reminded me of a haunted house, but kept nicer of course. When we went upstairs though I found it actually very charming! It had a really nice layout and I liked the rooms. The sister showing me around was obsessed with the candy, but I politely declined because the candy would hurt my stomach since I didn't have too much to eat that morning. The sister tried talking to me about shows like the Hills and Gossip Girl and such but I don't watch them so it was difficult to find a topic to talk about. I was then bumped to another sister who told me that she had heard so much about me and that she was so excited to meet me. I asked her something strange like who told her, or how she heard about me, and she dodged the question. I am such an idiot.
She also grabbed my shoulders and told me to calm down. lol. I guess I was just slightly nervous :/. I left the house liking them still, just I really needed to stop being a really dumb PNM.
Next was
New York. Ugh. The active who was touring me around was nice, but once again I didn't feel a connection. I could tell the entire chapter was very proud of the history of the house which was impressive, I just was not very impressed with it. The upstairs was weird and very narrow. The house was not laid out very well. The sister showed me the president's room. I really liked it and actually pictured myself here. But only there. In that one room. Next, we went inside a room that was completely covered in wood, and looked like the inside of a ship. I get motion sickness rather easily and actually felt really nauseous while we were in there. She showed me the sleeping porch which was frightening. The cots were rusting!I really, really did not like that house.
Onto
Los Angeles. I was double-rushed here. The other girl I was with just really looked like the rest of the sorority (blondehair, heavier, round face). And she seemed really interested. The house was laid out spectacularly and their bathrooms were really nice. The sister told stories of them all getting ready for events together and how fun it was. I really enjoyed the stories she shared of their sisterhood. Their house looked very new, and was laid out perfectly for a sorority. However, I just did not feel like I truly fit in there. The other PNM definitely was. And the rusher definitely talked to her more.
Lastly, the one I had been saving up all of my energy for was
Barcelona. By now I was freaking out. My heart was beating fast and I didn't know how to act. I just REALLY REALLY REALLY wanted to be apart of this sorority! I was called last, which frightened me (did I not actually get this house on my list? Was there a mistake?). And by the time I had gotten inside, my hair was between straight and wavy. Basically just not cute at all. The sister took me around and I was so nervous that I was was snooty. Snooty-ness? Where did that come from? I have no idea. I told her how much this house was so cute and great. She showed me her pin and her Bid card. I told her how my mom still has hers and blah blah blah. After the tour ended, we went into a small room and talked. It turned out we were both into running! She started talking about how they do this race for their philanthropy and how all the girls trained together. I thought this was just amazing! But I laughed and said that I couldn't probably run that much. We did have the awkward conversation about the fact that I don't watch Gossip Girl or the Hills or anything. Oh well.
I was so nervous about this house when I left, but I had a pretty good feeling.
When we got back to the meeting room I quickly wrote down:
Barcelona
Tokyo
And dropped:
New York
Los Angeles
That was an easy decision!
Hybrid Mode
