If you ask anyone I went to high school with they will tell you that I was the absolute last person that wanted to leave. I was not ready for the past 4 years of my life to end with just a throw of a cap and a piece of paper. I was not ready to pack up my belongings and leave the town I had grown up in. But most importantly, I was not ready to leave the friendships that had years of history and memories built into them, and have to do it all over again. Saying I was scared was an understatement. Not saying that I wasn't looking forward to going to college, I was so excited, but I was very nervous to see what I would spend my time outside of class doing.

Going out for recruitment was always something that was in the back of my head. I was interested in joining a sorority but by no means knew too much information surrounding them. Needless to say, after a couple of weeks of deliberation with myself, I made the second best decision of my life and decided to go through recruitment. At first, I was crazy nervous because I knew barely anything about sororities in general, let alone the ones at my school, but at the end of the day, not knowing too much turned out to be very beneficial. Having close to no knowledge about the different types of sororities helped me keep an open mind throughout the entire process and ultimate helped me follow up the second best decision of my life with the first best decision: joining the organization that I did.

I never thought that I could grow so fondly of a group of women and so close to those women in such a short amount of time. I've always liked to view myself as a very outgoing and happy person, but when first put into a new group, it usually takes a while for me to break out of my shell and show my full personality. Joining a sorority was my first experience with being able to be with a new group of people, and be 100% me from day one and that is something I will always be forever grateful for. Every day I find myself waking up and excited to start the day and be on campus for the sole purpose of getting to see my sisters walking around because even just a quick, "hello" while walking to class can make my day that much better.

Although it has only been one semester into my college journey, I honestly believe that this first couple of months have just been a preview of everything to come in the future. Through my short time in this organization, I feel as though I have already so many incredible examples of what true sisterhood is and what it means to be able to consider your sisters as family. I can say with complete truth that I've made friendships that can last a lifetime and am surrounded by people that I could never get sick of.

So now, as winter break approaches and my first college semester comes to a close in what feels like a blink of an eye, I am left with utter feelings of excitement for what is to come. What makes me so happy about knowing that all these amazing things have already happened as a result of joining a sorority in just the first semester alone, is that I still have three and a half more years of this. I cannot wait for the future semesters and everything and everyone that fills them. I can only hope that they will be as iconic and memorable as this one but am also very faithful that they will be.