This is the link to see the pictures that I've taken recently. I am going to take pictures of the house I'm at now later this week and put them up.
So I just now realized that I only wrote three blogs the whole month of October. Wow. Sorry about that. I just wasn't really in the mood to share things with people. I'll try and be better about that this month.
The last time I wrote I was a Beta Gamma on Tahlequah, OK. I had a lot of fun on my visit there! Those girls were so nice! They also stocked my room with snacks so if they forgot to feed me it was no big deal because I had cereal, salads, tuna, nutrigrain bars, etc. I didn't get to go to the wedding while I was there (they forgot about me). I was kind of bummed about that but I did enjoy just sitting around and doing nothing all day, so it wasn't so bad. I also went out one night with some of the girls on the exec board. I had a blast with them!! Those are seriously the sweetest girls I've ever met (as well as the prettiest). The chapter had a halloween date party with one of the fraternities where everyone dressed like a famous couple and we all carved pumpkins. People were randomly assigned dates, which I thought was neat. My date and I went as a devil and an angel. Our pumpkin was totally lame though. Neither of us are creative so we just carved our letters into it. Beta Gamma was also the best chapter I've been to in terms of officers doing their stuff and having good ideas. They some issues with attendance and respect though.
The chapter that I was at this past week (Alpha Beta in Kirksville, MO) is the biggest chapter that I've been to so far (119 girls). They were not the nicest (but not mean) and they definitely didn't take the best care of me but they were the funniest girls!! I laughed so hard when I was with them. Their campus was really pretty. It looked like a typical college campus that you'd see on TV. I liked it a lot. I did not like that the girls forgot about me for dinner one night. I decided to go to the dining hall and buy dinner for myself (somehow I ended up not having anyone's phone number in the chapter) but the dining hall was closed. Then I had the bright idea to order myself a pizza and have it delivered to the dorm that I was staying it. That was a mistake too. It took and hour and a half and several phone calls before my pizza was finally delivered (cold). Too bad I paid for it with my debit card over the phone the FIRST time I called them. Then the girls didn't contact me until 12:30 the next day to let me know that we were leaving town at 1:00. Ugh. But, like I said, they were really funny so I still had a good time.
Now I'm at Beta Sigma in Springfield, MO. This chapter is big too (like 100 girls) but total on their campus is 125 and every other sorority is at like 185 (I realize this only makes sense for girls in a sorority). Their house is HUGE! It looks like a hotel when you walk in. There are 50 or so girls living in and they have 2 cooks. I'm going to take pictures but I also want to describe it for you. There's the basement, which is carpeted and painted and has a laundry room, a common room with leather couches and a big screen tv and then their chapter room where they have meetings. Then there's the first floor where the back entrance is. This has the kitchen and dining room area. Then there's the lobby where the front door is (looks like a hotel lobby). Then there's the 2nd and 3rd floors where bedrooms are. There are 5 levels total which of course means that they have an elevator (I take the stairs though!). The 2nd and 3rd floors each have huge bathrooms as well as common areas with couches. It's so amazing. And the cooks serve meals at 11:30 and 5:00 everyday so I'm guaranteed to get at least two meals a day. I still haven't quite figured out breakfast... Today I had a granola bar I found in my bag but I don't know what I'm going to do tomorrow. Gum?
That's all for now. I'll write another blog soon about ME and how I am and such. I will say that I'm tired of this job. I really hope that I come back rejuvenated after the holidays and have enthusiasm for it again. I still like it and I enjoy my meetings with most of the girls, but I'm just tired of it. I'm ready to be doing something that feels more real. I think part of it may be because elections are coming up within the sorority so the officers that I'm meeting with now don't really care about what I have to say because they're about to give up their positions so I don't feel like I'm really making any difference. Like I said, hopefully things will be better in the spring.
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