Today was a jam-packed one.
After classes, I went straight to my first meeting of the day, which was with my new advisor. I had to rework my schedule to fit in some new classes, because I recently changed my major (from Mass Communications to Early Childhood Education)! As it turns out, I only had to add one class to my existing schedule, so I still have THE most amazing schedule possible (my first class Monday thru Friday is as follows: 10am, 10am, 10am, 11am, 2:30pm!).
After that, I had some free time, so I decided to make the most of it and go for a run! It was an especially lovely one today, for some reason (probably because I was running more slowly than I usually do). It was sprinkling, but not all-out raining, the entire time- love that. After the run, I went to my weekly seven-minute-or-less work study meeting with the campus newspaper. I was on a roll from the great run, so after that, I decided to lift some weights and walk on the treadmill in the gym at the student center. I feel good about my workout today!
From there, I ate dinner with Katie and Margaret in the caf, and then went back to my dorm room to shower off and get dressed up for my third and final meeting of the day- Rush Round-up! You read that right- RUSH! It's beginning so very soon, and I can't wait! The purpose of this meeting was for the Panhellenic to give the "rushees" more details and information, and also for the Panhellenic to get more details and information about each of the rushees! We all filled out forms about ourselves, answering legitimate-yet-awkward questions like "Why are you rushing?", "What good qualities do you have to offer?", "What are your hobbies and interests?", and all that good stuff. My friends and I had some fun debating about what would and wouldn't be acceptable to write. Not gonna lie, everyone is a bit paranoid about making a wrong move when it comes to rush! It's like this huge game that we don't know the rules to!
Each rushee also had their picture taken- sounds simple, right? WRONG. First of all, we were required to wear only "neutral" colors- meaning, colors that do not belong to any of the social clubs. This was semi-high stress- I've never been in a situation when it's been SO crucial to discern between purple and maroon! Girls were going up and down the hallways looking for the perfect outfit, and asking everyone for second opinions on whether they were "neutral" or not. So, the getting dressed part was an experience in itself.
Then- and I certainly didn't see this coming- it looked to me like lots of girls had a whole game plan about the face they were going to make for the camera! Most girls did smile in a semi-normal way, I admit. But there were definitely a couple of girls who tried to pull a Kristen Stewart for the camera (you know-deep, serious, contemplative...) . Hmmm. That wasn't my cup of tea, so I just smiled. Hopefully that's okay?!
So many girls who are rushing give off the impression that they have done this all before and know exactly what is going down. I'll be the first to admit that I have NO idea what to expect!! No idea. I'm just along for the ride, and I'm super excited!!
Now for a bit of cleaning and homework! Life is crazy, but life is good.
-clg
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