Beyond Blessed

Last week was amazing and I am so blessed for the people that are in my life. It was a great week leading up to my birthday weekend.

Here is goes:

• January 16 - Suzanne and I spent the day hanging out with sisters and getting to know them better.

• January 17 - Today was great. It started off with a great morning phone call from Alias. Then Suzanne and I had a great day of work today. We had lunch with an alumna, from the Zeta Omicron chapter at Muskingum University, who is interested in becoming a potential advisor for the Capital Colony. Later on in the evening, Suzanne and I were craving the famous Graters Ice Cream. So, we walked about a mile to mile and half in the cold to get and walked back a mile and half back in the cold, sleet, freezing rain, snow mixture. True dedication for ice cream. To bring an amazing day to an end, I skyped for an hour with Alias. 

• January 18 - Today was another great day. Once again it started off with a morning phone call from Alias. Suzanne and I prepared for Bid Day by getting bags ready for Friday. We then went to dinner with a some sisters and ended up sitting at the "Capital Football players' table" in the dinning hall. We were having giggle fits due to their conversations, but as Mary would say, "we bumped up the cool at that table." Suzanne and I later finished up day three of recruitment, which was very exciting. And the night finished with Suzanne and I bonding over our collegiate days and missing our chapters. 

Alpha Sigma Alpha - Capital Colony

• January 19 - Suzanne and I walked to Starbucks for some hot chocolate because it was a little cold on Thursday. Suzanne and I just hung out with sister and learned even more about them.

• January 20 - The start to an amazing day! The day started off by acceptation since it was Bid Day! We received 19 new members, so exciting. After receiving those members, I went to the airport to pick up Alias!! Alias and I went to dinner where I received two birthday gifts. A new iPad 2 from him and a Pandora charm from his mom. The day end just right, cuddling up next to the love of my life.

Alpha Sigma Alpha - Capital Colony
52 new members!

• January 21 - Two words explain this great day - RASCAL FLATTS! This one of my other birthday gifts, tickets to see them. Alias and I went to see them, Hunter Hayes and Sara Evans. Rascal Flatts puts on an amazing show. I was memorized by the opening. 

Right before Rascal Flatts came on

• January 22 - Happy 24th Birthday to Meeee! The best birthday gift, birthday kisses from Alias! Then a birthday lunch at The Cheesecake Factory, yummy yummy! Then I had to take Alias to the airport, the worse part of the day. I returned back to Capital, for a birthday dinner by the girls. I spent literally 5 hours with the ladies last night. We had another Phoenix Degree Service for 20 new members. I got a really cute birthday gift from the ladies wrapped in zebra tissue paper. I also got a birthday cake with 24 candles (which I was told how many come in packet, so it looks like someone will be buying me 2 packets of candles next year!) and then they sung Happy Birthday to me! The best birthday ended with goodnight FaceTime with Alias! 

Birthday gift from the ladies at Capital

Birthday cake with all 24 candles

It was an amazing week and I am so blessed to have the people who are in my life and even more blessed to have Alias and meeting Suzanne and the ladies of Capital. If it wasn't for them, I wouldn't have had such an amazing day. I have to say I'm a lucky girl.