Tuesday (like last tuesday, a week and a day ago) was One Day Without Shoes - to raise awareness for the 40% of the world's population that doesn't have shoes. It was pretty neat.
Today in lab our TA didn't even show up O.o That was annoying, at least the one that teaches the lab before ours was willing and able to stick around - we'd've been in some serious trouble if not.
During Wesley exec, Glen was on facebook looking for some last names and he said 'Carly, I see your boyfriend is on facebook.' I had absolutely no idea what on Earth he was talking about - what boyfriend? Then he said something about my profile picture - me and Robbie Hummel :D That was pretty funny.
At chapter later that night, everyone was going to sing a song so we had a short song practice beforehand to try and figure out the words and parts.
Then we met for chapter. I got a bunch of signatures for my board - I'm getting there! And to make even more progress, that night I had dinner with Ryan :]
Wednesday I had class and then lunch with Geoff (another BIT) and Jay - another signature! At the Friday Fellowship meeting we got everything finalised for the barn dance - it's gonna be fun! We're all pretty excited. Orchestra went pretty well - our concert is in like a week and a half, and we're sounding pretty good. And I brought my The Princess Bride book back with me to show Mario, so I went ahead and read that :]Thursday I had a midterm in MA301. I felt pretty good, excepting the induction proof. While studying, I looked at everything but that part because I knew how to do it - you show that if it's good for x = k and x = k+1 then you're good. However, I really should've looked at it because I woud up forgetting the intermediate steps... oops. (I wound up getting a 90% on it, so it's all good :] )
After that, I went to Elliott to hang and get various signatures. Then Austin tried to teach me trombone - except I can't do the buzzing thing with my mouth, as no string instruments require that. However, I kinda want to march, so maybe next year I'll work on learning a wind instrument and I can then march my senior year :]
Then it was time for my weekly lunch with my Big :D This week it was just the two of us - Jason had a lot to do. I'm going to miss her next year (she's graduating in a few weeks :[ ), I hope that we can still get together.
Since I'm planning the Wesley Senior banquet, I got started on figuring out who all will be there. The freshmen get to serve, so I sent an email out to them too.
We had our house dinner, and then it was time for ultimate :] I got a good workout too, we ran a lot.
When I got back, though, it was time to do some hw. Which is unfortunate, seein as how I was up till 2.30 O.o
Friday I did manage to get up in time for class though :] However, it was late so I didn't get breakfast or lunch... oops.
For the signatures, we need Mo Trout - his office is in Slayter, which is not exactly on campus (the rest of the directors are easy - their offices are all in Elliott). So during my break between Stat and CS I went to get his signature. And actualy saw Larn, she was getting stuff to take to convention :] Which meant she was able to give me a ride back to Elliott, which cut my walk in half :D I read in wesley for a bit, then went to lecture and got ready for the barn dance :] I decided to wear my blue and white plaid shirt and Kingdom Hearts belt (going for the big belt buckle effect :] ).
And it was so much fun! We had sack races and cornhole and square dancing and just general madness. It was awesome :]
We got back at about 11, and then it was time for me to pack for convention. And sleep, seeing as how I was going to be getting up at 5.15 to drive out to Fort Wayne. Thankfully I was able to borrow Kyle's GPS - I'd never been to that area of Indiana, so I felt a little better with a GPS rather than a Google Maps printout.
Saturday I got up and got moving, and my car of Watergate (Chris), Grant and David was off. And within 45 min or so they were all out. I was enjoying my music :]
We got there in time to go to the first session that was for just KKΨ brothers - sometimes we split off from the TBΣ sisters. I had planned on going to the first workshop, but thought about it and realised that if I did I would fall asleep. So instead I went to read and relax in the room with some of my roommates.
Afterthe first workshop, there was reading band and guard clinic, but I wasn't participating in any of those so I got some time to look around at what the other chapters were selling. Larn and I got matching iron-on letters(we're going to have matching sweatpants :] ) then I got a shirt and shades from Gamma Pi (of course, I coouldn't wear any of this till Wednesday when we were activated, but I was really excited).
I had lunch with Becca and Taylor - the two roommates I was chilling with earlier. We were wearing our Pots (a hat-kinda thing that we stick stuff to, the best way I can describe them is a scrapbook for your head - look at the pictures down below to see for yourself) and you could tell that the people that saw us were thinking something along the lines of 'what the hell are those things on their heads?' :D
In the afternoon, I went to a workshop about Service through Musicianship, and that was cool when they remembered that there are some schools that don't have music majors. A lot of the things they were suggesting were helping out people in conducting class, or composition class, or learning how to play another instrument so they can teach it later on in life. Those of us from Purdue were sitting in the back like 'ok, now what about us?'
After that workshop, we had time to get changed into our nicer clothes for the banquet and concert. The North-Central District Intercollegiate Band was composed of people from various colleges, and they sounded really good - it was a cool concert.
Then we had our banquet. That was fun, sitting around and talking. We didn't win any awards, but that's ok. After the banquet, TBΣ sang their hymn, then we got to sing our Fraternity Hymn. I really like that song, the title of this post is a line from it. We snuck out to get a quick family pic by the BBD (Big Bass Drum - from the marching band, it appeared in the atrium of the convention center after the NCDIB concert) and then went back to join with Beta Sigma - our TBΣ sister chapter at Purdue - and sang the Purdue Hymn. That was pretty cool too.
Next they went into the band cheer, though - Reed and I, the two from indoor bands, had no idea what was going on... I didn't even have my not-a-section there (me, Reid and Geoff are the three that don't belong to another section when everyone's taking section pictures, being one and a half violinists, a half bassist and a percussionist).
Some people from Gamma Pi (us) and Alpha Zeta (IU) played music after the banquet and then some of us went swimming :] I decided that I dind't really want to get all that wet, so I just stuck my feet in and sat back with Dayle watching as the others had water fights :]
Elections were the next day, so we had our chapter caucus that evening. Some people came in to drop off something to Jason (Mlady - he was the NCD Vice President for Programs) and they were shocked at how many people were in there - they thought it was our whole chapter but we told them that we were missing at least 20 people.
Sunday we got up and had to check out before going to the center, since we'd be there past the checkout time. Taylor, Becca, Reed, Grant and I got some food and then it was time for elections. It wasn't too long of a process, which was nice. And now Jason is NCD President! That was exciting for us :]
Some people were going to have lunch, but my car decided to just drive home. We got back and Grant and I caught some of the percussion concert - Geoff was in there and we wanted to see him. I didn't get to, though, because I had to go play Jake's bass at Wesley. It was fun, we had a praise party and invited the bad from the Baptist Foundation - they sang Beautiful Things (pretty much my favorite praise song ever) and another song with two cornets (a small horn) and a trumpet, I liked that one :D
After service, I went to Hicks to work on Walkabout stuffs - getting ready for the next day. I couldn't stay the entire time, though, because I hadn't eaten since breakfast and I was starting to feel it.
I got back to Aldersgate and warmed up a burrito and saw that Seth was watching Beauty and the Beast on TV :D He hadn't seen the Human Again sequence, so we put in my DVD and watched the rest from there. At one point, Payton said something and I responded, showing off how much I knew about Disney - he was laughing at me :] Then we watched Young Frankenstein, I hadn't seen that movie in so long, it's so funny :D
So Saturday morning, I had gotten a text saying that Pottermore was open to the public. I had a minor freakout and immediately registered. However, due to convention, I wasn't able to do anything. So, while sitting in the second floor common room, I got to explore :D It's so cool too! You go through the story, so I made it to get my wand before I decided that I really should sleep. I have a wand made of Silver Lime with a Phoenix tail feather core, 13 inches, quite flexible.
:D
Monday I woke up rather tired, which wasn't a surprise given the lack of sleep I got over the weekend, but still annoying. After my first round of classes, I went to Elliott to get signatures and wound up chilling there for a while. However, I couldn't stay there till orchestra because I needed to get my violin and car. I went earlier than normal, though, because I was helping Reed with stuff for Walkabout later on. I think that people generally forget that there's an orchestra from 6-8 on Mondays and Wednesdays - while planning walkabout, they said that something was starting at 7 in room 15. I said, hey there's giong to be 50-60 strings in room 15 at 7 for rehearsal... So it got pushed back to 7.30. And we finished a little early, so that was nice since we had to get things set up.
While the actives were finishing the walkabout part, we started our final exam. When they got there, we played a video and sang our class song, introducing our class name then - Sweet Heat :D
After that, we had to finish our exams and then Mark, Kyle and Mitch (Vice President for Membership, Membership Committee Head and Chapter President respectively) had an exit interview with each of us, basically how'd the semester go, make sure that we're still in this, things like that.
Right after, I had to go get Jason's signature, and then I only needed two more!
After I got home, what do you think I did? Pottermore of course! And I'm a Hufflepuff! (And a particularly good FINDer!)
Tuesday I had class and then Matt and I went to Elliott to get various directors' signatures. They have a staff meeting every Tuesday, so I was able to get Roy's (who is an advisor and not on campus) and Jay's (Marching band director who was out of office last week). And then I was done with my board! CS was another robot lab, so we had our whole table as a group again :]
So I've been debating whether to go home over the summer or stay here. If I stay, I'd be more likely to find a job but I'd have to pay rent. If I go home, I wouldn't have to pay room and board, but I probably wouldn't really be able to find a job. So then I was talking with Glen after COM exec, and apparently there's a thing where if you volunteer you could get free rent at Aldersgate over the summer. So if I find a job, I'll be chillin in West Lafayette over the summer.
I needed one signature from the sisters, so I swung by their meeting that night and then I was oficially done with everythng that I needed to do! Now I just had to go through Third Degree and I'd be good.
So I celebrated by going on Pottermore :D This site is going to be the death of me...
And toninght's the night! Wednesday I dressed up in the morning, like Second Degree I was just going to stay on campus after orchestra since we were going to be gathering at 9. And when I was looking for something to wear, I realised that I'm getting rather low on dress clothes (like things I haven't worn yet that are still clean from the last time I had to dress nice...). I managed though, and then came the trouble of how to do my hair. I decided on a simple little twisty bun thing and then couldn't see it until I had Dayle take a picture right before Third - there aren't any mirrors in this house that I could maneouver. Oh well, people said it looked good :]
After Spanish and Com, I went ahead and ate my lunch outside - it was pretty nice. And I worked on my MA301 homework since I knew that it wasn't going to get done that night.
I had less time than normal between CS lecture and orchestra because I was walking slower (I wore my flats all day) and I had to make sure that I had everything I would need for the evening.
But I made it. And then after orchestra, I went on over to Stewart and got my last signature (well, almost - we won't be able to get Judge Daniel's till next semester), Marks' - as VPM he doesn't give us his signature until we have everyone else's.
After the ritual, people dispersed. I went to get some free pancakes and watch people ride a mechanical bull with Geoff :] We went straight there, stopping by my car to drop off stuff and so I could put on my sweatshirt, it was kinda chilly at 11 at night. We were people watching when we saw a bunch of Psi people join the party - most of them had gone to get a drink or change. A few of them rode the bull, and Kyle got thrown off like four feet in the air :D
At about 1 am they were starting to pack up and so we dispersed once more - I guess we should prob sleep...
So Matt Weaver and I have MA301 together, so last night we decided to wear our letters to class this morning :D It was a beautiful day today, so I wore the shirt that Larn got me for Second - the Keep Calm and Call My Big one :] She has a matching one (I can't remember what is says though - not the same thing) when we had our weekly lunch :]
And then I got to talk with my mom! It was really nice getting to talk with her, we haven't in a while.
We had our house dinner, and now I have Stat homework that I should probably do in order to turn in tomorrow... Heh.
AEA,
-Carly B
Sweet Heat
Gamma Pi
Kappa Kappa Psi
Spring 2012
(all 20 of us :D )
I think this is my favorite picture that we've taken together :] This was after Walkabout, when everyone was hanging around so the BITs could get signatures and before we had to finish our final.
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