Monday, July 20, 2009

Currently: In a few hours I will be on the Greyhound and going back home. Bleh. I really don't want to go back. Just when I got used to having my peace of mind, I will be back to being in chaos and misery all over again. This sucks. This weekend went really well. The thursday before sister weekend, my friend and I went to a festival around town. It was a lot of fun. I got to see Brett Michaels in person and got to see some other really good artists perform. It was very relaxing and enjoyable. Once the festival was over we went to a couple of Bars and I had a mighty lot to drink...I didn't get sick though, thank god. I spent the remainder of that night dancing the night away and bumping into some interesting characters, of course. We ended that night with a nice trip to McDonalds.Haha. You know I had to. Then that friday we embarked on Sister Weekend. It actually wasn't as unbearable as I thought it was going to be. As usual, I didn't try extra hard to "mingle" with a lot of the girls, but I tried hard enough. The only down side was having to sleep in a tent for one night. It took me forever to fall asleep and then I woke up with my neck and back hurting. It could have been worse though. We spent all of saturday participating in the activities that most of our sister weekend dues went towards. My group first went horse back riding. Going into this whole thing, I thought that the horses would be the least of my worries, but it was actually quite scary. I had thought that they would just take us around a flat track on the horses for maybe half an hour and that would be it...but that wasn't the case at all! They had us going up and down really steep hills on these horses, and i'm not going to lie, I thought that my horse was going to lose it a couple of times. I also panicked a little whenever my horse would take me through tree branches and bushes. Thankfully, I wasn't knocked out of the horse...did have a few close calls though. Three of my sisters fell off their horses, one right in front of me and the other literally bucked off her horse. Scary shit, to say the least. Once we were done with it I breathed a big sigh of relief. But the fun and games didn't end there. After stopping at a Diner to eat, we then went canoeing. I'm not a big fan of being on a body of water at all, so just the thought of barreling down a river in a small boat sent me into a silent panic. But luckily for me, my canoeing partner is a lifeguard and seemed to really know what she was doing. Our canoe did get stuck on a few rocks, but the adventure otherwise went well. After canoeing, we all met at our one sister's house, reflected on our experience a bit, and then me and my friend came back here. Last night I was able to go out with a few of my sisters once they had returned from sister weekend. It was actually a good time. Of course, I once again had a crap load to drink, but it felt great!Haha. I also got to hear some behind the scenes gossip about my sorority...so much drama and controversies! I couldn't believe my ears!haha. We went out to a karaoke Bar before driving back home. I went to bed last night at 4:00 am. And here I am now. I am still tired, believe it or not, but what can I do? I am so not ready to be on the road for 15 hours, but as usual, I have to just suck it up and get shit done. I have a lot to do once I get home, like beginning to find a laptop that I would like to purchase, saving money to buy it and getting into contact with a children's hospital for my fieldwork placement next summer. Bleh again.