Halloween Pictures!

From geeks to ballerinas to where's waldo to cowgirls.... HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

En Fuego: 2010. Knock em' DEAD 9♥

Hello Fall!

It's that time of year again... where the air gets a little colder, pumpkins find their places out on front door stoops and costumes are the talk of the town. Halloween is just around the corner!! I was thinking Pochantus or Tinkerbell. Decisions, decisions!

Things have been quite a whirlwind since my last post 3 weeks ago. We welcoming 9 amazing girls into our sisterhood and I couldn't be more excited. The process is 6 weeks, which means we're half way done. It's been classes, Delta, writing, Delta, homework, and more Delta and I am loving every minute of it. Some days I find myself a little low on sleep but I just remember why I am doing this and the girls make everything seem worth while.

It was homecoming this past weekend and we CLEANED UP. Seriously. Football played Occidental and we ended up winning 51-7 or something ridiculous like that and soccer killed, 4-1. Talk about a reason to celebrate! Friday night we went to the bars with all the alumni in town (including my big sis, my pledge mom from HAWAII, and a miss jenna tempkin :) ) Ahhhhh. It was so much fun. They are not used to us being 21 and able to partake in such activities so it was a nice change of pace from campus frat parties.

Saturday morning we had an Alumni Brunch at the Delta house. It was a really nice social hour and we had mimosas and I introduced all the old and washed up graduates to my babies :) They were SO cute and not shy at all. Every fall our alums award a Delta Girl of the Year at the brunch and this year I was chosen. I was so surprised and flattered, it really meant a lot to me. They engraved my name on a plaque with the other recipients that hangs in the house, gave me a silver charm with my name on it, and a check for $200. It was WAY to nice and I am still in shock. Everyone votes on a senior, so the nomination came from my sisters.

This coming Friday we have our annual fundraiser party, En Fuego. Saturday is Greek Presents (and early halloween celebrations) and Sunday is Halloween!

Here are some pictures from the past few weeks; football games, sports functions, a random one night in VEGAS, and more.

Oh the thrill of it all...

It feels like Christmas. I could barely sleep last night, getting to bed somewhere around 230am and waking up at 7. TODAY IS BID DAY!!!! And I am freaking out. In four hours we will be welcoming new babies into Delta. I am terrified, excited, nervous, elated, stoked, and all of the above. You have to be a sophomore or older to rush in the fall so the small fact that I won't be dealing with freshmen is pretty reassuring. Starting today, for the next 6 weeks my life is going to be full of purple. I will have many little ones looking up to me and calling me "mom." Maybe this responsibility is amazing birth control... after week 2 I am told I will just want to rip out all of my hair. BUT I feel like it will be different. I love every one of these girls and I am so excited to be calling them sisters soon.

We will find out who took our bids around noon today. In a half hour we all get to the house and start crafting. While they are waiting for their bids, we are waiting for them at the house. I think it's a cool tradition. 3:30pm they find us at an off campus house, they meet me for the first time, and the day begins!

On another note, I wanted to give a little shout out to my wonderful, amazing, incredible sister, who turned 19!!!!!! on Thursday. 19. God, that makes me feel old! Haha. But seriously, I am so lucky to have a sister as amazing as Megan... with each year you only turn more into the incredible woman I know you are.

Ok, I have to get out of bed and start embarking on the craziest most wonderful most exciting day of MY LIFE..... honestly, I am like school girl giddy. Oh my...

Mom & Dad: I hope you guys have a blast in NY visiting the birthday girl!!! I am there in spirit :)

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Hello heat!

It was a hot one this weekend, topping out at 108 degrees, WOAHH! Anything above 100 starts to feel the same but it was disgusting nonetheless. Blah! Thursday we had a football function, Friday was dedicated to getting ready for Formal Rush, Saturday was Formal rush, and yesterday was a homework day!

I am just getting so excited for Saturday I really cannot stand it. All these girls are so cute and I've fallen in love with so many of them... Saturday cannot come soon enough! This whole week will be dedicated to finishing up all the things I need to get ready for them. I have to print out pages for their new member books, finishing tying ribbon on the book sleeves, and get their Bid Day things together. So much to do and SO EXCITED for it to finally comeeee!!!!

Here is a picture of (most of) the seniors at formal rush:

And this is me and Natalie, the president. Come Saturday, we will be very busy girls these next 6 weeks!

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I wanted to share a poem Nana sent me, it is pretty and simple and I loved it :)

Some Say

Some say you're lucky

If nothing shatters it.

But then you wouldn't

Understand poems or songs.

You'd never know

Beauty comes from loss.

It's deep inside every person:

A tear tinier

Than a pearl or thorn.

It's one of the places

Where the beloved is born.

for Lisa

Gregory Orr

What a week!

Well, Rush has officially begun! Our informal was last night. Our theme was Superhero and our slogan: Have no fear, Delta is here! It was super cute and the girls got really into it! We have 111 rushees, needless to say it was overwhelming but in a good way :) Our formal rush is Saturday and then recruitment events are all next week. Wahoo!

On other topics, my looming senior portfolio is starting to freak me out, like really. A novel was not something I saw myself working on at 21 (ha) but, I'm jumping right in! It's a pretty daunting assignment. And strangely enough the biggest challenge is just blocking out a chunk of time for just me and my laptop. No phones. No facebook. My first 40 pages are due in 2 weeks. Eek! Updates to come...

Wanted to share some pictures.... just from random weekend fun :) Tonight we have a function with the football team, jersey themed, and tomorrow it's back to the library for me!

Oh PS: Week 2 of YOGGAA and I'm in love ♥ (and sore........) ;)

Senior Fall!

Some pictures from the last week or so, enjoy!

I have not abandoned my blog!

So I'm not going to say I didn't think about it. After a semester abroad I came to a point where since I was no longer able to write about my weekend trips to Italy and Switzerland, blogging seemed pretty boring. BUT I started this as a freshman in college and I want to finish it how I envisioned. A neat 4 year summary of all of my experiences, memories, pictures, and friendships.

I don't have any pictures to share quite yet, but I do have updates.

First and foremost, last week I said hello to my last year of college. I am a senior. What in the world? Honestly, I can so vividly remember my freshman year; moving in during a 110 degree heat wave, rushing, pledging, playing tennis, meeting best friends. It seems like the saying holds true, time flies when you're having fun. And oh has it flown.

As I said before, I am pledge mom this semester and I truly CANNOT WAIT. Rush starts next week and on October 2nd I will have little delta babies to call my own.

Class wise I am swamped with what every senior goes through. Their senior capstones, final workshops, senior portfolios, blah blah blah. I only have one assignment in my final fiction workshop and that is simply to write a novel. Write a novel, the professor said, as if she were telling us to color a picture. Write a what? I asked Amy, one of my fellow English majors sitting next to me. This was announced last week during our first class so I guess I've had a week to get used to the idea but not really. Ha.

I also decided to join the 2010-2011 staff of the Redlands Review. The RR is our university's literary magazine and it is a full year commitment. I'm really excited because this is the only taste of journalism I have gotten since I've been here and I love the process of literary journalism. Everything from copy editing to layout.

I also am embarking on a new chapter in my life... yoga! I am currently going through an emotionally draining and hard break up, so I thought it is as good a time as any to make a few changes and get happy again :)

Today was my first class, 9-10:30am and I loved it! I have never EVER sweat so much in my entire life. I mean it. I was dripping, my hands were slipping on my mat, and my vision would periodically become temporarily blurred by my salty toxins as I trying to relax. Relax? I felt like someone just threw me in the pool and then laid me on this mat ON LAND. The girl next to me was lightly dabbing her face with a cool towel while I, yoga-virgin and towel-less, sent limbs and sweat flying while I tried to remain cool, calm, and collected. Oh, and breathing.

That may seem like a headache of a class but minus the profuse sweating-no towel part, it was amazing! I feel rejuvenated and ready for the day.

So there's my little post. More to come, I promise! Stick with me as I conquer senior year and finish this whole college thing up the right way :)