A Bit Behind

Alright so I'm way behind! Life has been a roller coaster of slow, relaxing moments and lots of frantic ones. Finally, though, here's another post.

Lets see, I'm just going to give a general overview of the big events. So the weekend after the last post. Saturday I went in to work and got to leave early since we were so slow. It wasn't too happy though, because I ended up going to the ER to have my spleen checked out and make sure the pain I was having wasn't my spleen leaking. It turns out I'm fine. Then Sunday we (Alph Gams) had our Preference Party. It was pretty good, there were 3 girls that came. No one almost fainted haha. Then right after that we went to hand out bids. After that I had our executive council meeting, during which one of the girls accepted their bid! That was exciting. After that meeting I met with the e-boards of Panhel and IFC, the two governing boards of Greek Life, female and male, respectively. Then I had chapter dinner. We did a taco salad bar. It wasn't too bad, I only had to help clean up since I hadn't been back from my meeting in time to help cook. It was sometime during the course of the day that our second girl accepted her bid, so we officially had a pledge class!

The week after that was pretty normal (ish). Monday I went to work, then class, then I had a meeting with the Order of Omega e-board before my Alph Gam meeting. After both, I did my laundry. Yay clean clothes! Tuesday I met with our advisor to talk about potential job opportunities. It was really helpful. She said she'd forward my resume and cover letter on to the Cognitive and Learning Sciences department, which is where I had applied for a job. Then I went to class. I had an e-board meeting for Order of Omega at 6, then an all-member meeting at 7. Wednesday I went to work and then class and then work again, since it was Grad Fest. It wasn't too bad, not as bad as normal. Then I went to my enterprise meeting and then home. We had our pinning ceremony, where we pinned two new members of AGD, one of which I am a sister-mother for. So I now have two kids; Taylor and Monica. Monica is a first year STC student, which was exciting for me because I'm not alone anymore! Plus she's a lot like me. There will be times when she does something and one of the sisters notices and tells me or her. It's fun.

Thursday morning I got a call for a job offer! It was from Cat, our chapter advisor to be a technical writer/web developer. I'm so excited, I really hope it works out. It's more hours than the bookstore, it pays more, I won't have to lift heavy boxes, it's within my field of study, the hours are scheduled around my schedule, perfect! Then I went to classes in a good mood. I had another meeting with Order of Omega, and then I had a meeting with my STC student chapter. We had a guest speaker come in and talk, and I got a lot out of it! She talked a lot about jobs, being/getting hired and the internet. It was well worth going. Monica went too, so that was our first mother-daughter date! Friday I went to work an hour early to work the register, then I went to classes. After my last class (which I had an exam in), I came home and packed for the weekend. Momma came up with Aunt Mona and we all went to Marquette for the weekend. It was wonderful. I really wished it would have lasted longer though. I didn't get to spend much time with either of them, since I was scrapbooking. We did go shopping though, which was really nice. I came home Sunday and said my goodbyes. Then I cleaned up after chapter dinner and went to bed!

Monday I went in to work and then classes. I met with one of our new members to get to know her, and then I met with another new member an hour later. Then I had my AGD meeting and did my laundry after. Tuesday I went to classes and came home. It was my kid's first meeting, so I talked with her when she got out and gave her a gift! She seemed to like it. Then that night was squirrel night, which was fun. I went to bed before it was over though, I was so tired! Wednesday I talked to Beckie at work and let her know about my new job. I then went to classes and came home. Thursday I met with our Leadership Consultant who got into town on Wednesday. We talked about recruitment for a while. Then I headed to classes. After that, I had my date with Monica again. We sat in the cafe in the library and she bought me a hot chocolate. It was wonderful. I just keep finding out things about her that we have in common and it's kind of weird! But awesome :) Then after that I FINALLY met up with my marketing team for class. It took me about a week and a half of email to get half of our team to show up.

Friday I went to work and then class. I then sold Alph Gam cards (discount cards to restaurants in the community). Then after that I met with my academic advisor to plan out my schedule for the spring semester. It seems pretty decent, and I found out I’m in pretty good shape for graduation! Yay! Later that night I participated in Movie Night with Sigma Tau Gamma, a fraternity across the street that also has a leadership consultant now. We watched Hocus Pocus and it was pretty fun. Saturday I did Make a Difference Day with Beka, Katelyn, and Monica. Bethany was supposed to go too, but she rolled her ankle pretty bad and was having troubles walking. Sonya was supposed to go, but she was totally MIA. So we gave her t-shirt to Monica, since she hadn’t registered but was helping us. We raked leaves. After we ran out of bags, we went to lunch at the Abassador. I got a burrito, and it was pretty darn yummy! Yesterday we had our Winter Carnival meeting, where we figured out a lot of stuff about this year’s carnival. Then we had Fall Clean-up. I got to hold leaf bags open, which was all I did Saturday. I don’t want to do anything too physically challenging for a while. Then my job was to sweep and mop the stairs. Super easy! Then I met with two people on Panhel and IFC to discuss plans for the Greek External Review. It was pretty productive. After that I went home and did some homework in the chapter room with sisters, and then ate chapter dinner. After dinner I met with another one of our new members. I only have one more I haven’t met with! So that’s my past few weeks in a nutshell!