What the heck????????
Seriously, where did the time go? I feel like every week we are saying to each other "Just wait until it slows down and then we can do this" or "We are still settling in, things will calm down soon enough..." Guess what? They haven't.
Being thrust into chaos the day I got back to Westminster has been absolutely crazy. It has not slowed down once since. Formal recruitment every night of the first week, then sorority pick up (KAPPA DELTAAAAAA) and classes, and Seussical rehearsals, and then guys pick up and everything just has been a whirlwind. I can't even believe it. So much has been packed into seven weeks. And it's MARCH? Wtf, mate!
It has been such a great semester though so far. Though I would really like it to slow down just a bit, I am really enjoying everything. First, and foremost, I absolutely love getting to see Aaron every single day. He makes every exhausting day so much better, every stressful thought disappear, and every worry or sad feeling into a happy one. We've only been dating for about two and a half months, but I feel like it's been so much longer. He is my everything and I am so proud and honored to be his girlfriend. :) :) :)
Second, Kappa Delta has been such a crazy experience for me. I am really glad I decided to go greek, even though I never ever thought I would. If I were on any other campus, I would not pledge, but I am 100% confident that Greek life at Westminster is unique and wonderful. It was really overwhelming at first because suddenly you had 86 sisters and you didn't know all of them and you were bombarded with everything. It was and still is nuts, but the things I've gained from it--sisterhood, care bears, new friends, new family (mommy!), good times, memories--have been so great and I can't wait to be initiated and see what the next three years bring. Ali and I (even though we didn't want to until the very last minute) are living in the KD suite in Ferg next year, so we're excited! And now our boys are in their little fraternities too, Theta Chi and Phi Tau! yayyy I Eta Pi gone greek...again.
Seussical has been interesting to say the least. Being a bird girl has been my DREAM role since I saw PR's last year. I am so excited to be one. Chapel drama, however, is frustrating because everyone is soooo busy and can't make rehearsals and nothing gets accomplished. But I know, well...I hope anyway, that everything will pull together during tech week. It'll be really laid back, but it's been fun and I'm glad I'm still involved in theater (singing/dancing).
My classes have been going pretty well, just more work than last semester. I'm taking dance as much phys ed and I love it. It comes at a tiring part of the day, but it's been really great at making me exercise and I have really missed dancing. I'm really glad I got to dance, even though I didn't make dance theater. Also, for my Foundations of Education class, I've been doing practicum (observations/tutoring) at New Wilmington Elementary school and I really really enjoy it. I've been working with a fourth grade classroom for two days a week for about 45 minutes each and they are really sweet and fun to work with. It's really reassuring that I really like being in the classroom, but the true test will be when I'm with middle and high schoolers, considering I'm a secondary ed minor.
One thing I really wanted to blog about around Valentine's Day was something I learned about at Seekers. Gary Chapman wrote this book about the "Five Love Languages" and I found it soooo fascinating. There are five languages, or ways that people express and receive love, and they are all of equal importance. The languages include: words of affirmation, quality time, gifts, acts of service, and physical touch. Each person is unique and may express one language and receive the same or another and the other person might be the opposite or something else. Take this quiz to find out your love language: http://www.afo.net/hftw-lovetest.asp
Mine is mostly physical touch, followed by quality time and words of affirmation, then gifts and acts of service.
I got totally off track so I'm just going to end this post for now...Lame, I know, but more later. :)
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