New Friends and Old Friends

Life in Boston officially feels back to normal. Even though I have been here for two weeks, my days have certainly have been everything but typical! This past weekend was a very exciting few days for me!

The end of last week marked the end of my term as VP Recruitment for my sorority. I absolutely loved this position, and truly feel that I have grown tremendously within the past year. A short few months ago I would have gotten butterflies calling to order Chinese food over the phone (used to make me very nervous) and now I have no qualms about addressing issues over the phone or in person. I have gained so much confidence and trust in myself and I really feel it will affect me positively in so many areas of my life.

Ashley, the past VP Recruitment (who taught me so much!!)
me, and Jackie, the next VP recruitment! 

ANYWAY (enough about me)… we now have 51 beautiful new members!! We gave out bids last Wednesday, and the girls are beautiful and funny and already feel like an amazing addition to AEPhi. And to add to the excitement, we gave a bid to my actual sister Suzanne!! I feel so happy and lucky to be able to share my amazing experiences with her!

The Alpha Xi class! Aren't they beautiful??

Besides the wonderful new additions to AEPhi, this weekend was special for another reason; my best friend from high school came to visit me!! Erica and I have been friends since elementary school, and have remained best friends all through high school and college! I have an amazing group of friends from high school and I am so lucky that we all keep in touch and see each other as much as possible! Erica goes to Michigan so we have never been able to visit each other (although I am DYING to go to a Michigan football game). Since she is studying abroad in Tel Aviv for the semester and hasn’t left yet, she decided to spend a weekend in Boston with me before she leaves!!

Erica and me at a football game in high school!

Erica took Amtrak up to Boston as per my instructions (I have become quite the Amtrak travel agent in my time at school) and got into Boston mid-afternoon. We went out to dinner with a few of my friends, went to a High School Stereotype themed social with my sorority (I dressed up as a bully- ironic?) and went to a club during the DAY on Saturday. I normally would not do something like this (kills all productivity for the rest of the day) but we wanted to try something new and have fun! Of course we were exhausted when we got home (at 7pm!!!) so we attempted to watch a movie and fell asleep!

Sunday Erica and I spent the day walking around Boston and Cambridge! She had never been to Harvard so we took the T to Harvard Square and walked around and got lunch. I wanted to show Erica Beacon Hill (my favorite part of Boston) and we ended up walking from Beacon Hill, down to Newbury St, and all the way down Comm Ave back to school! We calculated our walk and it was close to 5 miles! We were just so busy talking and looking at everything that we didn’t notice how much we walked!

It was such a great day, and so fantastic to be able to show my best friend everything that I love about Boston and BU. I was definitely not surprised to see how well Erica blended in with my friends at school, especially Marissa, my little, and one of my best friends at BU. I obviously am going to miss her SO much this semester (as I do every semester- the distance is hard) but my fingers are crossed that I will be able to visit her in Israel in May on a Birthright trip!!

Marissa, me and Erica!! 

XOX
Jenna