Bid Day 2003. This was my first year in the house during rush (as it was still called then) and I’m pretty sure none of us looked as tired as we actually were (ahh, the beauty of youth). Bid Day in Tuscaloosa is always the hottest day of the year and this year was no exception. I got really hot at the Texas A&M game last fall in Texas but I still don’t think it compares to Bid Day’s of years past.
Things I remember for rush that year: getting bit on my back by a spider that must have been hiding in my skit costume and feeling like I was going to die during voting that night; having a girl I love get dropped (it happens to everyone at some point during their years in the house); being so worried about make sure I remembered girls names and did everything right for them when they were in the house; and also getting to spend so much time with my pledge sisters and having a lot of fun even though we were all tired of being cooped up in the house.
Rush/Recruitment is a beast all of it’s own. This was the only year that I was in the house during rush because I joined the Panhellenic Executive Board the next year. And while all my memories aren’t fond of that time, a lot of them are and I’m still so proud to be an Alpha Chi Omega!
