sweet home alabama

I got back from orientation Tuesday night and I was exhausted beyond belief! So much was packed into those two days- it went from 6:30am-11:00pm the first day. I had an awesome time but it was good to get back home for some rest. I met tons of cool people, signed up for my classes, got involved in some on campus clubs already and got some inside info on a few things as well.

One thing did disturb me however. On the first day, a speaker came in to talk to everyone about time management and how to stay on the right path and blahdy blahdy blah. We were supposed to be filling out a mock resume about ourselves in the future about what we'd be involved in, what kind of job we'd have and stuff like that. Well at this point during the day I was tired and being the stubborn girl that I am, I didn't fill mine out. Then we were instructed to swap our resumes with someone that we didn't know and have them make it look more appealing to a business.

I felt awkward giving this nice girl a blank piece of paper- it wasn't fair for  her to have filled hers out and then give it to a someone like me who didn't take the two seconds it would have taken to fill it out. Now that I think about it, the fact that I didn't fill it out probably made me look like I thought I was too good to fill it out. I did as I was told and made hers look more fancy: changed her from member of the MDB Colorgaurd to the head of the MDB Colorgaurd, from cashier manager at Price Mart to store manager at Price Mart and so on. When I got mine back, I looked at what she had written: President of Sorority, Head Cheerleader for the Bama Cheerleaders and Internship at Saks Fifth Avenue.

My mom and dad looked over and laughed. They had seen me almost throw a fit about not wanting to fill it out only to have it be filled out by a complete stranger who as they saw it "knew me so well". To be honest, I was a little offended. Ok, yeah, it does sound a little bit like me but I kept wondering how she knew that. Was it written on my face? Or was it just seeping through my Polo halter dress and my matching J.Crew flip flops, my side bangs and my pearl earrings? I wanted to rewind and actually fill it out. Maybe I would have put that I was on the cheerleading squad or a member of a sorority but I also would have put that I was a involved with the school newspaper: The Crimson and White and that I was involved with community service around campus and instead of an intern at Saks, it would be an intern at a local newspaper or magazine.

I can gaurantee that this girl thought I was a bitch. Probably because I fit the profile of every girl she probably hated in high school. I'm not going to lie- I can be a bitch (most of you know that). But I learned that you have to give people a little more of yourself then you might want to in order for them to see more than just your Polo halter dress. It probably doesn't help my case that I'm using clothes as a metaphor but you get what I'm saying.

In a nutshell, I had an awesome time at orientation and I'm excited to go and have people get to know the real me.