Sweet Southern Pearl

This weekend has been crazy! Friday was "Senior Skip Day" at Ledford (where I student teach), so we had like three students all day, since English IV is all seniors.  After school, I hurried to HPU for dance rehearsal, got all sweaty, and then hurried home to get ready and pack for Disciple Now 2012. Once Ashley and I finally got to the church for the weekend and sat down to our delicious (free) meal, I got really excited about the weekend.  Disciple Now is somewhat of a youth retreat, where the middle and high schoolers stay at homes of church members and students from Liberty University come, along with an awesome speaker, and we have events and services all weekend.  It's always a very powerful weekend, and I was excited that it was Ashley's first DNow, since she's in sixth grade (I was more excited than she was, but she ended up loving it haha). Our Friday night service went well, and our speaker, Jody Jennings, was great.  When we got to our host home (I ...

I did something I didn't think I would ever do.  I joined a sorority. Let's go back to the beginning. When I started college, I went to UNC-Greensboro.  I didn't like college at all.  I don't think it was UNCG - I just didn't like college (I told you I have adjustment and transitional issues).  So I didn't try to get involved at all, but I knew what sororities we had IN CASE I ever broke down and decided to join one.  I had a friend who was in one, and I had decided that if I did join, I would join Chi Omega or Alpha Chi Omega.  Well I left UNCG and came to High Point University. HPU did not have Chi Omega or Alpha Chi Omega.  They had four other great sororities, but if my heart was set on something else, I didn't want to join another one if my heart wasn't fully in it.  That was my reasoning.  Also, I have never lived on campus at HPU, and I thought it would be weird for me to join a sorority as a commuter (idk, that was just my reason...