I'm Jamie's hero! w00t! She, Mal and Liz will be staying with me (at my parents' house) for Harriet's wedding. Tot amaze!
Now if only I could find a dress....
Tuesday, May 09, 2006
Thursday, May 04, 2006
Monday, May 01, 2006
Carnival
Before I let this go too much longer, here is my Carnival 2006 summary:
Wednesday: Landed at PIT at 6:30. My Big picked me up and we had dinner at Bangkok Balcony. She had never been! We both had the Pineapple Chicken Curry. Yum! Then I dropped my stuff off at the house and went over to Midway. Saw everyone and their mom. Justin walked past Alpha Chi's booth (where I was providing moral support), and invited me to check out CIA's new buggy room in New House. It was very spiffy. After an hour or so of nerding out buggy-style, I went back to Midway and continued providing moral support until 12:30 when Harriet and I went back to the house, chatted/gossiped and went to sleep.
Thursday: Went to design comp. Totally didn't recognize Arnold with his orange hair. Drooled at all the new buggies and said hi to lots of people. Enjoyed some more buggy nerd time and yummy lunch from Alexander's. Then I went to Midway, listened to the Kitie Concert, checked out some booths, went back to Alpha Chi to drop some stuff off, and then went to the CIA spaghetti dinner. Mmm... pasta for two meals in a row (and my last real meal for 48 hours)! Hung out with the oldies and the newbies for a while and watched the traditional Old Sweepstakes Races dvd. I left around 9ish, and just as I reached Woodlawn, J'mee honked at me from Ralph (Kate's car). I went over to the car and J'mee told me that I was coming with her (and Mal, Kate, and Liz) to Mad Mex. We had a fabulous time (w00t Kiwi margaritas!), and got back to Alpha Chi at a reasonable hour.
Friday: RACEDAY!!! Harriet and I woke up around 5:45, got read, ate some Momma Pashley banana bread, and walked to the Course. It was super-strange to arrive at buggy after the sun had started to come up. Being in the lead truck again was super awesome. Janice and I practiced jumping out of the truck (this is very complicated when you are 5' or 5'2"). The races went by sooooo quickly. Amazingly (and thankfully), no one dq'd on the drop line. PiKA A and PiKA B finished 1,2 for the men. Incredible. After a quick run back to Alpha Chi for a much-needed shower, I met the Sweepstakes Committee in the UC for lunch and tape review. After fighting with the UC tv, we went to the CFA cluster to review some heats and make some decisions. Thankfully, everything was pretty cut and dry. I went back to Alpha Chi around 4 and Slummie was there! We hung out for a while, but then I fell asleep. I woke up at some point and hung out on the couches for a bit longer, before getting myself together and meeting up with Mal and a bunch of Zeta alums (and Dodd) at PHI. After having a good old time there (and after Klinger accidentally dumped a big glass on ice water in my crotch... and then we hung out in the bathroom, drying me off... and Misty walked in and started laughing... it was pretty sweet...), we walked down to Boomerangs (ghetto!) and continued the festivities. At one point there were about 15 Zeta alums in the room and someone took a picture. (If you know who took a picture, tell me/have them send me the pic!). After a while, I was tired and needed to get to bed for buggy, so I walked back towards campus.... in the rain... and then in the pouring rain. I ran into Arnold by Midway and walked with him back towards Alpha Chi, bitching about the rain the whole way. I finally reached the house, wet and smelly from the bars. Yum!
Saturday (a long day): After Friday night's downpour, I expected to wake up to a txt from McCue saying that the races were cancelled. But it had stopped raining and sorta looked like it might be okay for buggy. I walked to the course and we had a good time driving and walking around and making faces at the wetness of the Chute. After a few hours of waiting and hoping, it started raining and Arnold canceled finals. I went back to the house, showered and got ready for Alumnae Brunch and the transition ceremony.
The brunch was lovely (good job Kelly), and then we all braced ourselves for the transition ceremony. I stood between Misha and Kate and cried through the whole thing. My line was "Someone to call," which has a lot of meaning for me after the events of the past two years. The ceremony was beautiful... just about everyone was in tears thinking about how much the sisterhood meant to them. It was really incredible to have over half of the sisterhood there and to see how the older alums reacted to lines that were written about their personal experiences. When it was finished, we went outside and SigTau played Come on Eileen for us. Biggest kickline ever!!! And Slummie did her Slummie dance! Then we took a group picture and family pictures. (Hey JMAYs, does anyone know who took our pic? I thought Ethan took one with my camera, but I was wrong. :( )
After changing, a bunch of us went over to midway, ate some funnel cake (drool), and checked out some more booths. Then we gathered under the tent for awards. Congrats to AEPi for the environmental award and to SigEp for 1st place for the amazing Death Star. Amazing!!! There were plans for a JMAY family dinner, but they didn't pan out. So Kate, Anne, Mal, Harriet and I went to Max and Erma's for dinner. We had a total feast and had such a good time. Love those girls!!! Then we went back to Alpha Chi and got ready to PAR-TAY! We waited a long time for the fireworks folks to get their act together, but it was worth it. Hearts to watching an amazing fireworks show with my Mal and my Co. After several delays, we were finally ready to hit the quad. We went over to Pi-master for a little bit, and then went to SigEp. We had an awesome time being ridiculous, dancing, and telling funny stories (well, I tried telling a funny story, but Trey couldn't understand what I was saying. :( Oh well.) I was a pal to Mal and we went back to the house at some point (really not sure when).
Sunday: Woke up after everyone had already left for tear down. Had chocolate chip cookies for breakfast (i rule), and cuddled with the couch. Then I forced all of my crap into my bag and waited for people to come back from Midway. I said bye to everyone and Mal drove me to the airport.
The End.
All in all, it was a fabulous Carnival. It was really strange to be back as an alum and not be able to help with booth or wake up at ungodly o'clock in the morning for buggy. Hopefully I'll be able to spend more time with people next year when I will have no buggy responsibilities for the first time in half of a decade.
Wednesday: Landed at PIT at 6:30. My Big picked me up and we had dinner at Bangkok Balcony. She had never been! We both had the Pineapple Chicken Curry. Yum! Then I dropped my stuff off at the house and went over to Midway. Saw everyone and their mom. Justin walked past Alpha Chi's booth (where I was providing moral support), and invited me to check out CIA's new buggy room in New House. It was very spiffy. After an hour or so of nerding out buggy-style, I went back to Midway and continued providing moral support until 12:30 when Harriet and I went back to the house, chatted/gossiped and went to sleep.
Thursday: Went to design comp. Totally didn't recognize Arnold with his orange hair. Drooled at all the new buggies and said hi to lots of people. Enjoyed some more buggy nerd time and yummy lunch from Alexander's. Then I went to Midway, listened to the Kitie Concert, checked out some booths, went back to Alpha Chi to drop some stuff off, and then went to the CIA spaghetti dinner. Mmm... pasta for two meals in a row (and my last real meal for 48 hours)! Hung out with the oldies and the newbies for a while and watched the traditional Old Sweepstakes Races dvd. I left around 9ish, and just as I reached Woodlawn, J'mee honked at me from Ralph (Kate's car). I went over to the car and J'mee told me that I was coming with her (and Mal, Kate, and Liz) to Mad Mex. We had a fabulous time (w00t Kiwi margaritas!), and got back to Alpha Chi at a reasonable hour.
Friday: RACEDAY!!! Harriet and I woke up around 5:45, got read, ate some Momma Pashley banana bread, and walked to the Course. It was super-strange to arrive at buggy after the sun had started to come up. Being in the lead truck again was super awesome. Janice and I practiced jumping out of the truck (this is very complicated when you are 5' or 5'2"). The races went by sooooo quickly. Amazingly (and thankfully), no one dq'd on the drop line. PiKA A and PiKA B finished 1,2 for the men. Incredible. After a quick run back to Alpha Chi for a much-needed shower, I met the Sweepstakes Committee in the UC for lunch and tape review. After fighting with the UC tv, we went to the CFA cluster to review some heats and make some decisions. Thankfully, everything was pretty cut and dry. I went back to Alpha Chi around 4 and Slummie was there! We hung out for a while, but then I fell asleep. I woke up at some point and hung out on the couches for a bit longer, before getting myself together and meeting up with Mal and a bunch of Zeta alums (and Dodd) at PHI. After having a good old time there (and after Klinger accidentally dumped a big glass on ice water in my crotch... and then we hung out in the bathroom, drying me off... and Misty walked in and started laughing... it was pretty sweet...), we walked down to Boomerangs (ghetto!) and continued the festivities. At one point there were about 15 Zeta alums in the room and someone took a picture. (If you know who took a picture, tell me/have them send me the pic!). After a while, I was tired and needed to get to bed for buggy, so I walked back towards campus.... in the rain... and then in the pouring rain. I ran into Arnold by Midway and walked with him back towards Alpha Chi, bitching about the rain the whole way. I finally reached the house, wet and smelly from the bars. Yum!
Saturday (a long day): After Friday night's downpour, I expected to wake up to a txt from McCue saying that the races were cancelled. But it had stopped raining and sorta looked like it might be okay for buggy. I walked to the course and we had a good time driving and walking around and making faces at the wetness of the Chute. After a few hours of waiting and hoping, it started raining and Arnold canceled finals. I went back to the house, showered and got ready for Alumnae Brunch and the transition ceremony.
The brunch was lovely (good job Kelly), and then we all braced ourselves for the transition ceremony. I stood between Misha and Kate and cried through the whole thing. My line was "Someone to call," which has a lot of meaning for me after the events of the past two years. The ceremony was beautiful... just about everyone was in tears thinking about how much the sisterhood meant to them. It was really incredible to have over half of the sisterhood there and to see how the older alums reacted to lines that were written about their personal experiences. When it was finished, we went outside and SigTau played Come on Eileen for us. Biggest kickline ever!!! And Slummie did her Slummie dance! Then we took a group picture and family pictures. (Hey JMAYs, does anyone know who took our pic? I thought Ethan took one with my camera, but I was wrong. :( )
After changing, a bunch of us went over to midway, ate some funnel cake (drool), and checked out some more booths. Then we gathered under the tent for awards. Congrats to AEPi for the environmental award and to SigEp for 1st place for the amazing Death Star. Amazing!!! There were plans for a JMAY family dinner, but they didn't pan out. So Kate, Anne, Mal, Harriet and I went to Max and Erma's for dinner. We had a total feast and had such a good time. Love those girls!!! Then we went back to Alpha Chi and got ready to PAR-TAY! We waited a long time for the fireworks folks to get their act together, but it was worth it. Hearts to watching an amazing fireworks show with my Mal and my Co. After several delays, we were finally ready to hit the quad. We went over to Pi-master for a little bit, and then went to SigEp. We had an awesome time being ridiculous, dancing, and telling funny stories (well, I tried telling a funny story, but Trey couldn't understand what I was saying. :( Oh well.) I was a pal to Mal and we went back to the house at some point (really not sure when).
Sunday: Woke up after everyone had already left for tear down. Had chocolate chip cookies for breakfast (i rule), and cuddled with the couch. Then I forced all of my crap into my bag and waited for people to come back from Midway. I said bye to everyone and Mal drove me to the airport.
The End.
All in all, it was a fabulous Carnival. It was really strange to be back as an alum and not be able to help with booth or wake up at ungodly o'clock in the morning for buggy. Hopefully I'll be able to spend more time with people next year when I will have no buggy responsibilities for the first time in half of a decade.
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