Ballerina Rush

[caylaashley]

Day Three

So Nervous!!

I couldn't go to sleep the night before, and a guy from my orientation group kept texting me to keep me awake....and all of the sudden he texted me saying he was outside my dorm! Wait I had a no boy rule right now; I was allowed to say hi though. So, I went outside and said hello and talked the two of them into setting up our fan so we weren't so hot, and the two guys knew I had recruitment and left right after thank god.

I woke up at 5:30 when my alarm was set for 6, but I got up anyways since I knew with the amount of butterflies that had taken up residence in my stomach there would be no chance of me falling back asleep. I did my make up and the whole girly thing which I don't usually do because I just am kind of lazy about that sort of thing. All of this was done in the dark because my roommate was still asleep and I didn't want to wake her up.

I had left my room twice already and I was getting ready to leave again and when I opened the door there was a mirror with "Be-You-Tiful" written on it from my Rho Gamma. It was so great getting it because I was kind of freaking out about everything. She also put a Britney Spears quote on my door from when Britney was cute and innocent. I absolutely love my Rho Gam.

I was done getting ready so I left for the dorm lobby to meet by group for breakfast. During breakfast, I was seriously contemplating not eating because my stomach had gone from a colony of butterflies to a knot you would hand a boy scout to untie. WSU does it so your tour group is different than your Rho Gam group which made me sad because I didn't know anyone in my group.

However, my sadness didn't stop time and we were soon booking it to our first chapter. Between deep breaths and mints, I found enough courage to say hi to the PHC president whom my sister had met at a conference. It was awesome because before I could get out "Hi, I'm Cerra from this conference's little sister" she was already knew who I was and was wishing me luck and told me to come see her after I got my bid. She was so genuine and I totally loved her.

Ballet West
I really liked this chapter; their sense of sisterhood was great. I talked to 3 girls here and I love-love-loved them. The second I was only somewhat connected to but the third I fell in love with! We talked about surfing and other things; we talked about how she does everything with her sisters and how close she and her big are. I was really sad when this party came to an end.

Marin Dance Theater
I really didn't fit in this chapter. Like there felt like a disconnect between the sisters. These girls were nice, but they brought up boys a lot! I wasn't really digging this chapter at all.

Ballet Yuma
I felt super forced in this chapter. One sister was telling me how perfect I would be for their community service chair which kind of freaked me out. She was so excited for me to run for it....it was really kind of bothering me. My rush book says I loved the girl from California, but I can't remember her at all.

My rush booklet has a mini rant about the fact that I was starving at this point with only water and mints in my stomach and how the Rho Gammas like shove mints at you.....back to my chapters.

ABT
I sat in the dining room for this party and had no idea what to do with my hands. All of my conversations seemed to be super awkward and rushed because I talked to 6 or 7 women and basically had the same conversation with all of them. I think I remembered them having good values?

Columbia Ballet
The first girl I talked to here was amazing! We talked about tumblr, batman, spiderman, Harry Potter, The Princess Bride, how awkward we both are. It was perfect. She passed me off to a girl who I felt stared into my soul because she never broke eye contact or blinked. She also flipped her head back and forth a lot. She didn't lead the conversation at all. The last girl I talked to was on the rowing team and we totally clicked. I was a little iffy about this house but wanted to come back.

Julliard
This was my last party of the day. I was super tired and didn't think I would even be able to focus. The girl who picked me up looked identical to my sister's little and was so fun! We talked about how crazy rush is and how fun it would be to pretend to be fraternity men and sit outside and holler at them when they go through formal recruitment. We chatted about silly things and she finally passed me off to a girl who I talked to about nothing and everything. I loved this house.

At the end of the day my top three choices were

Julliard
Ballet West
Columbia Ballet
I was extremely nervous for the next day because I had seven parties and one was Long Beach Ballet! I wanted to make my sissy proud!