Coming to you live on the scene...

So normally there is a 1.5-2 week delay on blog posts about the happenings here in St. Louis, but I had to share some photos with y'all of the crazy weather we're experiencing right now....literally. right. now.

Here are a few photos my friends snapped (and I proceeded to steal from facebook) of the eerie looking sky and clouds this evening.  Around 7:00pm as I was heading to chapter, our weekly sorority meeting, I could not keep my eyes off the black, yet bright, sky.  The sun was setting so that reflected a dirty golden glow through the looming grey storm clouds.  At one point during the 10 minute walk to chapter, my friend and I saw a small patch of clouds spinning quickly above us!  I am safely in my room for now, however while I was in chapter we got hail, heavy rain, and the tornado sirens were sounded forcing all the freshmen in my dorm building into the basement...glad I missed all that madness! Hope this scary weather clears up soon!! Only 2 more days till mom and Jordan are up here!

Just some snapshots from back home..

Here are just a few of my favorite pictures I got over Spring Break...

With Julian

Relaxin' on the dock

at Medina Lake

Little Miss Sunshine, soakin' up some sun

coco

Little Pups

Can't wait to be home! ...around May 18th, 19th, 20-ishhh...

"Party" Gras Weekend!

Other than being the city with the highest crime rate in the nation, St. Louis's Other claim to fame is having the second biggest Mardi Gras celebration in the U.S. (next to New Orleans, of course).  And what better way to celebrate my first Mardi Gras than sitting in a Delta Gamma luncheon from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm.  Yes, as fate would have it our Founders Day landed right on the biggest part of the year.  After we grumbled about it a bit (ok, perhaps a lot) we got all dressed up and headed to the event.  The Delta Gamma alumni chapter of St. Louis planned and delivered quite a beautiful auction, lunch, and program at a hotel a little bit outside the city.

The guests at the event included our Saint Louis University, Eta Theta chapter as well as Washington University's, Alpha Epsilon chapter along with alumni young and old..some very very old (50+ years of being a Delta Gamma) from Missouri, Illinois, Colorado, and TEXAS.  It was quite wonderful hearing the "Gold Members" talk about their memories from Delta Gamma (and several frat parties back in the day, haha!) I was amazed at the amount of time and dedication some of these women had devoted to the organization over the years.

Later that evening a groups of my friends and I got dressed up and drove downtown to see if there were any events for 18+ in Soulard, the part of town that most of the festivities however, we had no luck.  But we did get to see the after math of the parade from that morning and man, it was a mess!  I can't wait to experience the party next year...or better yet, when I turn 21.

Welcome to Our Hood

Back during President's Day weekend, Angie and I hosted my good friend Jacob Flores and his mom for the weekend.  Jacob is a senior at Central Catholic (Julian's High School) and, was at the time considering, but now is officially attending Saint Louis University! Declared major: Biology Pre-Med. We spent the friday afternoon walking all over campus, filling them in overloading them with information about housing, classes, teachers, grocery stores, greek life, campus security, moving in, student organizations, welcome week, events...well you get the picture!

During our "tour"

For lunch on Saturday the four of us went for bar-b-q at the famed, Pappy's Smokehouse. Although it was a 2 hour wait in line, I think the Flores's thought the time well spent the second they sunk their teeth into that amazzzing pulled pork sandwich.

Later that evening, Jacob and I attended an acapella competition at Washington University, just a short drive from campus.  He has a passion for singing and wanted to scope out our male acapella group on campus, The Bare Naked Statues.  We had so much fun!! I had never seen our boys perform before so this was a real treat for me as well.  There were about 12 different groups from the surrounding states that performed.  Although SLU did not place overall, they were recognized in a few categories including outstanding solo.  Check out the performances below!

I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends

I Believe I Can Fly

p.s. Welcome to Saint Louis University, Jacob, our baby billiken!!