Ready or Not, Here I Come Cyprus-Rhodes! (A "Greek" Based Recruitment Story)

[18andRushing]

A milestone has hit, 10 days until I will be heading off to school. The whole summer I was waiting and counting down the days while wondering why the numbers lowered so slowly. Now that the final days at home are before me, I am worried. I still need to buy a few things. I still need to pack all of my possessions into cardboard boxes. I still need to say goodbye to all of my friends and family. I need to fit as much summer as I can into my final days. I realize that I should have treasured each minute of each hour of each day rather then marking them off. I would be moving 3 hours away to "Cyprus-Rhodes" and would not return for more than a month. I can see that my mother is hurting inside, with one daughter headed to Undergrad while the other to Grad school. My sisters are trying to prepare me for the homesickness, while not understanding why I would ever want to join a sorority. I can't admit to them that I would truly miss having a huge family all living near me; that I would need a set of friends, or sisters, to become my family away from my family; that I would need a home away from my home.

I have been receiving mail and emails from "Cyprus-Rhodes," but none of much importance. None are from my school's Panhellenic Council. I am nervous about recruitment. I am trying to soak up as much information as I can before heading off for Greek life. But all I can think of now is "10 days left until I'm alone."