i survived the best and worst week of life!
COLLEGE. what a freakin' trip. i can honestly say i never thought i would survive this week at the rate that it was going, but at the end of it, i was proved wrong on my abilities to be a student of ASU. lol i don't know if that is so much a good thing, but i dig it, and wow. so here it goes. by the way, dutch bros coffee is probably the best addiction right now. so cheap, so good, and so dutch...and so close to me! yaaa. anywho, i must recollect this past week so i can tell my kids...
it all started on the eve of halloween. did a casual smoke sesh with sienna and sarah, then played football. after that, i proceeded to go to a haunted house with LSP kids, but then we ended up spending hours at sonic instead. this made me miss home so much because of sonic and how we used to all spend hours there, just loitering, and drinking cherry limeades. once i got home, still a little high, i made a 5 page study guide for religion and found the BEST music on youtube. i am now a youtube whore, so it's a good time. lol
HALLOWEEN! i had to wake up bright and early at 7:30 so I could be ready for my 8 am ASU 101 class. i had my doubts because i heard so many crappy stories about what other kids had to do, so i was already bumming before i even got there. THEN, my life changed. right away she said that she is getting her phd in philosophy and is not a morning person...so class time was switched to 8:30. THEN! she said all we would do is read our syllabus and then we could go. AND THEN...she said that it is ridiculous to have homework and online tests for a one credit hour class, so we don't have to do anything. all we have to do is show up, on time, and pretend like we are interested. I LOVE THIS CLASS ALREADY! exactly what i needed, so i am grateful for that.
halloween night though i was bumming a little bit because i was so tired and didn't know if i was ready for all the madness that happens halloween night. regardless, all of us girls got all dressed up in our costumes, had a little too much fun at the dorm, then went to aepi. jewish frat! lol. honest to goodness, it was a blast just hanging out in the dorm, blasting music, and dancing. THEN SAFETY ESCORT...oh criminey...katie zinn got out of the cart because she saw a cop and we didn't know...hahaha then we had to go back to pick her up. lol oh and jewish frat boys are really a funny sight to see. i was a german girl this night, a complimentary costume from freshman year of high school, state convention...but we cut it all up to make it a nice slutty college costume...goodness gracious. then i got home....haha and so did vinnie...and yeah.
did i tell you that i had two exams the next day? yeah...about that.
the two exams blew and i was so upset that i didn't study more, and even that i went out for as long as i did. this was my first college lesson to NOT do that...it had to happen sometime, so i am just glad it happened sooner than later. criminey.
thursday night. crazy crap! so i wasnt really in the mood to get all schwasted again, but after going to football practice, i was then peer pressured to go to delta sig's date party. haha, i swear, the nights that you least expect to have a good time, you have the best time. hot diggity damn, i had the best time. i think the best part was partying with all desert vista girls...jamie, madison, monique, jacky, dannon, dara, and i think i am missing people, but regardless, it was just a hoot to be at the bar with them and then think...wow, i have known these girls since we were in seventh grade, now we are ordering long island iced teas and dancing the night away. lol it was so cool. the rest of the night was crazy like night and it was fun bonding with the older alpha phis because i havent really done much of that...plus dancing was a good time! lol
FRIDAY. wow friday was a whole batch of craziness / sorority excitment. we had our banner hanging and derby run for sigma chi's philanthropy. we made a bomb banner for the boys and won first! as for the derby run, we won third, but i got two hats AND ripped a guy's shirt off. again, the bonding with the girls was a blast and it was neat to see the seniors all riled up. it was also a blast running all over palm walk, in and out of bushes, chasing these boys and beating down girls. it was like being 10 again...but on a college campus?
THEN! i ran in to amanda daley, my best friend from casa grande!! oh my gosh, it was the greatest thing ever because all she said was, "gillian fucking coffinger, how the hell are ya"...i about died. i love that girl so much even though we dont see each other near as often as we should, but regardless...we are gonna change that!
volleyball tournament was that night and it was SO INTENSE. oh my gosh, i underestimated how good everyone's team was...seriously, i was so impressed. it was a good time cheering on our girls, making up new cheers, and just spending time together. i then found some gamma phi's messing with one of our posters and it was so upsetting. i mean, i completely understand why they would, but it hurt me to think that there is that underlying animosity and they don't even know me. i went over and took the poster and looked mortified...i didn't even say anything other than, "yeah sisterhood", folded up the poster, and threw it away.
i knew that joining alpha phi would have its downfall, as with any organization, but i find it very disheartening to think of us as a greek community and everyone hates each other. every sorority thinks they are the best (which they should), but then has to bring down other sororities. granted, no one is perfect and i'm sure down the line girls have met a not-so-great alpha phi and they made up their mind that they hate alpha phi. i will admitt, i have done it myself with other sororities, but i have to catch myself because it is just one girl out of probably 150 that are representing this house. i love the competition and how pumped we get to represent our house, but i am so sick of the old image of alpha phi and would really love to change people's minds. it's gonna take a very long time to do so, but i have faith...there's bad apples in any group, but we have to rise above that. i love sisterhood, i love greek life, i love what each chapter is about...i just wish we could all get along and have a good time :)
friday night i didnt want to do anything. absolutely nothing. i wanted to hang out with sam and milynn all night, make rice a roni, and listen to music on youtube, but nope. that didn't happen. around midnight our neighbors came over and said, BEER PONG TIME! lol mark was being SO ridicuously funny that i had to come watch. we played in our laundry room and it was the best idea ever. in our laundry room we have a perfect table, a chalk board, plenty of space, and plenty of seating (haha the dryers and the washers). we didn't actually play beer pong, but vodka/apple juice pong. did i mention that we didnt have pong balls either? lol we played with rolled up foil. GENIUS EH. lol ooooh man, all i have to say was that i loved hanging out with the neighbors down the hall because i hadn't really until then. we also took over 300 pictures on mark's macbook...wow. good times! i love q cluster more and more each day. :)
saturday morning was a beast. i had to wake up at 7 so i could do our diabetes walk and then play in our football tournament alllllll day. lol it was a tough challenge, but again, i loved being with the girls because i got to hang out with people i wouldnt have normally hung out with or see (like the older girls). FOOTBALL WAS OUT OF CONTROL. we had a great warm up, but we just didnt have our game together. we most definitely lost our first game, but we had to accept it. now it was our duty to get as many lei's as possible so we still had a chance to win the DERBY DAYS. a whole day of football was a good time, even though everyone was so tired and gross, we all enjoyed ourselves and i happy i got to know some more sigma chi's. i hated them at first, but i met a few that i really enjoyed getting to know!
SATURDAY NIGHT. oh criminey. so this was the plan...three parties, one bike, one night. i had to make it all work because each party was gonna be great. sam and milynn were at the fair, so i had to do this one on my own (plus it wasnt appealing for anyone else to ride their bike everywhere with me :)). the first mission was rugby fundraising party. i was the tequila shot girl...hot diggity damn, i sold my whole tray and the everyone was so shitty. lol it was hard to be with the rugby girls because i hadnt been there in so long, so i could tell that they hated me, but after awhile they realized i was really sorry and hopefully i was kind of forgiven and can start over. it wont be easy, and i know that, but i love their company and how much fun we have. oh, by the way, this house was a good 20 minute bike ride away...yeahhhhh....
THEN i was off to my next event: Sigma Chi Luau. They were going to announce the winner of derby days, so i most definitely wanted to be there to witness the craziness. ahh! it was such a good time because they had a GREAT band that played all 90 hits and they had sand EVERYWHERE, so i felt like i was in mexico with my sisters, dancing like no other, and singing as if we knew all the words...hahaa. midnight rolled around and they began announncing the winners....we weren't called for anything until..."and first place goes to...ALPHA PHI!!!" champagne bottles popped and everyone was drenched. girls were jumping into each other's arms, we did endless screaming, and of course..."hottie" cheer. i am sure it was the most obnoxious thing ever, but it was a blast to really celebrate with the girls...and most definitely the seniors. they won it for us with all the lei's they got, so hats off to them.
THEN i was off to the next event...dusty's halloween party with all of the LSPers. lol keep in mind that i am still on my bike at this point, passing every cop known to man. i really dont know how i did not get a BUI...somebody had to have been looking for me. i made it to the party and everyone jumped the fence to give a hug or high five (lsp kids are big high fivers, lol) AHH. such a good time. i fall more and more in love with chad jacobs (he was homecoming king this year!!) and we are going to go play golf this week. i am very excited nonetheless. :) anywho, taylor and i did our standard silvermine run (we have been doing this, well, since the summer) and then people watch as we both sober up.
AND NOW, i am home, after being showered, caffeinated up with dutch bros coffee, and about ready to get some breakfast. i actually just had to call emergency maintence because we needed a plunger for our toilet. oh silly times. lol milynn just woke up so i am excited to finally put the lights on. i am determined to make this a productive sunday morning...and to read the newspaper i stole from downstairs!! no one ever picks it up, so i get the courage to not waste paper and to read the damn thing. :)
college is great. i was looking at pictures from the first week of living here and already i feel like i am so much older. i feel like i look different too? haha most definitely not smaller, but just more matured? i dunno, i think everyone has. maybe its all the alchy that has gotten to us. lol i am sad that vinnie is leaving in a month and its really hard to kinda accept that right now. even though we got a in a fight last week, it is so much fun spending time with him. he's making his movie right now, so it's really cute to see him all pumped up and professional...he's going to make it big someday, no doubt.
ahhh yes. i am so glad this week is over and i get my life back in order. i have so many things i need to redo, fix, change, organize, complete, throw away, CALL, email, write...you name it. i miss you all, truly. thanksgiving is so close and i am stoked to go to cali with my family. i havent seen my sister in AGES. i miss her so much. and to hear my brother laugh...oh its going to be the best thing ever. then of course, to just being the same place with you girls is going to be amazing.
alpha phi--unforgettable.
hope you all had a great halloween WEEK. we survived. now its time for homework...:)
it all started on the eve of halloween. did a casual smoke sesh with sienna and sarah, then played football. after that, i proceeded to go to a haunted house with LSP kids, but then we ended up spending hours at sonic instead. this made me miss home so much because of sonic and how we used to all spend hours there, just loitering, and drinking cherry limeades. once i got home, still a little high, i made a 5 page study guide for religion and found the BEST music on youtube. i am now a youtube whore, so it's a good time. lol
HALLOWEEN! i had to wake up bright and early at 7:30 so I could be ready for my 8 am ASU 101 class. i had my doubts because i heard so many crappy stories about what other kids had to do, so i was already bumming before i even got there. THEN, my life changed. right away she said that she is getting her phd in philosophy and is not a morning person...so class time was switched to 8:30. THEN! she said all we would do is read our syllabus and then we could go. AND THEN...she said that it is ridiculous to have homework and online tests for a one credit hour class, so we don't have to do anything. all we have to do is show up, on time, and pretend like we are interested. I LOVE THIS CLASS ALREADY! exactly what i needed, so i am grateful for that.
halloween night though i was bumming a little bit because i was so tired and didn't know if i was ready for all the madness that happens halloween night. regardless, all of us girls got all dressed up in our costumes, had a little too much fun at the dorm, then went to aepi. jewish frat! lol. honest to goodness, it was a blast just hanging out in the dorm, blasting music, and dancing. THEN SAFETY ESCORT...oh criminey...katie zinn got out of the cart because she saw a cop and we didn't know...hahaha then we had to go back to pick her up. lol oh and jewish frat boys are really a funny sight to see. i was a german girl this night, a complimentary costume from freshman year of high school, state convention...but we cut it all up to make it a nice slutty college costume...goodness gracious. then i got home....haha and so did vinnie...and yeah.
did i tell you that i had two exams the next day? yeah...about that.
the two exams blew and i was so upset that i didn't study more, and even that i went out for as long as i did. this was my first college lesson to NOT do that...it had to happen sometime, so i am just glad it happened sooner than later. criminey.
thursday night. crazy crap! so i wasnt really in the mood to get all schwasted again, but after going to football practice, i was then peer pressured to go to delta sig's date party. haha, i swear, the nights that you least expect to have a good time, you have the best time. hot diggity damn, i had the best time. i think the best part was partying with all desert vista girls...jamie, madison, monique, jacky, dannon, dara, and i think i am missing people, but regardless, it was just a hoot to be at the bar with them and then think...wow, i have known these girls since we were in seventh grade, now we are ordering long island iced teas and dancing the night away. lol it was so cool. the rest of the night was crazy like night and it was fun bonding with the older alpha phis because i havent really done much of that...plus dancing was a good time! lol
FRIDAY. wow friday was a whole batch of craziness / sorority excitment. we had our banner hanging and derby run for sigma chi's philanthropy. we made a bomb banner for the boys and won first! as for the derby run, we won third, but i got two hats AND ripped a guy's shirt off. again, the bonding with the girls was a blast and it was neat to see the seniors all riled up. it was also a blast running all over palm walk, in and out of bushes, chasing these boys and beating down girls. it was like being 10 again...but on a college campus?
THEN! i ran in to amanda daley, my best friend from casa grande!! oh my gosh, it was the greatest thing ever because all she said was, "gillian fucking coffinger, how the hell are ya"...i about died. i love that girl so much even though we dont see each other near as often as we should, but regardless...we are gonna change that!
volleyball tournament was that night and it was SO INTENSE. oh my gosh, i underestimated how good everyone's team was...seriously, i was so impressed. it was a good time cheering on our girls, making up new cheers, and just spending time together. i then found some gamma phi's messing with one of our posters and it was so upsetting. i mean, i completely understand why they would, but it hurt me to think that there is that underlying animosity and they don't even know me. i went over and took the poster and looked mortified...i didn't even say anything other than, "yeah sisterhood", folded up the poster, and threw it away.
i knew that joining alpha phi would have its downfall, as with any organization, but i find it very disheartening to think of us as a greek community and everyone hates each other. every sorority thinks they are the best (which they should), but then has to bring down other sororities. granted, no one is perfect and i'm sure down the line girls have met a not-so-great alpha phi and they made up their mind that they hate alpha phi. i will admitt, i have done it myself with other sororities, but i have to catch myself because it is just one girl out of probably 150 that are representing this house. i love the competition and how pumped we get to represent our house, but i am so sick of the old image of alpha phi and would really love to change people's minds. it's gonna take a very long time to do so, but i have faith...there's bad apples in any group, but we have to rise above that. i love sisterhood, i love greek life, i love what each chapter is about...i just wish we could all get along and have a good time :)
friday night i didnt want to do anything. absolutely nothing. i wanted to hang out with sam and milynn all night, make rice a roni, and listen to music on youtube, but nope. that didn't happen. around midnight our neighbors came over and said, BEER PONG TIME! lol mark was being SO ridicuously funny that i had to come watch. we played in our laundry room and it was the best idea ever. in our laundry room we have a perfect table, a chalk board, plenty of space, and plenty of seating (haha the dryers and the washers). we didn't actually play beer pong, but vodka/apple juice pong. did i mention that we didnt have pong balls either? lol we played with rolled up foil. GENIUS EH. lol ooooh man, all i have to say was that i loved hanging out with the neighbors down the hall because i hadn't really until then. we also took over 300 pictures on mark's macbook...wow. good times! i love q cluster more and more each day. :)
saturday morning was a beast. i had to wake up at 7 so i could do our diabetes walk and then play in our football tournament alllllll day. lol it was a tough challenge, but again, i loved being with the girls because i got to hang out with people i wouldnt have normally hung out with or see (like the older girls). FOOTBALL WAS OUT OF CONTROL. we had a great warm up, but we just didnt have our game together. we most definitely lost our first game, but we had to accept it. now it was our duty to get as many lei's as possible so we still had a chance to win the DERBY DAYS. a whole day of football was a good time, even though everyone was so tired and gross, we all enjoyed ourselves and i happy i got to know some more sigma chi's. i hated them at first, but i met a few that i really enjoyed getting to know!
SATURDAY NIGHT. oh criminey. so this was the plan...three parties, one bike, one night. i had to make it all work because each party was gonna be great. sam and milynn were at the fair, so i had to do this one on my own (plus it wasnt appealing for anyone else to ride their bike everywhere with me :)). the first mission was rugby fundraising party. i was the tequila shot girl...hot diggity damn, i sold my whole tray and the everyone was so shitty. lol it was hard to be with the rugby girls because i hadnt been there in so long, so i could tell that they hated me, but after awhile they realized i was really sorry and hopefully i was kind of forgiven and can start over. it wont be easy, and i know that, but i love their company and how much fun we have. oh, by the way, this house was a good 20 minute bike ride away...yeahhhhh....
THEN i was off to my next event: Sigma Chi Luau. They were going to announce the winner of derby days, so i most definitely wanted to be there to witness the craziness. ahh! it was such a good time because they had a GREAT band that played all 90 hits and they had sand EVERYWHERE, so i felt like i was in mexico with my sisters, dancing like no other, and singing as if we knew all the words...hahaa. midnight rolled around and they began announncing the winners....we weren't called for anything until..."and first place goes to...ALPHA PHI!!!" champagne bottles popped and everyone was drenched. girls were jumping into each other's arms, we did endless screaming, and of course..."hottie" cheer. i am sure it was the most obnoxious thing ever, but it was a blast to really celebrate with the girls...and most definitely the seniors. they won it for us with all the lei's they got, so hats off to them.
THEN i was off to the next event...dusty's halloween party with all of the LSPers. lol keep in mind that i am still on my bike at this point, passing every cop known to man. i really dont know how i did not get a BUI...somebody had to have been looking for me. i made it to the party and everyone jumped the fence to give a hug or high five (lsp kids are big high fivers, lol) AHH. such a good time. i fall more and more in love with chad jacobs (he was homecoming king this year!!) and we are going to go play golf this week. i am very excited nonetheless. :) anywho, taylor and i did our standard silvermine run (we have been doing this, well, since the summer) and then people watch as we both sober up.
AND NOW, i am home, after being showered, caffeinated up with dutch bros coffee, and about ready to get some breakfast. i actually just had to call emergency maintence because we needed a plunger for our toilet. oh silly times. lol milynn just woke up so i am excited to finally put the lights on. i am determined to make this a productive sunday morning...and to read the newspaper i stole from downstairs!! no one ever picks it up, so i get the courage to not waste paper and to read the damn thing. :)
college is great. i was looking at pictures from the first week of living here and already i feel like i am so much older. i feel like i look different too? haha most definitely not smaller, but just more matured? i dunno, i think everyone has. maybe its all the alchy that has gotten to us. lol i am sad that vinnie is leaving in a month and its really hard to kinda accept that right now. even though we got a in a fight last week, it is so much fun spending time with him. he's making his movie right now, so it's really cute to see him all pumped up and professional...he's going to make it big someday, no doubt.
ahhh yes. i am so glad this week is over and i get my life back in order. i have so many things i need to redo, fix, change, organize, complete, throw away, CALL, email, write...you name it. i miss you all, truly. thanksgiving is so close and i am stoked to go to cali with my family. i havent seen my sister in AGES. i miss her so much. and to hear my brother laugh...oh its going to be the best thing ever. then of course, to just being the same place with you girls is going to be amazing.
alpha phi--unforgettable.
hope you all had a great halloween WEEK. we survived. now its time for homework...:)