oh pictures from bid day!

Here are some pictures from bid day/scream night two weeks ago. We got 10 new lovely babies!!! and I LOVE them!

all decked out in purple flair :)


us on bid day!


bid day shirts... delta love♥

my relaxing fall break---

Our fall break is basically an amazing 4 day weekend (mon&tues off) that comes the first weekend every october and even thought i didn't have any major plans this year, it has been so relaxing!
Friday I went to Claremont for our tennis ITA tournament where all of us played really well, it was mid-80's, no complaints. Then Friday night Lj and I went and saw Night at Rotanthe with Richard Gere and Diane Lane, and it was SO sad/depressing/sent a hopeless life message. Ah! I totally thought by the previews too that it was going to be so romantic and "happily ever after" but that was definitely not the case. Good thing we had popcorn to distract me or I would have been a weeping mess. Saturday I SLEPT IN, went to the gym, mailed some letters to sisters abroad, and went out to dinner for my friend Emily's birthday. Dinner was lots of fun but 18 college aged people/The Outback/ noise control was a bit of an issue. I have sympathy for waiters now so I gave him a big tip :)
Saturday night we went out to the water polo house, football apartments, and Jenna's apartment. Super fun! We were out late and sunday was kinda a wash but everyone was out and I had a blast!
Yesterday Jackie and I hit the library for some intense quiet work hours. I had a argument paper for my ethics and social philosophy class on affirmative action in colleges and universities in the US, woo! am I glad I'm done with that! Jackie had to leave early for soccer practice and I stayed at the library longer and 5:30pm it was mostly complete.
Last night I stayed in, did laundry, edited my paper, and watched 2 episodes of FRIENDS season 3. Went to bed around 11, then woke up at 4am with one of my top-five WORST headaches to date. awful, horrible, head pounding, couldn't function. Watched a Sex&the city episode at 4:30am to try and get my mind off it but that didn't work. Musical beds, (I ended up in LJ's, 4 advil, and a 15 minute conversation with Jackie about our plans for the morning later, and I fell back asleep)
Thank goodness I didn't wake up this morning in the same condition! ugh. Anyways, this morning I woke up around 9, watched a little of the TODAY show, went for a jog, and got brunch with the girls.
I just got back from laying out on the quad, its 93 degrees here! Hott... so soaking up some sunshine while reading for my lit class sounded good :)
I'm just about to do some more reading. We're reading Peter Pan and Wendy right now and I'm loving every second of it. I find myself imagining the Disney versions in my head while I'm reading but the novel is somewhat different so its really interesting to compare the two.

I'm having such a good start to the week, hopefully it will just get better! :)
There's a birthday in the family coming up.... whose?? my mommy's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yah.
XOXO

officially october!! hello fall :)

Here are some pictures from last night. The girls and I went out to many different places, way too much fun for a thursday!! =)


a little delta love ♥


jackie and i... all smiles :)


lauren's

thoughts

when the world gets quieter
and you're alone with your thoughts
inner emotions suddenly surface.

emotions that seem real enough to grab;
real enough that you feel almost certain that if you really wanted to,
you could remove them altogether.

but at the same time
you have no control when they will surface,
when they will grab you,
when they will consume you altogether.

and when they do consume you,
its hard to ever really think about anything else.

really quick

things on my mind:
* finishing my art history paper due tomorrow
* reading for fiction workshop tomorrow
* gossip girl tonight! (then the HILLS)
* thinking about my sisters... virginia you are in my thoughts
* anxious about the bid meeting friday
* played well in tennis, hopefully i can keep my mental game up
* lip sync (were Olympics in Bejing themed) wednesday
* missing the abroad girls
* almost megan's birthday!! =)
* liz starts rush tomorrow, good luck! busy busy girl
thats about all----

"all people want is someone to listen" h.elliott

the kind of fridays that make monday-thursday not seem so bad

Although my schedule is a very busy one, not having classes on friday's is already one of my favorite things about this new semester. Tennis practice from 8am-10 though early, was really nice to have so the rest of my day was free! I completed a fiction piece, half my reading for the class, a half hour nap, lunch with the girls, greek lip sync practice from 2-3:30 and a good gym sesh! plus amazing sushi we just got home from!
Tonight I'm staying in with Jackie and Mary and we're going to see 'The Women' at 9:50pm. Liz gave it good reviews!
So that was my day in a nutshell. Tomorrow is our formal rush. We have to be there at 11am, rush is from 2:40-4pm. A full delta day that I get to spend with my sisters :) nothing better.
A week from tonight I will be getting ready for Fall Bid Day. That's when we discuss, bash, and duke it out for the girls we like and the ones we don't. It will be my first one and I'm kind of nervous, I hear there really dramatic/intense/emotion. ah!
But I'm SO excited for a new 'new member class' and to no longer be considered 'the babies' teehehehe ;)
I'm starting to really miss the girls who are abroad. I know that will be me a year from now and it's kinda scary. Scary but good. Maybe a tad bit more scary simply because I don't know where I want to go yet!!! But I am determined to figure it out this semester and then things will hopefully become more structured and I will in turn become less anxious. Italy and London are the front runners as of now.... so we'll see!!
What else? Not a lot. Good luck to megan and austin in their tennis tourney this weekend! I heard austin dominated today... yyeeaahhhh!!!! =) thinking of you two always!!!
and a thank you to mom who sent me twinkly lights today, and some nail polish, super cute card, && gum :) :) thanks mom! you made me smile :)
SAFE TRIP WISHES to lizzz who leaves today for UCLA RUSHHH. so excited to share greek life with you! and even more excited to have us back in the same state :] PLUS you now have a car to come see meee. yah!!!
XOXO

EN FUEGOOO

So the pictures following are HUGE but jackie and i are having challenges making them smaller for some reason? so they're just going to be enormous I guess. Last night was our En Fuego Dance/ Fundraiser and it went VERY well!! Well decorated all day saturday and had little to no drama. Our goal was $1500 and we have a meeting tonight so I guess we'll see soon!
Even though it was a success, we are all very tired. Working set-up from 1-5pm and then working the event from 9-2am was draining and a lot of time to be on your feet thats for sure! But it was all worth it.
Just doing laundry, finished my lit homework for tomorrow, have more reading to do for lit, and am almost done with my first creative piece for my fiction workshop. LJ and I have to go pick up Lost in Translation and watch it for our philosophy class with a write-up due thursday... wheew!! a lot to do/done. and still going!!
Delta meeting tonight at 7 and once my reading is out of the way it's off to bed for me. Long weekend but definitely fun!!


jenna and i!!


8/10 of our pledge class!! I♥the token ten!!!


a little deltakappapsi and pichi =) brother sister; greek love :)
don't think thats all of us... but we did get a lot of us in!!