Oh, the places you'll go

I'll be honest with you all - I've been a little mopey lately. Not because things have been terrible, more so because they've been the exact opposite. Life has been awesome,  recently. This is mostly due to Alpha Delta Pi, because if you know me at all you know that my sorority basically is my life; and school-life, work-life, and anything remotely responsible-life have all gone to the wayside. I mean senioritis is to be expected at this point, right?

This glorious Seattle weather probably has had much to do with my good mood lately. It has been HOT these past two weeks (we're talking 80s - this is absolutely unheard of for Seattle). It's been so hot, in fact, that my chapter sister Katie and I decided to get a little creative on Monday night. Here's what we did:



I'd just like to add that this picture got 90+ likes on Facebook. Can you say celebs?!

That would be the ADPi courtyard. Katie came it to my room at about 11 o'clock with the mischievous look that after four years I have learned always means fun, and asked if I wanted to sleep in the courtyard with her. Never one to shy away from an adventure I eagerly agreed and we proceed to take (read: throw) our mattresses down the stairs from the third floor. I must say it was one of the better nights of sleep I've had in awhile.

 

And that is only one of the fun memories I've been making lately! This past Saturday the Alpha Theta chapter of Alpha Delta Pi held it's second annual Lions Share Challenge Golf Tournament, organized by none other than my fabulous little diamond sis, Ally Patt. I'll be frank and say no one was sure if we were going to pull the event off, but in the final week the chapter came together to secure full sponsorship and attendance at the event and ended up raising over 11,000 for Ronald McDonald House Charities, about 5,000 above our goal. I cannot even begin to explain how proud I am of my chapter and especially the sister I get to call my little diamond, for all the hard work and dedication put into this event.

Ally with the clipboard I made her for the event -
Every event-planner needs a customized clipboard, amiright?

 

Throw what you know. Then add a bow.

 





Some of my lovely AC '09 ladies and I reppin' Hole 8
 



After the golf tournament Saturday there were Cinco de Mayo festivities with many of my favorite people, and then on Sunday morning my most favorite person rolled in to town: my mom! That afternoon was the annual ADPi Mother-Daughter Luncheon, and since we're an out of state family my mom and I had decided that she'd make the event twice - Freshmen and Senior year. Hard to believe that the two years in between have already come and gone! After lunch and pictures the seniors were honored with a slideshow highlighting each of us (thanks for the blast from the past photos - the Homecoming picture with my painfully awkward high school boyfriend probably could have been left out though, haha). Inspiring the title of the post, we were each given a copy of Dr. Suess's book Oh, The Places You'll Go filled with notes and well-wishes from sisters.

 

 



 

Oh, the places I'll go indeed. But more on that in a second.

 

Finally, as if the weekend wasn't good enough, half way through chapter in the stuffy chapter room the doors flew open and two officers jumped in screaming. Which caused me to scream, too. Jeez Kashia. We were surprised with an impromptu trip to the beach! With a few minutes to change into our cutest ADPi apparel (my roommate Megan and I got to our room and said woefully - 'But which letter shirt do I wear?!' #TSM) we piled onto two school buses and were brought to Golden Gardens in Ballard where a fire-pit and s'mores makings were waiting. We then, of course, proceeded to have a twenty minute photo shoot (more #TSM).

 

Seattle finally gets a cool beach shot!

Ally and I again. LML :)


 So, while all of these happenings have been more than great, I can't seem to get rid of that nagging feeling that these are my last. Having my mom up here meant talk of graduation, moving, and plans (over margs, of course. That helped a little). I feel like I've been cruising through college for the past four years, but now the gas pedal is stuck and I can't seem to slow down fast enough to take it all in. I've built a life in this city, and now it's time to start all over again - because Oh, the places I'll go!

"You'll look up and down streets. Look 'em over with care.

About some you will say, 'I don't choose to go there.'

With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet,

you're too smart to go down any not-so-good street.

And you may not find any

you'll want to go down.

In that case, of course,

you'll head straight out of town."

 

 

Ain't that the truth. June 16th, straight out of town I'll go. I'm coming to terms with it, I suppose.

 

 

"...you're off to Great Places!

Today is your day!

Your mountain is waiting.

So . . . get on your way!"