TxWes Homecoming

Thursday was our Homecoming Pep Rally and the game was on Saturday.  It was so hot.  Many of my Xisters are on the Goldline Dance Team so it is always fun to see them!  My Big is also the Captain!

The tailgate was fun.  We had a table and got to meet lots of people.  The best part is that we won! We wore different colors depending on our year.  

TxWes HOCO Week 2023

Day One Wear Pink
Breast Cancer Awareness

Day Two Jersey Day
Go Stars!

     

         Day Three Decades Day                                               Juniors dress for the 1980's

Day Four Luau Day
Pep Rally Day!

Day Five Pajama Day
My favorite pajama pants

Big/Little Week.

 This week was so much fun.  Each day we got a new hint and we had to try to guess who our Big was.  I had a couple of ideas, but I was way off.  We also had to give a list of things we liked so they could surprise us with our hints.  These were all of my hints.  I love all of my gifts!  

Reveal day was so much fun. We were each given shirts and socks that would match our Bigs when revealed.  We went and took some pictures before the Bigs revealed themselves.  I love the camaraderie of those of us that are new in addition to how we are fitting in with the whole of the group. 

The Big Reveal!

I really am so excited.  My Big and I have a lot in common and similar personalities.  I know that she will teach me so much and I am really excited for the fun we will have and the memories that we will continue to make!

I Did a Thing

 It's no secret that I'm 75% gray/white.  It's also no secret that I don't feel comfortable in my skin with me leaving it that way.  I spent two years and money to strip out the dark and go back to the gray.  I was fine with it for about a year.  Being at a new school, I struggled to make friends.  People don't want to talk to someone they can see their mother or grandmother in. 

 To be honest, I don't really blame them.  During spring break last semester, I started coloring my hair again.  I loved when I had the highlights when we were going through the stripping process, so that's what we went back to.  

Fast forward to the new semester, and I don't have the time to go to my stylist, have her do my roots and come home.  If I'm not in class, I'm working at the school. There is also homework, Alpha Xi, and a few other organizations that I'm in.  

I know that black wasn't going to look good anymore.  I'm too old to pull that off anymore.  I had to have some things done with the color that would eventually get the shade of brown that I wanted, so initially, it was very dark.  I have also had a lot of hair loss over the last few years and as it grows back in, it was starting to really show and it didn't look very good anymore.  I took off 5". It's starting to lighten to a dark brown, and as time goes on, it will get just a bit lighter.  I love the look so much.  This will be much easier for me to touch up on my own in a pinch.

ΑΞΔ Bid Day

When I got the call, I was excited.  I had to be quiet when I answered though because I was at work.  As soon as I got home, I'm pretty sure the whole neighborhood knew.  My first event as an Alpha Xi was Bid Day.  

What really means the most to me is that no matter our ages, we are all equal.  Having a group of sisters and close friends has made a huge difference this year.  The memories that we will make over the next few years will stay close to my heart and the friendships I make will be life long friendships.  I struggle to find the words to adequately describe the joy in my heart.  These women are beautiful, intelligent, kind, genuine, and so much fun to be around.

Alpha Xi Delta Recruitment

So I decided to do a thing this semester.  I decided to participate in recruitment for the sorority on campus.  The process was so much fun and I learned so much too.  The process is NOTHING like you see in the movies either.  There were theme nights, meetings and learning about the sorority, philanthropy, sisterhood and getting to know each other.  It was so much fun.  

I definitely was way out of my comfort zone.  I am really glad that I did this though.  I made so many memories and had a great time.  Everyone is nice and so much fun to be around.

First Day of School

Oh the first day of school.  I don't care how many times you do this, the first day is always filled with so much anxiety.  This semester I am on campus during the day two days a week.  I've applied for a couple of positions as a student assistant too.  These are just a couple of the token first day of school photos.  I'm hoping this semester will go better than the spring.  I'm a Junior at Texas Wesleyan University.  I'm glad I'm here.  I just had a really rough first semester and got really discouraged.  I feel like this will be better.