If you’re in a sorority, you know what work week is... and if you’re not, here’s what it is: it’s the week before school when you and all your sisters come to the house everyday and prepare for recruitment. The hours vary for each chapter, but nonetheless, it is always a long day. And although work week tests your patience (and sanity) at times--for both the actives practicing and the actives directing everything--it is a bonding experience for you and all your sisters, and should be taken seriously.
- I should’ve thought of a really good excuse to get out of this
- But I didn’t, and I’m here, so I’ll just have to grin and bear it
- Alright, first day. Here we go
- They’re demonstrating the songs
- Oh god, I don’t think I can sing those
- If I sing really quietly, maybe no one will hear how bad I am
- I can sing most of it, but some parts I just forget every time for some reason
- We’re learning how to snap
- Got it. Nip to hip...that’s not too bad to remember
- This actually hurts my hands after a while
- And now you can barely hear my snaps
- I also am not confident in walking down these stairs
- I’d put money on me tripping and falling down the stairs during recruitment
- Stairs are hard sometimes, OK
- Well, it’ll have to do
- Okay, we’re starting to learn how to step
- I thought I knew how to step, but I guess not
- Yep, this is actually harder than you’d expect stepping to be
- I don’t know how to be in sync with everyone else
- I’m also bad at this whole snapping, singing and stepping in sync deal
- It is so flippin hot right now
- I think I’m gonna pass out
- Two run-throughs down, eight more to go
- Also known as one hour down, five to go
- Okay, I just have to make it to the lunch break
- I am STARVING
- If we all do really well this run-through, it is lunch time
- Please god, let everyone do their best
- SUCCESS
- *Goes to lunch and stuffs face like a starved animal*
- Alright, back and refreshed, ready to be my best srat self
- Doin the same thing as before
- Now we have to announce the PNMs. Great
- I’m definitely gonna stutter or say the wrong name
- Oh, I didn’t speak loud enough?
- That’s embarrassing. My bad
- Okay, nailed it my second time
- Yeah, I got this
- It’s so awkward to be speaking this loud, but oh well
- Annnnd we’re back to the singing
- We low-key sound like a cult...singing on a loop
- But at least the songs are cute
- I just don’t have them memorized, and I feel like that’s bad
- Just smile and move your mouth and hope you don’t get called out
- Wow that, sun is really beating down
- Suck it up. They’re getting mad because everyone’s slacking
- *towards the end of the practice* Actually, we sound pretty good
- Oh hey, our stepping/snapping/singing game is actually strong now
- Guess practice paid off after all, but I am exhausted
- I do not want to do this for another day
Overall, work week is really fun and you just have to roll with it. It’s long and you get annoyed, but it’s something every sorority girl has to go through. So make the most of it, and good luck during recruitment everyone!
