The Next Chapter: Playing Catch-Up!

This past week has been so busy, but great! I finally feel like I'm really getting the hang of things around here, and I love it even more than I did before. Last weekend was rush. Going into it I was nervous but confident I'd end up where I was meant to be (If I was even meant to be anywhere). From the beginning, I knew which sorority fit exactly what I was looking for, Alpha Phi. Alpha Phi is filled with amazing, down-to-earth girls who love their sorority, love their philanthropy (charity), and love each other. This group reminded me a lot of my small group back home, which is probably a reason why I immediately clicked with them and felt a sense of "home". They are all so supportive and excited for the idea of bringing Nicaragua, here! All week I've been getting to know more and more of these girls and with each new name I learn, I feel more and more reassured that this is the home away from home, for me. Alpha Phi is also very competitive in sports, we play intramural everything against other sororities all year long. Right now, softball is going on, but I literally can not wait until winter when I'll be able to finally play volleyball again! Allison, Ashley and I all new members of Alpha Phi, or "Baby Phis" and I couldn't be happier that we are all in this together! So the other day, we decided to make "Alpha Phi memory boxes" together. (Mom you'll love these, another example of my craftiness handed down from you to me!)

Onto a funnier note... Allison and I found the perfect halloween costumes while in the middle of grocery shopping yesterday...

I found a hotdog dog costume so my new plan is to buy the costume allison has on, buy the dog hotdog costume for my own little hotdog charlie... and we'll match this year :)

So after doing my laundry today, I pretty much came to the conclusion I could have a whole blog dedicated to stories from the laundry room; it's great. Well anyways, I came into the laundry beginning to dread the though of being in there for a couple hours when I heard music! A guy had obviously had the same dreadful thought that I had had, so he decided to bring his Ukulele to the laundry room, sit on top of the counter, and give us all a free concert singing included! It was a nice surprise to sit in on :). After getting all of my clothes fresh out of the dryer I bring them to my room to fold. Then I realize there is a first time for everything. I take out a shirt I had just bought last week to notice it was a little shorter than before I washed it; I had shrunken my first shirt less than a week after I got it! Oh the Driskill women genes never fail! My shirt had gone from this...