I missed the good hurricane :(

Thursday, September 11, 2008
When I woke up this morning, I did have a lot of stuff that I was going to blog about. I was feeling really overwhelmed and stressed out. Luckily though, Krystal is a doll and offered to let me call her and unload all of my problems on her at 9:30 this morning. I called her at exactly 9:30 and talked (with no interruptions from her) until 9:45. When you think about it, 15 minutes of straight talking is a lot. I am so grateful that she was willing to just sit there and let me open up my big ole can of crazy on her.

My visit at Rogers State is going pretty well so far. The women are nice, but it’s not quite the same as it was at Psi Psi. I just really bonded with those women. I think that’s partly because there was only 8 of them and I had to meet with them all repeatedly because they held multiple positions, plus meet with them as a whole each night, plus I was staying with several of them. Here, the only person I’m meeting with repeatedly is the VP of PR and Recruitment, I don’t have to meet with whole chapter and I’m living by myself. It is making for quite the lonely stay here. I am looking forward to this weekend. The president mentioned that a few of them might be going salsa dancing on Friday night and I’m SUPER excited about that! I can’t dance at all and I’m sure that I’m going to make a fool of myself, but I’m ok with that. She also wants to take me to the zoo because apparently Tulsa has America’s favorite zoo (not the biggest, just the favorite). I’m a pretty big fan of the zoo, so I’m excited about that as well. Another member of the colony just turned 21 this week and they might be going to a comedy club to celebrate Saturday night and she invited me to come along. I’m not sure if these ladies will remember that they invited me to these things and actually follow through with calling me when the weekend rolls around, but I sure hope so. I might go crazy if I have to spend the whole weekend in this apartment by myself!

I don’t think I even mentioned my nice little apartment in my last blog. The first night I was here I stayed with the President and her roommate at their house but then Monday evening they got me all set up in my own little apartment. It has a full kitchen with a table, a TV with cable and two arm chairs, a bed room with a double size bed, a twin size bed, a desk, a dressed two closets, a big vanity area with sink, and a bathroom with another small vanity area. It’s pretty awesome! I have my suitcases spread out on the twin size bed, all my toiletries on the vanity area and the desk set up as a nice little work space. The only down side (well, there’s two really) is that I don’t have internet. But it’s really close to the library so I don’t mind walking over there to use the internet. It ensures that I get some exercise in my day. It also get’s a little lonely here. At Psi Psi I was rarely alone (I even shared a bed with Krystal) so it’s quite the adjustment going from a couple of house alone a day to all day alone with the exception of a couple of hours of meetings. I’m excited about my next visit because I’m pretty sure that they have a chapter house that I get to stay in!

Since I do have all of this time on my hands, maybe I’ll go running tonight. Although, it’s been raining all day and I don’t really want to go running in the rain. I also discovered today that my umbrella leaks. That really sucked. It didn’t just rain today, it POURED all day long. I had to walk across campus in the rain, in heels and a suit and it sucked. I was smart enough to check the weather when I woke up today so I didn’t waste my time straightening my hair. That was a real plus, especially with the leaky umbrella.