Smoooothie Mondays with Christoper

Today I had Human Bio early in the morning from 8-8:50 . Then me and my friend Chris went to Jamba Juice before we went to our PLTL class . Every monday we get our smoothies while we wait for class to start. After classes I went home studied and did homework. Then I had practice where I did my first "hard collegiate" pyramid!

Bid Day!!!

Today was bid day I was so anxious as I was hoping my pick invited me to be part of their sorority. I was so excited when I got there today & my Rho Gamma handed me my invitation asking me to be a part of Sigma Kappa!!!! Everything was decorated so nicely with all our colors. ΣK isn’t just two letters you wear on your chest; it’s about being a part of a group of girls who will always be there for you. It was such an emotional day as I met with sisters from the sorority & they took me under their wings. I am so proud to be called a lil Dove....

Preference Night

Before I began, I met with my Rho Gamma to see the party invitations I got back from the chapters. I could only attend up to two parties.  Tonight was the most formal night of recruitment, and these parties were some of the most emotional in formal recruitment as I was deciding what sorority I could see myself in for life. I participated in special ceremonies that revealed the strongest characteristics and foundations of the ideals that they live by and value most. 

I spoke privately with sisters and heard testimonials about their personal experiences. One sister opened up to me about what helped her choose her sorority, what their sisterhood means to them personally, and what it could potentially mean to you. She told me that any sorority would be lucky to have me. That meant so much to me to hear that.  At the end of the night, I met with my Rho Gamma to make my final decision and figure out which sorority I wanted to become a lifelong member of.  I ranked the sororities in your order of preference for an invitation to join.

My last long night of no sleep....can't wait for tomorrows Bid Day!!

Sisterhood & Traditions Night

Tonight was a night for longer and more meaningful, in-depth conversations. I really began to understand what each sorority stood for and the unique values and standards that they believed in. I was looking for the qualities that I could identify with and want in a positive sorority experience. It was more formal than the last two nights, but still somewhat casual.  At the end of the night, I  met with my Rho Gamma and ranked the three sororities. Yet another loooong & sleepless night!

Philanthropy Night

Tonight I participated in a variety of craft activities & games that helped me get to know the chapter’s national philanthropy.  I also learned about the new member program of each chapter. Conversations were much longer & in depth tonight. It gave me the chance to hear some personal accounts of sorority life from the sisters I met. I  learned more about what makes each sorority unique. At the end of the night, I  met with my Rho Gamma and rank the three organizations that were on my bid sheet. Another sleepless night!!!!

Sorority 101

Tonight was designed to introduce me to each individual chapter and to see what Greek life at FIU is all about! It helped me understand what each sorority has to offer and started to give me a feel for where I might be most comfortable. This tag was so each sorority could learn my name and my ranking number. Angela my Rho Gamma gave us these fun stickers to decorate them!  The night was long & hectic, I was going from chapter to chapter talking to different sisters I met a lot of great girls. By the end of the night I had to rank the seven sororities from most to least favorite. Cant wait to see what bids I get back tomorrow...wont be able to sleep tonight.

Meet My Rho Gamma

Today I met with my Rho Gamma Angela she was so sweet. She had these letters waiting for each one of us. I LOVED it , it meant so much to me to be a part of something so BIG yet so personal. I also met with everyone in my group there were over 500 girls rushing this year that was the most FIU has ever had Rush at one time before. It was so exciting meeting everyone & going from sorority to sorority. I loved them all its going to be hard to pick just one in the end. I hope they liked me as much as I liked them. Overall I think it went great I was positive, chipper & very friendly when meeting the sisters.

Rush Week

Ok Rush is officially beginning this week. I am so excited to meet all the different sorority's FIU has to offer. This will be a fun week I just know it. I am looking forward to it as I am sure I will meet lots of people and make tons of new friends. I already have all my outfits picked out for the week..lol Cant wait to meet my Rho Gamma she sounds very sweet over the phone. I have been looking over all the sorority websites and reading up on them and what they stand for so I have a good idea before I meet with each one. Tonight is gonna start a week of sleepless nights..lol

FIU Game Night!

WOW I cant believe its already here all the practices have finally led up to the 1st FIU football game against Rutger University. It was a BIG day for me getting ready for the game was so exciting. I LOVED cheering at my 1st college football game is was awesome. My mom came with a friend to support me on the sidelines..it was great. Did I mention I was on national TV!!! I love cheering

Wedding Cake

Today I helped my mom with a wedding cake for a friend. It was a lot of work and took us forever to finish. I don't think we will be doing another BIG cake anytime soon. All & all it came out very nice & it taste great. Here is a pic of how it turned out.

Labor Day

I was so excited that there was no school today Alex & I just lounged around the house with my mom until it was time for us to head back to Miami. My sister Anissa was visiting my other sister Bunky out in Colorado and kept sending us pics of all the animals she was getting to visit with & everything she was doing. There was a cat at the clinic that wouldn't leave her alone it wanted to be on her lap all the time and anytime she would move to get comfortable or to get it off of her it would bite her..she said it was evil..LOL Wish I was there with them.

What a Day

So today was the last day of the tournament and my brothers team made it through eliminations and the playoffs. They were in the championship game against the Miami Prospects. It was a very close game as we would score then they would score it was this way through out the whole game until we got to the last inning. The Miami team played a trick move on us to tie the game. This did not sit well with many of the parents as we had been listening to all their ranting & raving through the whole game. One of the Miami parents started with our coach and it was on. Our parents got in their faces & they got in ours it was ugly. It got so bad the director had to call the cops & separate the parents. It was a chicken move on thier part because they had never seen themselves in this situation needless to say it cost us the game so we were runner ups..but we could of been champs if they wouldn't of cheated.

Stormy Day

Ok today we had to be at the field early & the day started off great with 2 more wins under our belt. As we were getting ready to start the 3rd game of the day a really bad storm came through flooding the fields, the dugouts & leaving us with barely any shelter to sit under not to mention the lightning striking all around us. The game got called to be played the next day but we were still stuck in the torrential downpour but we made the most if it. Only in South Florida..LOL

Labor Day Tourney

Today was the start of my little brothers baseball tournament. The game started off the a BANG the Sandlot beat the Piranaz 6-2 it was great! The game was going on til late so we had Pasqualis ordered to the field..Thanks Tim for always looking out for us & making sure they delivered it to us. It was so much fun.

Baseball Cake

My little brother is on a travel baseball team and it was one of his friends bday's and I told him I would bake him a cake. I went with my mom to Michaels and we bought a mini ball pan. The cake we made him was a 6 inch mini baseball cake with rolled fondant in his favorite flavor chocolate it came out super cute.

Happy Birthday Keanu!

Back to School

 

Today was my 1st day back to school. It was totally different from the 1st day of the summer semester. The fall term was jam packed there are so many more students here now than in the summer. One of the main things I learned was now I needed to leave an hour earlier because there was absolutely NO parking anywhere I had to park 10 miles away from my class...boy am I going to have to make some adjustments this fall.

Backk too Miami & Freshman Convocation

 

Went back to Miami today with Alexandra.

We went to Freshman Convocation. After we had sushi for lunch at Bonzai , then we went grocery shopping.

I'm happy to be back in Miami & starting the fall semester, but I really hate being away from my family.

Cupcake Couture

Me and mommy went on a freakin journey to find this little cupcake boutique! The drive was worth it tho. Most of the cupcakes were sooo delish . I tried red velvet for the first time and I absolutely loved it. My favorite was the Cocoa Chanel , it was a chocolate cupcake with sweet vanilla frosting with white chocolate shavings . IT WAS TO DIE for !

Mini Cupcakes

Gordo and Me decided that we wanted to make Mini Cupcakes ! So we did. We went to Michaels and bought cute little cupcake trinkets and got to baking as soon as we got home. We have never done Mini's before so it was pretty interesting doing it for the first time. We made vanilla cupcakes with rainbow sprinkles and pink ice crystals. He made one for himself (he said mine were to girly) and put marshmallows and mini chocolate chips over the vanilla frosting. He said it was yummy, but I stuck with my cupcakes ;)

Bought a new top from Wet Seal for Freshman Convocation . Still have to find some cute pants or a skirt to go with it. Spent another long day in the mall trying to finish up some school clothes shopping. I'm super happy now that I am in college I don't have a dresscode and I can get whatever I want! Lol

New Kicks ;)

Richie took us all to the mall for more school shopping , I got these new babies !! We pretty much spent the hole day in the mall. Gordo had a lot of fun in the big playground they had for him, and right across I went over to Footlocker and got these black and hotpink Nikes ! I have a million pairs of sandals and heels but not sneakers ! So I needed new ones to wear out & to the gym .

First Fondant Cake !

Today Mommy , Nisi & me made our very first Fondant Cake . It took us HOURS ! It was a lot of fun though and tasted yummy . Cant wait to make the next one (:

Shopping Day 1

Me , Nisi , and Alex went shopping at Styles!
Got a bunch of cute clothes for Rush Week and School, little did I know that this would be only the first day of many shopping days to come; Thanks mommaa and richie ;)

GAMEWORKS & Shopping (:

Went to Gameworks at the Sawgrass Mall with the Goldsteins !
Did some shopping for Rush Week while I was there.
Found a super cute dress for Formal Night.
SUCCESS !

PICTURE COMING SOON !!!

Fight Night @ Bru's

Went to the Coconut Creek Bru's Room with Carla and Louis to watch the UFC fight.
Was there from 9-12:30 , I was going for Anderson Silva like always (: and of coarse he ended up winning !
All the guys that I picked to win the fights all won.

Family Game Night

Tonight we had a family game night ! We have these a lot! It's a good time for all of us to get together and just have some fun! Today we went to Target and bought a few new games to play (we have to get new games often so we don't get tired of the ones we have ;) ) We bought this game called Smart Ass that we thought was going to be a little to hard for us to play, instead it ended up being one of the funnest games we have played yet. I won as you can tell by the picture :)

FINAL DAY OF SUMMER B !

Today was my last day of the Summer Semester ever ! So exciting, I can't believe how much time flew by ! Before I know it I'll be starting fall again ! Today I took my psych exam and hopefully got an A ! I studied really hard and I thought I did pretty well, so we'll just have to wait and see until the grades are posted. I also got to come home today for two weeks ! I am so excited because I hate being away from my family and friends for so long :( . As soon as I got home my mom had me help her throw away a dead rat ! How disgusting. Talk about a welcome home present.

PICTURE COMING SOON !

Last Days of Summer B

 soo today was my last day is SLS and ENC 1101 for Summer B  ! it was soo sad because now i wont have all my friends in all my classes anymore. this is me and my friend Jenny, we became really close over the summer having all of our classes together and I am super excited were going to have more classes together in the fall. were also gonna RUSH together so I can't wait! I have my last final tmw ! whooo hooo ! then home for two weeks . I cant wait !

So today I was super sick and super sore from practice ! I could barely walk from all the prancing and ditties yesterday. I figured since I couldn't go to class I would stay in and study. I studied for my SLS FINAL exam tmw and finished up writing some essays. I finished my last essay for ENC! Thank god LOL ; I feel like every night I have had essays to write!

FIU Cheer Practice

This was after my second FIU practice; talk about exhausting!! I learned ditties and prancing. I intended to go to the gym but after that practice it was out of the question! not to mention I was running on four hours of sleep from studying and homework the night before!

Project 365

Today I am starting project 365 . My intentions for this project is basically too see how much my life will change within the first year of my college experience. I think a blog is the PERFECT way to document something like this. So everyday my blog post will have a picture in it that I TOOK myself, for my project. everyday will bring something different and i cant wait to experience it all !

First Blog (:

Hi I'm Ivanna Lynn Leon, but everyone calls me Ivy. I'm pretty new to this hole blog thing, but I figured it would be something fun to do and share with everyone my experiences in college. I am 18 years old and I got to Florida International University. I am double majoring in Criminal Justice and English. I cheer for FIU, I am on the Co-ed Blue team! GO PANTHERS (: Thats pretty much it! Visit my blog for updates with whats going on with me and my hectic life!