Take me back to San Diego

So what kind of week can combine #TheBachelor, my first flat tire, and sunny 70 degree weather in January? Let me just say a great one. Week 3 took me to sunny San Diego where I was able to spend some time with my UCSD Kappa ladies. Earlier this year, I spent a week with the Zeta Nu’s during their hectic yet fun-filled recruitment. Here’s a #throwback for them. 

First Round of Recruitment

Zeta Nu Kappas!

Meriah showing off her dancing skills after Rounds

Bid Day!

 If those pictures don't show you how great these girls are then maybe their Rap Video will. Anyways, I definitely suggest taking a trip down to San Diego if not to meet some of these girls then at least for the weather. It was a wonderful 70 something my first few days there. I even got a bit of a sunburn when I went for a run in shorts and a tank top. Did I mention the fact that it’s January? Gosh, I love California. But on for some fun stories…

So while I was on my visit in the fall I stayed with Mace and Nicole which was an absolute ball. Naturally, when I came back for my second visit, I was more than thrilled to hang out with Mace. But as all traveling consultants know, you always need to expect the unexpected- especially with someone like Mace (Kidding, but not really :P)

I’m a HUGE fan of #TheBachelor and Mace may be related to one of the contestants searching for love so I of course wanted to meet her. While we were blasting some music and heading to watch Sean take his shirt off fall in love with some lucky girl, we all of a sudden heard this thudding noise coming from the back of the car. We immediately pulled over and realized we had a flat tire, or rather a rim with some piece of rubber hanging off of it.  First thing I do? Pull out my phone to call Triple AAA. Mace’s first instinct? To pop the trunk, pull out her tool kit, and start popping off the what-cha-ma call thems that hold the tire on. Finally after going back and forth with Triple AAA for a bit (there was an issue about my parents removing me from membership… thanks mom and dad) I ended up rolling up my sleeves and helping. 

I honestly wish I could’ve videotaped the entire scenario but the pictures and the story will have to do. Some of the conversation went a little like this:

Me: “Mace, I don’t know what I’m doing. What is this? A crank? How does this work? Don’t you just jack it up or push a button or something?? This is weird. Shouldn't we just wait for someone to come help?”

Mace:  “No! It's fine, you do it like this (motions how to use a hand jack) yeah, perfect. Okay I’ll keep a look out so we don’t get hit by a car…. Wow, you’re doing work”

Me:  “Shine the i-phone light over here for a sec. Okay, I think we got it! Now what?”

Mace: “Um. Well. I don’t know” *Calls boyfriend Nick and explains situation; He laughs and instructs us what to do* 

And this goes on and on. Until some lady pulls over and explains to us that we should probably get out of the road. Yes, thank you lady in the minivan. It has always been a dream of mine to hand jack a car up to change a flat tire. And then play in the road. At night while wearing dark clothing. But thank you so much for the advice and speeding away right after informing us of that and not offering to help. Can I just say, an average of about 50 cars drove by. Half of them flew past us (some almost hitting us) and the other half slowing down to look at us and then driving away anyways. Tisk Tisk not very gracious San Diegans.

Finally though, the police showed up. It must’ve been a slow night because once one cop showed up, 2 other cop cars miraculously showed up too. Don’t they always seem to pop up in groups like that?? Oh well, they were quite impressed that we had almost finished. One of the officers got down to help us tighten the lug nut things so our tire wouldn’t fly off. (I’m pretty sure he was the rookie which made me automatically think hazing but I refrained from my anti-hazing chatter.) So here’s a shout out to the San Diego police- thanks guys for helping, even if this picture is super awks.

Me and the Police Officers who lent us a hand

ANYWAYS… back to the important part where I got to meet #selma. Yes, for you #Bachelor fans, Selma. The fabulous and absolutely gorgeous gal who was the lucky duck to go on a one-on-one this week-- even if it was scaling a mountain in 100 degree weather. Whatever floats your boat Seanie boy.

Btdubs… I heard if you use #hashtags, you gain more publicity for your blog so if you're wondering why I'm hashtagging, it's because I’m trying to be more #trendy.

Let me tell you… Selma is awesome. She is absolutely hysterical and so down to earth and just normal. No #Tiera-ble here. Actually, both of Mace’s sisters are pretty funny and the night turned out to be a blast. I even learned some Bachelor inside tricks too :)

  

So the beginning of the week definitely started off with a bang. Literally I guess for the poor tire. The rest of the week was pretty standard- lots of officer meetings as usual and catching up on some e-mails and what not. I did get to see the fabulous Brianne though. Brianne is my LC bigfor Kappa and is working as a consultant at the Irvine chapter. It was so great to see her and just relax. We went to BJ’s and had the best chocolate chip cookie Pizookie I’ve ever had. The poor waiter kept asking us if we needed him... we ended up shutting down the place. oops. 

Chapter Council hard at work during wrap-up

Finally, I of course have to give the biggest shout out to my roomies. Terra, Kat, and Chels who were absolutely amazing. We had a blast, or I had a blast, hanging with them. Whether it was Chelsea driving away with her laptop on the roof of her car or late night (and by late I mean all night) chats with the neighbors/other roomies, it was truly so much fun. Plus, T-Swift was on non-stop so it automatically made my day, every day. Or maybe my favorite part was the internet name and password but I’ll keep that between us girls. 

                               

Chels and Daniel being goofballs

                                 

Overall, it was so great to be back at San Diego and I can’t wait to head back there at some point- whether as an LC or not. 

Alrightey everyone, it’s late here and time for bed. I’m currently at Syracuse and recruitment is underway so I need to get some sleep when I can! 

Nighty night!