Let's Roll for Freedom, Let's Roll for Love

My life is pretty much go-go-go right now and I am operating on about 5-6 hours of sleep each night, but it seemed appropriate to slow down my crazy life and reflect on this memorable day.

I don't want to write a long post about where I was on this day, how I felt when September 11th occurred, or how I feel now, because let's face it, that doesn't really matter nor does anyone want to read about that.

This post is meant to pay gratitude to anyone who helped our country in this time of crisis.
This post is meant to remember and respect all those who lost their lives in this tragic incident.
This post is to meant to send thoughts and prayers to any family member, friend, boyfriend, girlfriend, fiance, or coworker who suffered a loss of someone they knew.

9-11-2001. We will never forget. Our country was shaken, but never defeated. God bless America.

First stop--WSU

Fight, fight, fight for Washington State! Win the victory! Win the day for Crimson and Gray! 

Yep, definitely taking a break from, what seems to be my 945,339,458 page, Leadership Consultant report to FINALLY blog. The post is soups overdue if you ask me.

Formal Recruitment is over before it even began. Cah-razy. Also, my first visit as an ADPi Leadership Consultant is over in less than 19 hours. Even more cah-razy. Even though everything is happening so fast, the thing that is not so cah-razy: what the women of Upsilon chapter taught me about sisterhood. Unfathomable is an understatement.
Yeah, you could say I was as nervous going into my first visit just as a Potential New Member is on her first day of Recruitment, if you may. I mean, you open the door to a house where you know absolutely no one, unaware of what you are going to see, and completely clueless as to how the members are going to treat you. Who would not be shakin in their boots? Well let me just say, if I was a PNM, this is THE house I would be so grateful to enter into.
Whenever someone would ask me what I was most excited for during my time as a LC, and I would always answer with something like "I can't wait to see all of the different Greek life throughout the country," ooooor "I can't wait to see other houses," ooor another shallow comment was said on my part. After visiting Upsilon, my answer has totally changed. Actually, I don't have one answer, I have multiple.

1) Seeing women gain confidence in their roles as an Alpha Delta Pi member.

2) Seeing how proud members are of their accomplishments.

3) Encouraging women to run for Leadership Position because you see potential in them that they may not see in themselves

4) Empowering leaders in the chapter and reassuring them that they are excellent leaders and that everyone elected them for a reason

5) Sharing ritual with other chapter members and actually participating in ritual with my sisters from all across the country

 So long WSU, Pullman, and my Upsilon sisters. You treated me with the utmost hospitality and you will greatly be missed. You will always be near and dear to my heart.

Toto, I Feel Like We're Not in Kansas Anymore

Yes, I don't come from Kansas and yes, I don't have a dog named Toto; but one thing that is for certain: I am surely NOT in Michigan, aka "The Mitten," anymore. Yes, it's FBO--I am a resident of Atlanta, Georgia (or as some folk call it, "Hotlanta"). 

I must admit, this time last year I never would have envisioned living my life this way. Yep, one year ago, I knew I would be preparing for graduate school; I knew I would be preparing for an intense internship; and finally, I knew I would be preparing to live my life according to the expectations that society deems appropriate for us

1. You attend college. 
2. You graduate college.
3. You become a student who now attends grad school. 
4. Once grad school is donezoh, you attempt to get a job. 
5. You get married/begin a family.

I am most definitely not knocking the expectations that humanity has created for us, I just know that my life is destined to be lived differently. A new and exciting opportunity, a challenge if you will, has sprung up into my life I am so thankful that my entire life plan does not follow society's course.

I am moving onto day four of living in Atlanta and also day three-ish of training as a Leadership Consultant (today we were so very privileged to visit Macon, where Alpha Delta Pi began), and I already feel as though I have learned so much about myself and have already begun the metamorphosis process of who I will evolve into this year. I know that I am going to grow into an even more independent, knowledgeable, accepting, adventurous, and resilient woman than I already am. 

As I sit here at night in this beautiful house, I couldn't help but wonder where I will be this time next month. I will not be sitting in this familiar house or this familiar/not so familiar city of Atlanta, GA. The thing is, and to quote my blog title, "I don't know where I am going to be tomorrow, and that is ok with me." I still have three weeks left in this beautiful historical district, so technically I do know where I will be tomorrow. But irregardless, I live for the unknown and I live for new opportunity. After all, isn't not knowing what makes life exciting?