Resurrection

I want to start out by thanking y’all for actually reading this blog and for being so supportive, encouraging, and genuinely invested in it. I started this blog as a joke and a fun hobby to have while I was bored, and I never expected to have over a thousand views on something as simple as talking about my life. I’ve always had a passion for writing, and to see such positive feedback on this will always mean so much to me.

This weekend was resurrection, and for those of you who don’t know what that is, it’s the biggest darty of the year. The frat SAE hosts it, and high school seniors who are interested in UT come and stay with the freshmen. Kate and I had three girls (we call them littles) staying with us, and it was so fun. Our weekend started out with the Fiji disco party on Friday night. Disco is always the night before resurrection, and everyone dresses in fun, sparkly outfits. When we walked into Fiji, the first thing I noticed was how many high schoolers were there, and it’s crazy to think that was my friends and me last year. I loved getting to meet all of them, and I can’t wait to see them here next semester!! The night consisted of the usual running around trying to find people and being entertained by Kate’s awesome dance moves. She started hair twirling at 11 pm, and for those of you who know Kate, you know she needs to be put to bed when she starts hair twirling… Anyway, in the middle of the party, I had the most amazing idea: I wanted someone to get a video of me disappearing in a smoke bomb. I didn’t think much deeper into it before I started browsing the internet for smoke bomb stores. Obviously, if I was going to make this funny of a video, it couldn’t be edited online with special effects. It had to be real, or else it would look stupid and would no longer be funny. I found a random online store called “Madhatter Magic Shop,” and most things were about 60 cents. I don’t know why I didn’t just stop there, but wouldn’t it be too out of character if I didn’t try to make an impulse purchase from a magic shop at midnight? I tried about three different credit cards before giving up. I’m assuming it’s not a real website if it rejected three working cards. This truly upset me more than I expected, but that doesn’t mean I’m giving up. The video will happen. After that, I went home feeling slightly discouraged, but my mood was quickly lifted when I got debriefs from the littles. It made my night. We got everyone situated and then went to bed with great anticipation for the next day. When morning came, we started getting ready until we looked out the window and saw groups of girls herding in front of the Hardin doors. We checked our texts and found out SAE was no longer doing bands to get into the darty, but a list that had to be scanned by one single guy outside of Hardin. There were only 250 spots left that would be scanned that day. Kate and I were already on the list, but our littles weren’t, so we made them sprint downstairs to get scanned. Our room in Hardin has a perfect view of the front outside, and every time I would look out of it, the crowd doubled. It seemed like chaos, but it worked out. After everyone got scanned and ready, we went to a Kappa brunch for freshmen Kappa’s and their littles. It was freezing, but that would not be stopping us that day. After brunch, we went back to Hardin, got everything we needed, then headed to SAE. The line wasn’t nearly as bad as it was last year, but I am still a very impatient and claustrophobic person. After waiting in line for what felt like forever, I started feeling really humbled that I was doing this all for just a frat party, so I decided I would find an easier way in. We went out of the line, and I saw my big's older brother, who's an SAE, through the gates. I asked him to help get me in, and he handed me two gold ACL “VIP crew” bands. Kate and I put them on and ran up to the security guards, screaming that we were VIP and to let us in. They said, “SHOOT THEY ARE VIP THEY ARE VIP LET THEM IN,” and let us and our littles in. Whatever works. When we got in, we let our littles go and do their own thing while my friends and I wandered around aimlessly. In the middle of the party, I looked up to see Kate dancing and doing her hair twirl on the balcony above me. As y’all remember, Kate gets crazy when she hair twirls. She kept pouring things on people, and I was embarrassed because my hair probably looked greasy. Oh well. I saw some of my senior cousins, and it felt like a family reunion. My older sister, who just graduated college, is dating a senior SAE and was also there, so it was good to see her, too. I saw my big, and she came up to me with bloodshot eyes, telling me she had just been pepper sprayed by security. I didn’t know whether to feel bad or to laugh because, Carolyn, this WOULD happen to you. Apparently, the security guards were being really strict, and one of them even hit my friend Lily with a baton and then continued to call her the R-word. Other than that, everyone had a lot of fun, and we stayed until we were kicked out by security. As the security guard was telling us to leave, I stopped him and asked if he could take pictures of my friends and me, and soon enough, I had made a new friend. I wish I remembered his name. After we left, I ordered multiple different types of pickles to Hardin for some reason. I never liked pickles until this year when Kate and Elena made me try them, and I now crave them randomly, maybe once every other week. I had some pickles, took a nap, and then found myself not being able to get out of bed for the rest of the night. When it was time to get up and go back out, I genuinely couldn’t do it. I felt like all my energy had been sucked out of me, so I stayed in Hardin while Kate went back out with the littles. I was actually very surprised with myself because I usually jump at any opportunity to go out, but I don’t regret it. I had one of the best naps of my life. Two of the littles came back while I was sleeping, and I was half asleep and vaguely remember shushing them, and I can’t stop thinking about it. I feel so bad. If they are reading this, I am so sorry, you guys. I didn’t even realize I did that until right after. I hate when people shush other people; it’s one of my biggest pet peeves. I’m definitely overthinking that, though. Anyway, once everyone came back, we recapped the night, and everyone sounded like they had so much fun. I’m happy because I had fun sleeping, so it all worked out. We went to bed, and two of the littles left in the morning, while one of them stayed and left later. Kate and I speed-cleaned to Mario Kart music and made a Timelapse on Kate’s phone. It was awesome. We had a pretty chill Sunday and even tried to top our night off with split-screen Minecraft on my Xbox, but I ended up getting so frustrated with the split screen, and it kept glitching, so I rage quit. It’s now Monday, and so far, I have had one class. I spent the majority of that class signing my friend Kevin up for the show “Wipeout.” Although I’m pretty sure I accidentally signed him up for the 2021 application, I really hope he gets it! Overall, I had a great weekend and can’t wait to see what this week brings. If you came this far, thank you for reading. You rock.