As an "older" PNM, it was a little weird walking into the Great Hall to receive my bid with all these "younger" freshmen
I started talking before we went in with another woman, and we wound up sitting next to each other as we watched a Greek spirit video and listen to a couple of talks by the Greek advisor and PH President. After the Rho Chi's reaffiliated, we were all given the chance to open our bid cards (which, up to this point, we'd been either standing on or sitting on!) I opened mine and was thrilled to see my first choice staring back at me, and the woman that I had talked to opened hers...we were both ADPis!!! We shrieked and gave each other these huge hugs, not even knowing what each other's name was. We then met up with the rest of the new Alphas, and since we didn't have a Rho Chi that year, one of the Deltas came over from the chapter room to meet us all. She taught us a couple of cheers, and just looking around at the faces of all my new sisters, I was so excited to be home. We walked back to the CR, and I think I was the first one into the room with the sisters lined up in two facing rows (think dancing down rows like in Grease or She's All That) whooping and hollering! We sat on the couches and they gave us our bid day bags, which was so wonderful. (Unfortunately, I had to leave 5 minutes later because I had to be at a choir performance and then I came back afterwards, but I missed out on the bid day picture!) We spent the rest of the night playing games and learning more cheers, and I think about my bid night everytime I hear about another woman's bid day or help out at recruitment at my university.
Now I wish I was still in college with my chapter....
Hybrid Mode
