Pearl~
Both pref ceremonies were wonderful - very heartfelt and emotional. She says she can see herself in either chapter after today. She is still hoping for Candlelight, but knows that she would be happy in Chrysanthemum also. I'm just hoping she doesn't get the dreaded pi chi visit tomorrow morning.
One thing that was shocking was how some of the PMs were behaving as they waited outside for the ceremonies to start. My daughter said that the girl next to her was openly complaining about having to go back to Chrysanthemum and she didn't understand why she couldn't cut them. Something similar happened outside Candlelight, only it was a girl who was excited to go to Candlelight but was complaining about having to go back to Respousse (a chapter my daughter would have been sooooo grateful to go back to).
My daughter estimates that out of her original group of 80 girls, about a third have dropped out of recruitment. She tried to count everyone this morning when the pi chis were handing out invitations.
Oh, and some PMs were wearing shorts and tank tops to pref.