More to be seen than can ever be seen, more to do than can ever be done

This is a quick update seeing as I have to run to French class in about 15 minutes. I can't even believe how busy this year is compared to last. Freshmen year I had time to sit and watch entire movies on any given evening...this year I barely have time to sleep. I like it this way.

This past weekend I went on my sorority retreat at one of the girl's houses in Orange County. I was expecting some sort of embarassment or hazing (even a bit), but there wasnt any! We got to the house, hung out and watched USC kick BYU's ass, had really good italian food, played games, and got to know everyone. Before we all went to sleep, my pledge class had to make up a song so we decided to do a Lion King Medley, complete with the "hmmma nan nan" background to circle of life and one girl holding up a stuffed Simba at the end. It was ridiculous, but surprisingly a lot of fun to create. When we went to sleep, I ended up having to sleep on the hard tile floor and when I woke up, i found that I was curled up in a ball, tangled up in my blanket. The only downer was having to drive straight back to the house to participate in another retreat with the whole house this time where we did workshops on alcohol awareness and the rules of the house. I wouldve been happier with 3 or 4 cups of coffee though. It was an extremely busy weekend, but I did manage to get to know all my pledge class and I feel a lot closer to them now. It's nice to have more people on campus to hang out with or just see them passing by and saying hello to. ADPi's social schedule is picking up this week, so Im trying to balance out my homework load and attending events. We are having a barbeque and beer thing with TKE this wednesday with the theme "Take me out the ball game." Does anyone have a baseball shirt I can borrow? Then Oct. 1st is our first exchange (theme unknown), with Sigma Chi. Then Oct. 8th is our semiformal invite. I have a dress, but forgot it was coming up so soon and really need to find a date. Bah, it reminds me of high school winter formals and prom.

I have to drive all the way home to Valencia today to go in search of a white dress. I dont have time for this. But thing's always seem to get taken care of one way or another so I'm just going to trust that I can get everything done.

I'm not talking to my friends at other colleges as much this month because I've been so busy and never at my apartment, but I miss all of you and will try to send out letters soon.