'Tis the Season

"Tis the Season for Christmas, family, friends, and no classes for a while. Oh, and for admitting (again) that I am a bad blogger. I haven't posted since August. AUGUST. Oops.  

I think in my last post I said that classes for the fall semester had started two days prior. Well, they are now over! Yep, I'm finished with my first semester of my junior year at Mississippi State. I'll write more about how that feels in another post...but no promises this time :)

During the drive to Tennessee last night, I was thinking about what I was going to do over the month-long break (in between belting out country songs of course). Along with the typical Christmas-time activities, I'd love to blog more about this past semester. And get a Pinterest...I promised myself I would hold off until after final exams because of my tendency to become obsessed with all things crafty. I managed to do it!

I've given my blog decor a little Christmas update, and now it's time to give an update on the fall semester. I'm going to do separate posts for larger events, but here are some short snippets of some fun things that happened while in Starkville!

At the end of August, I got to travel to the Ocoee River for the 2011 Roadrunner retreat.  We left early Saturday morning in a Mississippi State charter bus (not gonna lie, that was pretty cool), and arrived at the Ocoee around lunchtime. We ate, fellowshipped together, rafted, and conquered the river.  

Our raft trumped all other rafts.

A few days later, it was time for one of the more popular parts of sorority life: swaps! We had a NEON SWAP at State Theater.  The DJ was crazy, the outfits were even crazier, and it was a fun way to kick off the sorority social side of the semester!

So many lights....so many people.

About a week into the month of September, it was time for Chi Omega's first date party of the semester! This time we switched things up though and had a DOUBLE date party with Kappa Delta! Chi O loves KD. It's pretty much a known fact. The theme was "Welcome to the Jungle", and it was a blast! 

 

Big Sis/Lil Sis was still a month away...she was meant to be my grand little the whole time :)

The month of October brought another fun social event: Chi O Camo! Every other year, around Halloween, we have this date party.  It's a night full of all types of camouflage, bright orange, and fun.  This year it was at the Hunt Club...how appropriate?

Holly also had a date party that night!

These were just a few random events from this semester! I have more things to blog about later. Thank goodness I have a whole month of no responsibility to do it right? Right. Until then, 'Tis the Season for rest and joy. And blogging. 

I'm going to go create my Pinterest now.

Becca