"We got more bounce in California"

Oh my. I am getting behind. Hopefully I can catch up really quick because it’s about to get super busy here in Lexington as we start to colonize the Rho Iota chapter at University of Kentucky!  **Let’s note I wanted to send this before we started extension…whoops.

After my quick trip to Rome I headed it out to the west coast to Fresno to visit Eta Zeta at California State Fresno. Before we bee bopped it back to the house for dinner there was a quick trip to the local fro yo place. Of course I had no problem with that. They also sold grilled cheese but I passed on that. I think I’m the only person in the world that doesn’t like grilled cheese. Quesadilla- yes. Grilled cheese-negatory.

Fresno State students had already started classes so recruitment practice didn’t start til that night and they worked really hard on getting ready for House Tours. 

House Tour day went great! I think it’s so great for PNMs to get to see where they could potentially be living. The Greek Adviser also let me tour the other houses on campus as well and they were beautiful! I walked around with a Kappa Kappa Gamma consultant. Funny thing, she actually met Phi Mu CC Megan while they both were working with their University of Florida chapters.

Never had to worry about decorating the sun deck in Kentucky.

Eta Zeta made the dining room cute once again for Philanthropy Night with a Tiffany & Co theme. The craft included a coloring book and stickers to be donated to the local CMNH in the area! That’s the great thing about CMNH—the money that each of Phi Mu’s chapters raise stays in the same state. It’s not going off to some unknown spectrum. It’s possibly just going right down the road. 

With the MD and President on Preference

Eta Zeta Seniors before Preference

After a gorgeous preference ceremony all we had left to do was celebrate another Bid Day! Since recruitment was during the school year Bid Day fell on Monday night after class. While my studious Eta Zetas trekked to class in the heat I helped the MD put together these little baskets for the Rho Gammas (recruitment counselors). It was like Big/Little week all over again and we all know how much I have putting a good looking display of Phi Mu stuff out.

Exhibit A: Yep, I love a well displayed Big/Little Week basket.
Throwback to Madison's Big/Little Week in 2009.

Snuck over to the football stadium to get my Red Towel photo. I’m really concerned I may not get to a football game this season. If this is my biggest problem, I guess I can handle it. Good thing I called dibs on the Cotton basketball tickets come December.

Bulldog Stadium recently added turf and they are very very excited about it…and protective. I promised the man who came out of nowhere on a speedy little golf cart (ninja style) that I wouldn’t step on the turf. We kept our promise. Fresno State has a tough schedule this fall but they are sure to be great games.

Eta Zeta made quota once again and remains the largest chapter on campus! So proud of their hard work in a short amount of time! The Bid Day theme was Feels Like Home and every chapter member wore jeans shorts with red shoes to stay close to the theme. Swooped up the cute little shirt as well. 

Did I mentioned that I’ve never seen the Wizard of Oz? Of course not, because then I would have to admit to the long embarrassing list of movies I haven’t seen and I just don’t care to admit all that.

The Phi Director did a great job of planning everything out and we were grateful to have good food and time to relax at a nearby hotel where an alumna is a manager.

Here's the next picture in my little cheesy touristy photos with my Red Towel!

Bulldog Stadium is home to the football team since 1980. When you enter the stadium there is a dog house with little signs of the all the opponents for the season. This season will be the first without natural grass since they added FieldTurf this summer.