Election

As the Presidential campaign winds to a close, most people have their mind made up on how they will vote. Whether their reasons be their party allegiance, the ideas of the candidate, or the color of the candidate's skin, almost everyone has decided which route they will go this coming Tuesday. I, on the other hand, have absolutely no clue who I want to vote for. I feel pressure from different ways telling me to vote for different people, but I don't think its fair to vote because of what other people tell you. I want to make my own informed decision. I haven't kept up with the election; therefore, I know nothing about the candidates except what I hear from others. I wish I had done things differently and actually watched the debates and followed the speeches, but I just always put it off. Now, there is no more time to put it off. I'm going to have to do some quick last minute research and evaluate my beliefs really fast to make sure that I make the right decision. People say that one vote doesn't count, but that is so untrue. If a million people were to say that their vote didn't count, then that could be the difference needed for the opposite candidate to win the presidency. We live in a country that allows us to choose our leaders, so we should take advantage of that at every opportunity!

Sisterhood week

This week is Delta Gamma's sisterhood week. Sisterhood week is the week before the new member initiation where the girls have to abstain from the 3 B's: booze, boys, and bars. I like the fact that we are taking a week off from 3 things that can be very distracting to a college student's life. I think that this week will be a good opportunity for us to all grow closer as sisters and to learn things about eachother that we have not been able to find out so far.

Some of the activities we are doing include dinner with a DG, a sisterhood retreat, a pledge class retreat, and some other random fun things together at the Delta Gamma house. This week is really exciting for me, because I can't wait to become an actual initiated member of DG. The sorority has already enriched my college experience is so many ways that I couldn't begin to explain. The friendships I have established in these few short months will last me a lifetime. After this weekend, Delta Gamma will be cemented into my life forever, and I am so ready to make that commitment.

peace out. Paige.

FALL BREAK.

It’s so great to be home. I didn’t realize how much I missed home until I got here this afternoon. Driving up to my house brought a great sense of relief over me. Of course, nothing has really changed. I can’t wait to go back tomorrow and visit my high school. I have been back there once, but I didn’t go to see yearbook financial staff, which was what I really wanted to do. I used to be business manager for the staff, so it will be nice to go back and see how the new leader is doing.
Two of my best friends will be home on Saturday, so I’m definitely looking forward to that. It will be the first time the three of us have all been here together since this summer. I LOVE everything about Southern Miss, but I still miss my old friends sometimes. It is weird being without my Southern friends too. I want to just be able to walk next door and talk to someone if I get bored, but here I have to hop in my car and drive somewhere! Weird that you notice things like that. Well, I’m gonna go talk to my mom. Peace out.

Paige.

life.

I've been thinking a lot about the future lately and trying to figure out what I want to do with my life. I had to drop a class, so I was looking at what I'm going to have to take next semester, which now includes three honors classes instead of the usual two. I want to take honors classes that pertain to my major, so I began to think about my major and what I wanted it to be. I think I'm going to stay a public relations major but add speech communication as a double major and minor in Spanish or sociology. I go to talk to Stacey Ready tomorrow afternoon, and I'm hoping she can help me out.

We sat in the friendship tree today and talked about what kind of jobs we wanted after college. The only conclusion that I could come to was that I want to help people. I say that I don't care about the money, but unfortunately, it is an issue. I think I could use a PR/Speech Comm degrees in a lot of ways to help people, and I hope that I can.