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" This past Monday, I got a new family! For my sorority of course... not in real life. But sort of since they&amp;#039;re practically like my real family anyway. For the past two weeks, the new members have been going to big/little mixers in hopes of finding the perfect Big for us! Having a Big is like having a very close sister to you in the sorority; you go to them for everything, they buy you gifts, you go on dates, the whole sha-bang. I had been so nervous all weekend to find out who my Big is because it&amp;#039;s hush-hush and you don&amp;#039;t find out until the big/little reveal. It was so sketchy and exciting. Basically, the 13 of us new members for spring were ushered to the house at exactly 7:58 P.M. They made us go upstairs to find our &amp;quot;gifts&amp;quot; that our Big left us. Most of us got shirts or things to wear that would identify who our family is. I got a purple shirt that said Crown Royal in the front, &amp;quot;Little&amp;quot; on the back and a Burger King Crown! Then, we were shuffled downstairs where my pledge master told all 13 of us to literally RUN as fast as we could to the fountain on campus to find out who our new families were!  There were 13 girls running on a mad frenzy up a very large hill to the fountain. I, for one, looked ridiculous holding onto my crown and pants at the same time, while gasping ridiculously for breath (I have vowed to start working out after that).  It was so much fun though! Literally, when I saw my big holding up a sign with my name on it, I honestly hadn&amp;#039;t been that happy in such a long time. I had a family within the sorority! We are the &amp;quot;Crown Royal&amp;quot; family and we even have our own sign! My Big is Lindsay Pointowski and I ADORE her. No lie... I was so nervous because I really wanted her, but I wasn&amp;#039;t sure if I would get her. Then I did end up with her, so lots of tears of happiness came that night. My Grand-Big (a.k.a Lindsay&amp;#039;s Big) is Arielle Katz \u2013 she&amp;#039;s HILARIOUS. I honestly didn&amp;#039;t think I would find a more perfect family. Of course, we have other members, like my cousins, etc. It&amp;#039;s a pretty big family and I&amp;#039;m still trying to figure it out! I also got a huge box full of crafts and CANDY (not that I need anymore sugar, but still). I&amp;#039;m so excited to make lots of memories with my new family :)  Hakuna Matata, Esther "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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