brrrrr...

First of all... I should be studying, but anyways... We are such wimps, OK well I am. There's a "winter storm" passing through today and the temp didn't get higher than like 58 and I thought I was going to die. Living in SD has given me the thinnest blood in the world and I was so cold I didn't want to get out of my clothes, to actually get in a warm shower. The actual storm was crazy. Around 12ish we look out and it's as if the Nile is running down Brockbank. The water was almost over flowing on to the sidewalk and was almost up to the bottom of all our Asian cars. I love this stuff, b/c it's nice to mix it up, but at the same time it makes me appreciate our almost year round sunny weather. B/c I am a huge weather dork I've been spending quality time on weather.com tracking the rain and I noticed that the middle of the country is really cold. For example, I saw that the high in Dallas was 37. I thought that was really cold so I looked up the average for Dec and saw it was around 57....THAT'S 20 DEGREES!!! I could not imagine if San Diego was 20 degrees below average. I've been in weather like that in Paris and NY, but I think I'd die of shock. I don't think ppl would know what to do. we rap up in jeans, sweatshirts, scarfs, and uggs when it is "cold" so I don't think people have clothes for that weather...or if they do it's snowboarding clothes. It would be pretty funny to see people walking to class in snowboarding pants and and jackets. My mom would have 10 layers on and the heater up to 80. Makes me cold thinking about it. Luckily... b/c we live by the coast it would take a ubber-cold winter storm to ever get that cold because temps to fluctuate as drastically on the coast (just say it... I'm a huge nerd). OK well I'm not getting anything done so I'm hitting the sack so I can get up and study for my geo final. Wish me luck, and stay warm

A philathropy we can pwn!!

We will redeem ourselves next semester. I just heard that we are going to try and get into a football philanthropy and I'm so excited! We got robbed at SLO, but we learned what our weaknesses are and we know what needs to be done this time around. Yes, we are the Christian sorority, but that doesn't mean we won't own the field. Obviously we don't know what the competition is, but when we've got Caspie under the middle and Teso, Cout, Zulu, Twighlight, and Miata on the outside, Corve Rarri, and me owning the O-line, and a defense that gets in your face I don't know how we can't kick some anus. Shoot, softball was fun a couple years ago and we only had a few girls whom had played. we are well schooled in plays and techniques and we will make AGO proud... even though it's not their event, we owe them credit. So as break comes near, take advantage of your free time and break a sweat every now and then. we may be 1/10 the size in number of girls, but we got skillllllzzzzzz.!!!!

All hail the chief!!!

So the rumor that was circulating around the police department was that my dad would be retiring soon is about to change.... to the rumor that he is going to be the next chief. 20+ years on the job he has gone from a lowly officer to the brink of guiding the second largest city in the county. It's not set in stone, but the current chief pretty much said, without really saying, that he was going to retire a few and my dad would be the top canidinate. that's pretty freaking rad :). Stay tuned to hear the final word.

Living for the awkward pictures

Sometimes I forget about the Greek "bubble" we live in. Tonight was the battle of the bands at AGO and we all came armed with fully charged cameras ready to document the night. Some pics are cute, some are funny, some are awkward, and some are please God delete that from everyones' memories. While ADChi revels in cute pictures primed for scrapbooks, we also loove silly ones. Being a silly night, the majority of the pictures fell into the silly/awkward category... nonetheless, it is college and it deserves to be preserved online for everyone to point and laugh at. 30 minutes after posting all the top-notch photos I got a message from a girl asking me to delete one of them b/c her house has been having problems with ppl taking photos and posting them on party sites. Something like this would never cross my mind. I guess b/c the people in the photos and the ppl looking at them know that it's just a bunch of goofy girls and/or guys acting like 12 year olds...sans booze, or drugs. Of course I deleted it out of respect for her b/c I can only imagine how hard it is to be a Christian minority in a worldly organization where ppl don't usually remember where they were or what they were doing in the picture taken. This small picture makes me realize how lucky I am to be surrounded by ppl that I can be real with, and have fun with and know that I don't have to worry about a picture of me being silly is going to end up on a site littered with half naked girls and drunk/horny guys. I lift about all my peers throughout the Greek community whom have to fight this fight every day, especially on weekends. May you be in the world, but not of the world and set a Godly example for those around you.

Lesson to learn

Some may disagree, but I think that the fact that I have been here since spring '05 makes me wise when it comes to living with your pledge sisters and at the same time reaching out to others. Pledge semester and JA semester it is pounded into our heads to be unified as a class, and thats important b/c everyone needs to lean on each other while adjusting to the craziness of adchi, but we can't forget that we are not just groups of pledge classes, we are a united sorority with shared beliefs and goals. I always challenge people to get out of their comfort zone and get to know older and younger girls b/c they may end-up being life long friends. It is a growing process and if you are shy then it is going to be hard at times, but 8 semesters in (7 active) I can tell you that, while my pledge sis and I have a bond that can never be broken, there are many girls that aren't in my class, some 3 years younger than me, that I have been blessed me with their presence in my life. So here's the bottom line... It is important for us to maintain good relationships with our pledge sisters, but maybe just as important create bonds with people you never thought would happen, because in the end that is what will make this place so special.

Sometimes I forget...

"Hey Mom and Dad"
"Hey Mom. Is Dad there?"
"Hey Dad. When is Mom getting home."
"Hey Mom. What are you getting Dad for your 31st anniversery?"

and so on....

I just forget sometimes that there are a lot of people out there my age that have divorced parents. I know some of them say it is much better that way, but I just guess I could never imagine it happening to my mom and dad. And almost all the girls I live with have parents that are still married so there's just that status quo in my bubble. And me being me sometimes I start gabbing about what they refer to my family as "the cleavers" and I hear, "Oh, my parents are divorced" (foot in mouth).

On to SLO-
There are muscles in my body that I didn't know I had and/or could be sore. I played almost the entire time, 3 games, and out of those games I pretty much played outside O-line blocker, AKA- Caspie's body guard. I have to say most of the time we were the "great wall of Delta" and ppl had a hard to getting past us. There's that stereo-type that the best position is QB or receiver, but I had more fun doing my job. Coo does to Couture for being the straight out bossy receiver, Caspie for getting the job done as QB and out back field defenders for straight out Delta domination. That all said, we came in 2nd, but it doesn't matter b/c I had too much fun to let a few cocky opponents ruin it.

Missing...

Retreat...
Pretty great. I really needed a few days to just "chill", at least before returning to the reality of a 10-12 pg paper due thursday. The ride up: Madgas, Dizzle, Tswana, Sunbright, and me= FANTABULOUS!! Dizzle, Tswana, and I got in a short tickle war which allowed them to see how I react to being tickled...very dangerous, limbs everywhere. when it was pitch black and the going got tough Madgas' Tom Tom came through...God bless the makers of GPS devices all over the world. The cabin was awesome. a lil chilly on friday, but that's where the camping mummy bag worked nicely. Got to share a room with the amazing sigmas and fell asleep giggling to their shinanagins. Saturday was great. Lots of devo time and a short stack at The Loose Cabose with the AP was great. Entertainment practice rolled around and I have to say I was a lil bummed b/c I was alone and didn't have anything planned. Luckily the Chi Class welcomed me with open-arms to join their act... what a great group of young girls (they made me realize how old I am). Oh and a shout out to Tswana's "costume" :p. that was all followed by the Delta retreat tradition of "the fruit game", in which I got "pillow whipped" many times. That game is an all-time favorite b/c I love seeing girls freak out, but it wasn't truly the same without the original peach and lime couple (aka- mings and tropi). Time to wind down and settle in for the night I offered up sharing my 'smaller than a full bigger than a twin' bunk b/c it was so cold the night before and I know from experience that more bodies= more warmth. So after Tswana and I tuck ourselves in I remembered that they turned the heat up a lil, and remember more bodies= more warmth. so there was more time spent trying to find a comfortable position, where I wasn't too hot and/or invading too much of my bunk mates space. hahaha. But thats ok, b/c I was able to make fun of her for softly (ok more than softly) snoring. The drive home was pleasant- tom tom lead the way, there was no traffic and many of us drifted in and out of consciousness. Overall, retreat was great, and I feel like I have come back closer to people than before....

Have you ever met, or been friends with someone who, while completely different, does things that remind you of a significant person from your past? I mean, no where close. darker hair, completely opposite personality, darker skin color, etc, but than I'll see a certain facial expression or hear a voice inflection and it sends me flying back 5 years. It's not a bad memories type thing, b/c we had a 'falling away' instead of a 'falling out'. different schools meant different majors, friends, and new activities which just shifted our time and priorities. Whenever I see those minascule similarities I start to wonder what they are doing. on the east coast now, with a career, and different friends, while I'm still here. not that I'm unhappy, it's just weird thinking about the fact that we were the closest friends could be without actually being blood related and now the only thing I really have is creeping their facebook now and then. I guess that's what college turns out to be a lot of times. New friends, from the age 19-23...growing together and sharing countless memories. Simply put, you could say my "bridal party" has shifted since 2004 and I think that's both awesome and sad in the same breath.