A good Veterans Day indeed.

My heart is as happy as can be.

Veterans Day 2013, you were awesome.

I worked 8-5 which wasn’t too shabby. Plus, I had a fun filled lunch and got to lay down and chat with B. It took me back to a couple of years ago, laying in her bed and talking for hours. I love sweet memories.

Earlier during the day Don has asked me if I wanted to head over to Paul’s house to BBQ so after work I headed home, freshened up, then headed over to Paul’s. It was so much fun to sit there with the guys, drink a few beers, and watch a football game.

Around 8 I headed over to my Big’s, followed by Jamba Juice, and, finally, Big and Little revealing.

This ladies and gentlemen, is in large part due to the immense amount of happiness I feel today. I love being around my sisters. My heart and life is instantly filled with joy, laughter, and tears- from the combination of the both. I love my sisters.

Yesterday was big and little revealing. This time around I kept thinking back to the day of my revealing. And how on that very day, my life changed. You see, I would have never expected that writing down three names on a sheet of paper and getting my number one would forever change my life.

4 years later my Big has become such a huge part of my life. I want her there for my wedding. I want her there when I graduate. I want her there when I have kids. I want her in my future. These past 4 years have been nothing short of amazing and within those 4 years I found a solace, a mentor, a supporter, a true and constant friend, a big sister. I can’t begin to express how blessed I am to have such a beautiful soul in my life.

After revealing B, my Big, and I headed over to Don and Saul’s place with pizza lunchables and a 6-pack of beer. The box had a lady with white hair on it and B insisted that homegirl with the white hair was the determining factor. It was bomb! Good job white haired lady! We spent the next few hours talking, laughing, hopping around the kitchen, enjoying each other’s company, and doing the oh so typical things that I cherish about my friends. I dropped the girls off and went to bed in the comfort of Don’s arms.

A good Veterans Day indeed.

Yesterday was also Gamma Phi Beta’s Founders Day. On this day I was especially grateful for the joy, traditions, rituals, sisters, support, and blessings that our four founders left us. Without them, I wouldn’t have Gamma Phi Beta and there is no doubt in my mind that Gamma Phi Beta is one of the greatest decisions of my life; for with it came blessings that I could never have imagined.

Helen M. Dodge, Frances E Haven, E. Adeline Curtis, Mary A. Bingham, 139 years later I thank you with all of my heart.  in IIKE

Conqering the world.

-Yans

Lunch time findings

Happy Hump Day, cuties!

Today has been such wonderful day so far.

I’m on my lunch break at work and as I was listening to music and wandering through social media sites I came across a video that my triplet had made for my Big and I when we went alum.

Now, you may be sitting there asking to yourself, “Whats a triplet?” In a pervious post I explained a Big, remember? Well, a big can take another little.

In my case, my Big took multiple other Littles.

I called them as they came: Amanda (my Twin), Nellie (my triplet a.k.a Trip), and Taylor (my Quadruplet a.k.a Q).

I love my Greek family, which also includes my Littles and GrandLittles. We call each other the Infinity Family. We all do our own separate things and have our own friends within Gamma Phi but our love for each other and our family is..eternal.

Anywho, back to the video. My Trip made a video and it was so cute! It made me smile the ENTIRE way through.

It’s so nice to be able to look back on the past 4 years of my life and know that I have dear memories that I will hold close to me forever.

Even in pictures that I wasn’t in, I was smiling. The people that I have come across in this tiny little Greek Community that CSUB has are amazing. They’re fun, spunky, hilarious, sweet, caring, insane….the list goes on and on.

Going Greek is one of the best decisions I ever made.

Conquering the world.

-Yans

Monday morning reminicents for a sorority girl

Every Monday my office starts off by having our weekly staff meetings. My CEO, one of the sweetest persons ever, sits at the head of the table while the rest of us file in and fill our usual spot at the long conference table.

Call me crazy, but I love Monday morning meetings. They take me back to when I was President of my Sorority, Gamma Phi Beta.

My CEO sits at the end of the table, flows through the agenda, and goes through the rest of the week’s business while the rest of us report back on specific matters.

As I see my CEO run the meeting I often times go back to my President days and how I would have handled the situation at hand while other times I just sit and smile inside because it brings back dear memories.

Being President was one of the greatest challenges I had ever allowed myself to take on, yet one of the most rewarding. I took so much from the experience.

In my office, I look like a million bucks. I know parliamentary procedure, I know how to organize-and keep stuff organized, I know how to run a meeting, I can balance multiple projects at once, I know how to dress in formal attire and have a presence, I have great PR..the list goes on.

People often times think being a sorority girl is a bad thing when, in fact, it can be a good thing. I don’t know how many times I have been able to take the skills I have learned through being a leader in my sorority in the many day to day occurrences I come across.

While I am extremely glad to be an alumni and have a completely different love for my Sorority now, every once in a while I reminisce on my glory days.

Here’s a picture of my Executive Council and I at our Regional Leadership Conference at our USC Chapter House. I sure did feel like I conquered with these girls.. in IIKE ❤

Conquering the world.

-Yans

Happy 30 year anniversary, Gamma Phi Beta-Delta Phi!

 

Happy 30 year anniversary to the Delta Phi chapter of Gamma Phi Beta International Sorority! There are many things that I am incredibly thankful to Gamma Phi for, one of them being Delta Phi. The person that I am is in great part due to the experiences, friendships, and memories that I have been blessed with. I am so lucky and honored to have been one of 30 women who have had the honor of calling themselves President and who have kept this chapter moving forward. To be one of those women who keep the ideals, traditions, and rituals that our founders left behind 138 years ago in 1874 is something that will forever be something I can be proud of. As I look on our international website and look at our 4 core values, quotes from sisters and founders, our mission, our vision, our creed, and our open motto I have to hold back tears. There really are no words to describe how much my sorority means to me. From memories that will make me laugh and cry for years to come and the beautiful friendships that I have made, I will forever cherish every part of it. Again, happy 30 year anniversary to every sister of Delta Phi! in IIKE

“Since the rock is the firmest and most enduring substance, able to withstand the ravages of time, and offering the strongest protection, it seemed fitting that Gamma Phi Beta should be thus founded. Protecting, like the rock, those who enter our fold, a sure help in time of need, enduring to the end time – this is the wish for Gamma Phi Beta from one of the Founders.”
– Founder, Eunice Adeline Curtis (Syracuse), 1912

 

Conquer the world.

-Yans