So often, I think that people plan out their day so perfectly in order to fit every organized activity into it's particular place in the day, squeezing the most out of each minute of each day without leaving any room for surprises. Often I am so guilty of this, but then those surprise moments happen, and snap me back into reality.
The past few weeks of this semester, I feel like these moments have been happening more often, or I'm at least more aware of them. I loved when in the midst of midterms week, Rachel, Ann, and Kathleen were all on my side of the room hanging out, chatting, and just being friends. I loved sitting on my bed with Kathleen, playing with her hair, and pretending that we didn't all have midterms that next morning.
I used to feel like these moments are so rare, but now I'm realizing that they happen as much as I want them to happen.
I can't plan out my entire life - I am well aware of that - but sometimes I get caught up in when and how everything will fit into my schedule. As soon as I finish one thing, I find myself focusing on the next task or meeting or place to go, and I don't like that. I don't want to miss my whole life just looking ahead to what's next. I want my life to be more about those surprise, spontaneous, unplanned moments, because those are my favorite little snippets of effortless happiness in life.
Friday, March 23, 2012
Thursday, March 22, 2012
#girlcrush
One night last week, Katie, Ann, Vettie, and I ended up taking a spontaneous trip to Noodles and Co for a lovely dinner date. It was good to escape campus and the stressed atmosphere of midterms week and focus on just being friends. It was so great to sit outside, enjoy the beautiful weather, eat mac and cheese with my sisters, and drive with the windows down, screaming the words to "We are Young."
After dinner, we were all tweeting at each other, naturally, and after much hashtagging, someone described our love as a #girlcrush. I don't think I could have put it in better words myself. I can't help but want to hang out with these girls lately and hear about their day and share my day with them. I'm thankful that these aren't girls that I would have considered myself to be good friends with, even a few months ago. We are all so different from each other, but we are all Delta Gamma sisters, and that's what brings us together. DG is hands down the best thing that has happened to me since starting at Drake, and everyday I realize that in a different way. This past week, I've realized that I would never have been friends with Ann or Katie or Vettie in high school or probably even college, but that they are quickly becoming a main part of my daily life, and that's something I am completely excited about.
After dinner, we were all tweeting at each other, naturally, and after much hashtagging, someone described our love as a #girlcrush. I don't think I could have put it in better words myself. I can't help but want to hang out with these girls lately and hear about their day and share my day with them. I'm thankful that these aren't girls that I would have considered myself to be good friends with, even a few months ago. We are all so different from each other, but we are all Delta Gamma sisters, and that's what brings us together. DG is hands down the best thing that has happened to me since starting at Drake, and everyday I realize that in a different way. This past week, I've realized that I would never have been friends with Ann or Katie or Vettie in high school or probably even college, but that they are quickly becoming a main part of my daily life, and that's something I am completely excited about.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
"Can we just look at the pictures again?"
After a long week of exhausting exams and papers, I was ready for a fantastic weekend - and that's exactly what I got. Friday after all of my classes were done, I headed over to DG to give tours of our house to a group of Drake prospective students and their parents. Tours were so much fun. I love talking about DG and Drake Greek Life and how awesome this experience has been for me. Giving these tours made me think back to recruitment at the beginning of this year, and I remembered how much I loved it. It also reminded me of how much our chapter has been changed for the better thanks to the fabulous group of new members that joined us only a few months ago.
Friday night we didn't really have anything going on, so Vettie and I decided to go to the library to squeeze a few hours of studying into our weekend. Little did we know, our junior pharmacy friends were thinking the exact same thing. So naturally, we caused some shenanigans and ended up talking to them for a while as a nice study break. This semester especially, I've come to love Christina, Lindsay, and Andrea so much more. They're all doing such a great job of being pharmacy students, having VP positions in DG, and making time for real life too. Seeing them be so successful makes me have a hope that my junior year won't really be the worst thing ever, and I will be able to get by, and have some fun along the way.
Saturday morning, I got up bright and early and had an interview to be a Sorority Recruitment Counselor for next fall's recruitment. After interviews, Vettie and I embraced the beautiful weather and our cute professional attire and walked to Starbucks for an early morning study session. After last week's mess of tests, we decided to do a better job of holding each other accountable for studying everyday so that we are prepared for the next test without needing to cram the few days leading up to the exam. We studied med micro, quizzed each other, read and wrote essays and odes about herpesviridae, and laughed a lot.
This year and semester in particular, I continue to appreciate Vettie and our friendship more and more. She has always been such a great friend to me, but this year we've bonded over friends, broken friendships, homework, studying, honor board, boys, friendship walks, midnight chats, boys, crafts, having the same schedule, and just spending time getting to know each other better every day.
Saturday afternoon was DG crush. Everyone flooded to the house in their "used to be cool" attire. It was like a 90s music video exploded. I love dressing up in crazy outfits, thanks to camp, and after a few quality Goodwill visits, phenomenal 90s outfits were assembled.
This was easily my favorite event this semester, and possibly all year. I just love crazy outfits and themes of any sort, so crush is just the perfect event for me. All of my friends were there, it was a beautiful day, and I love my sisters. Fanny packs, beanie babies, Pokemon cards, and jean skorts make a comeback, even if it was only for four hours.
Friday night we didn't really have anything going on, so Vettie and I decided to go to the library to squeeze a few hours of studying into our weekend. Little did we know, our junior pharmacy friends were thinking the exact same thing. So naturally, we caused some shenanigans and ended up talking to them for a while as a nice study break. This semester especially, I've come to love Christina, Lindsay, and Andrea so much more. They're all doing such a great job of being pharmacy students, having VP positions in DG, and making time for real life too. Seeing them be so successful makes me have a hope that my junior year won't really be the worst thing ever, and I will be able to get by, and have some fun along the way.
Saturday morning, I got up bright and early and had an interview to be a Sorority Recruitment Counselor for next fall's recruitment. After interviews, Vettie and I embraced the beautiful weather and our cute professional attire and walked to Starbucks for an early morning study session. After last week's mess of tests, we decided to do a better job of holding each other accountable for studying everyday so that we are prepared for the next test without needing to cram the few days leading up to the exam. We studied med micro, quizzed each other, read and wrote essays and odes about herpesviridae, and laughed a lot.
This year and semester in particular, I continue to appreciate Vettie and our friendship more and more. She has always been such a great friend to me, but this year we've bonded over friends, broken friendships, homework, studying, honor board, boys, friendship walks, midnight chats, boys, crafts, having the same schedule, and just spending time getting to know each other better every day.
Saturday afternoon was DG crush. Everyone flooded to the house in their "used to be cool" attire. It was like a 90s music video exploded. I love dressing up in crazy outfits, thanks to camp, and after a few quality Goodwill visits, phenomenal 90s outfits were assembled.
This was easily my favorite event this semester, and possibly all year. I just love crazy outfits and themes of any sort, so crush is just the perfect event for me. All of my friends were there, it was a beautiful day, and I love my sisters. Fanny packs, beanie babies, Pokemon cards, and jean skorts make a comeback, even if it was only for four hours.
The themes and costumes and everything are so great, but the best part was being with friends. I love my friends and realize so often how important relationships are to me. I'm a relationships kinda girl and spend a lot of time investing in other people because I believe that it is so important.
I believe that one of the most valuable things that you can give someone is time - to listen, to talk, to play, to just be together. I am so glad that this weekend allowed me to invest in so many of the people who continue to be main characters in my story this semester. I am beyond grateful for the person that they've helped me to become.
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