All in with Althea

Hi everyone! I hope you all are getting through this week. I am so ready for this week to be over, and then I can go home and enjoy my break. I know for me that the week before a break from school drags on.  My plans for Thanksgiving break include first getting some hours at work because I desperately need money. I also plan on catching up on my senior thesis/capstone because that presentation is quickly approaching and I honestly have neglected this project which believe me I know is pretty bad.  My more fun plans include going to see the new Wicked: For Good movie with my mom and Ruby which I have practically been waiting for all year since the first movie was released last November. I also plan on seeing my childhood best friends Ashley and Alli. Our plan at the moment is to watch the Dancing With the Stars finale. This Sunday, my mom also found cheap tickets to the Broadway show Some Like It Hot which is touring and will be in Columbus for a few days and although i have ye...

Fall break was wonderful. I was productive, and I got to relax and spend time with my family. I started my break by heading out of Ada around 10:30 am since it's only a one-and-a-half-hour drive home. During the drive, I was of course listening to the new Taylor Swift album, The Life of a Showgirl.  Once I got home and got some coffee, I went to pick up my friend from her house. We got to hang out all day and catch up on what is happening in each other's lives.  Saturday was my productive day of the break. My mom and I decided that my room and closet were out of control, and normally I wouldn't agree, but this time I did easily agree. We deep-cleaned the entire room and closet, including vacuuming, dusting, and quite literally took everything I owned out of my room to figure out how we should organize my space, and it only in the end took about three hours, which I would say isn't too bad.  On Saturday, I was also able to get some errands done, which felt nice to comple...

As the fall semester starts, there are many opportunities to join new clubs and organizations, and sorority recruitment is my personal favorite.  I personally love it because to me it gets me out talking to new people and learning about others, which I wouldn't normally do. If you're not familiar with our sorority recruitment works or how it works here at ONU, I will break it down. Rush here consists of three nights of going to different houses and talking to the girls already in the sorority. The three rounds consist of Philanthropy, Sisterhood, and Preference rounds in that order. Philanthropy round is the most chill of the three formal nights; each chapter shows a video about their national philanthropy, and it's a good night to start getting to know the PNMS (Potential New Members) as they all make their way to each of the four houses, whereas the next two nights get more serious as both the PNMs and sororities drop each other and figure out where they see themselves fo...

Welcome back to All In With Althea! I honestly missed being able to update this blog; it's like a visual diary, and I love being able to share my life in this way!  My first week back has been hectic to say the least!  I started out by moving in last Tuesday for Klondike's Crew to help move in the new freshmen here at ONU. After that, I immediately got sick with a fever that night (thanks, chronic illness), but that's nothing I couldn't handle, even though it did still suck. I then just rested up and was back to “better” by Friday. Then, throughout the rest of the week, I was able to adjust back to campus life and get on a consistent schedule. I then had a very busy Sunday. I first went to the Welcome Fest, where all the campus organizations and clubs attend to recruit new members, and I helped out at the Art Club for my friend, since we are working on reviving the club. Later Sunday night, we as a Greek community at Ohio Northern came together to hold Greekpalooza, wh...