Castle Made of Sand

Here at school I am actively involved in a social service club, Gamma Rho. I was inducted into the club in the Spring of '06, but I wasn't fully active until the Fall of '06. The club is a great way to meet new girls and grow together as a sisterhood and as Christian women. Some of my best friends have come from this club, so I don't regret any decisions or commitments I've made in the past in order to stay involved with Gamma.

Last night, we had our Spring Banquet. We have two banquets every year (one in the Fall and one in the Spring). The Fall banquet is more laidback while the Spring banquet is considered a formal. Both are a lot of fun, plus it's an excuse to get that cute guy to hang out with you for the night. Last night we had our banquet at Castle Falls in Oklahoma City. We had planned on going on a dinner cruise, however, two weeks before banquet, they called and said the boat won't be ready by banquet weekend. Let's just say that we were very upset. However, last night turned out to be one of the best banquet's I've been to in my years in Gamma.

Every year at banquet, we have a ceremony that involves thanking our sponsors, our officers, and handing out various awards. The three main awards are Intramural MVP's, Gammie of the Year, and Woman of the Year. Each intramural sport we play, we nominate and vote an MVP for each team. Last year, I won overall MVP for Gamma. This year, I won Football MVP as Rachel "Cyclone" Almanza. They even put that on my trophy! It was exciting! The Gammie of the Year award is an award that Gamma votes to the sophomore or new Gamma member that represents Gamma Rho. This year, Chelsea Baker, my roommate, won the award. I couldn't have voted for a better person to represent the sophomores of Gamma. The Woman of the Year award is a very special award. This award goes to a senior who is voted based on being an active part of Gamma and really represents the social club, Gamma Rho. It's a very high honor to recieve this award, and when they called out my name last night as Woman of the Year, I couldn't believe it! I've never felt more excited and honored to recieve such an award. It really is something that I'm proud to have recieved. They presented me with a beautiful Bible with my name engraved on it. It was such a sweet and awesome thing to have recieved.

The entire night was just excellent. We had deliscious food, fun music, lots of pictures, and the group I went with was the best group I've been with to a banquet out of all my years in Gamma. My date was Ryan Harper, and he was really a great date! I'm glad that he could get out of baseball practice early so that he could pick us up and take us out to the Castle. After banquet we all went to see the movie Leatherheads. I can't tell if it's because we saw the movie so late, or because it was generally a horrible movie, but it was just awful. I was highly disappointed with all of the hype.

What a great way to start off my weekend. I hope the rest of the weekend is good for me. After a really hard week at school, I'm so glad that I was able to unwind today. I'll be ready for another hard week come Monday, but right now, I'm going to gloat and gleem in my happiness.

God Bless...