I think people at Luther take their Christmas very seriously. Last night in fact, Christmas at Luther kicked off - which, for most music majors and music lovers is literally like opening the presents under the Christmas tree after you've waited for HOURS. The atmosphere feels different after December 1st came into place. People are cheerier, they dress in red,black and white more often and everywhere you go, you WILL hear someone mumbling a Christmas song that you've heard a million times, or they will be playing their Spotify Christmas Playlist with zero shame. 

On Wednesday, the ΤΔΓ got together at Mabe's pizza and had a nice dinner together, and every day that passes I am more thankful for the crazy gals I've met. We had our annual Secret Santa, and although Amalia, my Secret Sister wasn't there in presence, someone made sure that she got her present AND I still had to read the poem - we all had to write a poem - I wrote... which wasn't very good, I admit. My Secret Sister wrote a poem about how the first time I met most of the ΤΔΓ's, I told them my spirit animal was chicken nuggets. Whilst that is not a lie, I'm starting to wonder if in 20 years, I'll be remembered as chicken nugget girl - no shame in that. 

At the moment, life is quite exciting. I'm 3 shy days away from being 21, and even though I can't wait to be an adult yet again, I'm mainly excited about being able to study with a beer in my hand. Also, in a few weeks I'll be home after a year and a half of absence, and I couldn't be happier. I can't wait to see my friends, my family, and to spend a few weeks just napping and talking! 

What are your plans for the holidays? 

So here I find myself, at 11.41 at night writing about what is probably one of the best days of my whole semester so far.

Firstly, after a lot of stressing, nervousness and excitement, I just found out I have been officially accepted to attend the University of Nottingham during Fall and Spring semester starting next year! This has been such a crazy, crazy semester, but I still can't believe that all the work I've put towards this has finally paid off.
I'm so excited to be sharing this experience with people I value and that are as driven and interested as I am, and I'm so stoked to be studying at such a good university!



Secondly, I don't think I've realized up until now how thankful I am to have my sorority sisters in my life. I never imagined myself to be a sorority girl, nonetheless a Tau Delta Gamma. Going through pledge month was a little bit hard for me, especially when it came to time commitment and completely understanding how much the - what seemed to me - silly traditions meant to the actives, but now that I am part of this small little family I can't imagine myself not being a part of it. My 'twin', Shelby, has been nothing but amazingly supportive, and my 'mom' Caroline has been so understanding and caring since day one. Yesterday, at our thanksgiving dinner, I understood truly how much all of these girls meant to me, and how good it felt to call myself a Tau Delt.


 Lastly, I don't think I'll ever regret being an R.A. this year, not even once. My residents have been such a supporting group, and I am so glad to be able to call some of them my friends. I love knowing that they trust me, and that I can trust them. B3E, and especially Tricia, my co-R.A, have also become to me a little family I don't think I'll ever be able to forget. They are such a beautiful, caring community, and I couldn't be any prouder of all my girls. In the same way, my staff has been as supportive and caring, and even though we have our differences, we do make a great team!




I think today just helped to remind me how much I actually love being at Luther, and how thankful I should be of getting the chances I get on a daily basis to improve myself in a community like this

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