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Day 2:Open House B
Thought I would finish off the Open House day for y'all, but then that'll be all til tomorrow, I can't spend my whole NYE workin on this :P hope y'all have a safe and blessed new years! PanhelLove <3
Day 2:
After way too short of a night, where many other PNMs had already begun the "tent talk" (which I tried not to listen to, but it's hard when it's all that's around you!), it was time for day 2.*
Our schedule for the day read:*
Frank
Margaret
Dougall
BREAK
Rupert
Jonathan
Colum
Jenny
Jocasta
So, our first stop was Frank. My mum had been a Frank, so I knew she would be hoping I would love it. I tried so hard to fall in love with this house, but I just couldn't do it. I liked it, but I didn't love it. The girls I talked to seemed kind of .. bland I guess. I was so disappointed, but I knew I would probably be going back at least once more,so it would get a second chance. I figured this house would be scored around a 7/10 for me.*
Next we went to Margaret. This was a house where I felt very connected to their philanthropy, and hoped I would feel as connected with the sisters. The actives at this house were the most varied yet. Some were tall, some were not, some were blonde, many were not ... It seemed like this was the kind of house where anyone could find a niche, and I really liked that. I spoke to I think three girls at this house, and I couldn't wait to come back and meet some more girls.*
After Margaret was Dougall. Here I could really tell how genuinely all the sisters cared about each other when watching them interact. I wasn't sure if this was because it was a smaller chapter, so everyone knew each other better, or if they did more sisterhood events; but I knew I wanted to find out! Their philanthropy is also one that I have a personal "bond" with, so I really realllly wanted to back here.*
We had a quick break, time to rest and freshen up, (and again, make some notes about the houses I had visited) and then we were off to Rupert. I didn't really feel a bond with their philanthropy, but it wasn't one I felt disconnected from either. Here, again, we were paired up 2 PNMs per active. Again, I was not thrilled. Leaving this house, I knew I would be ok either going back or not, I had other houses I liked better, but if they wanted to invite me back, I would go with an open mind.*
We hurried over to Jonathan, and this house was huge! Not just the building itself, but the number of girls too. It was so overwhelming! The good thing about having a lot of actives is that each of the PNMs gets to meet a lot of girls, but I felt like we were getting bumped too often, almost as soon as we had found something beyond the basic questions to chat about. I knew that this would be one of the popular houses, so I didn't expect to be asked back,and that was fine by me.*
After *Jonathan was Colum, and this house I loved everything about going in. Their colors, their philanthropy, everything. I really enjoyed talking to all of the girls, and again I had that feeling of "these are exactly the kind of girl I want to be!"*
Next was Jenny, another house that one of my aunts had been a member of. This was also another house that I loved their colors, their open motto, their philanthropy, everything. I spoke to three girls here, and they were all so different to each other. One I spoke with about books we'd read recently, and I was glad that there was less emphasis on the basic questions we'd been asked everywhere else. I guess they knew we would be sick of it,and were probably getting sick of it themselves! I knew that this house was one of my top choices!*
Last house to visit was Jocasta. I don't remember too much about this house, except that the girls seemed friendly but tired, and I couldn't help but feel like they just wanted us out of their house ... I hoped I would get the chance to make a second impression, but knew I wouldn't be upset either way.*
Based on just my day 2 visits, my list went something like:*
Jenny
Dougall
Colum
Margaret
Frank
Jonathan
Jocasta
Rupert
Now came the hard part. My group had to return to Castle Leoch and rank all of the chapters. Next round is a maximum of 12 Chapters, so I put these as the ones I most wanted to go to again:*
Hamish
Roger
Jenny
Jamie
Dougall
Brian
Colum
Margaret
Frank
Brianna
Geilie
Claire
And the rest as the ones I would rather not return to:*
Jonathan
Laoghaire
Ian
Jocasta
Rupert
After submitting my rankings, I returned to silence with Lizzie. Now,here is where we started giving our opinions on the chapters. We had agreed to not influence each other at all until we had submitted our rankings. I learned that she had loved*Laoghaire and*Ian and hated*Jamie! Funny how the two of us had such opposite opinions and yet got along so well together!
The next day would be House Tours, with a max. Of 12 houses each. I headed to bed early-ish, knowing I needed to rest and would be up early in the morning.*
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