Syd's Stories

Nothing is better than being at home with your family and being able to spend time with all of your friends. Being able to go home for Thanksgiving my favorite break is my favorite by far. When first going home, it was my sister's birthday so we went out to dinner and then went to one of our family friend's house. Over the weekend, I stayed at home and did homework. This really helped me feel a lot better when coming back to campus. There are so many assignments with the semester coming to an end but we are in the final weeks.  Through the week, I was able to be with some of my friends that I do not see much when I am at school. All of my friends and I go to different schools so the only time that we all get together is when we are on break. We watched the movie The Greatest Showman on the projector in my garage and had snacks. Everyone brought a different snack that reflected their personality. I brought a trail mix because you never know when it comes to me. I can be really s

On Saturday, my sorority, Alpha Xi Delta held their annual dad's day celebration. This is a day that we have some activities planned with our dads. Saturday morning, my dad came up and I was so excited! Last week was one of the hardest weeks for me mentally and my dad coming up was so helpful. To start the day, a lot of the girls in Alpha Xi came over to my house to hang out before the real event started. This was a very relaxed way for all of the dads to meet each other and also all of us girls to just chill together. We had some fruit and drinks for everyone to have. Most of the dads drove in that morning so we wanted to have something for them to munch on.  After the gathering at my house, we moved to the tailgate that we had planned. This was one of my favorite events that we hosted all year! While it was so cold out, we were enjoying the time that we were able to have with our dads. Some of the girls were making snowballs with the little snow that was on the ground and throwi

Over the weekend, Alpha Xi had our sisterhood event and it was very different from years before. At noon, everyone met in the house so we could have lunch together. They got us Chick-fil-A and we all were able to sit around, eat and catch up. Everyone has been so busy this semester that it has been hard to hangout without distractions. After lunch, we played a game that helped break the ice between the new sister and the current sister. I really enjoyed this activity because both of my g-little are new members and I was able to learn so much new stuff about them. Once we finished our bonding game we did a quick run to Starbucks and off to the self defense class.  Once in the self defense class, it was not what I expected. They first taught us about making sure not to put ourselves in bad situations. This can be not parking in dark allies, making eye contact with a potential attacker, or carrying pepper spray. Once the instructor finished talking to us, we split into groups and started