A Long Time Coming

30 hours of interviews

14 hours worth of study hours

9 hours of meetings

16 hours of social, service, and scholarship events

1 overnight initiate retreat

Those are all the hours spent working towards becoming a brother of Phi Sigma Pi this semester. I was picked as an initiate right around 8 weeks ago and this past weekend I finally became a brother. 

When I first started eight weeks ago my motives for joining were questionable. I rushed as a last second thing because I figured it was a good resume booster if I were to get in. But now, eight weeks later, joining PSP is about a lot more than some stupid resume. 

It's about a group of sixty individuals who, for the most part, are extremely different and at the same time very much the same. 

It's about making myself a better person. 

It's about the fifteen people who were there with me for all those hours.

Those fifteen people make up my initiate class. A group that has come to mean so much to me. Probably more than they'll ever know. We're all so different and yet we manage to mesh so well. I can't thank them enough for all their help and understanding. They've accepted me for who I am with open arms and they've taught me a lot about myself in the process. We've all shared some great experiences as well as some stories I'm sure I should have kept secret. 

Finally, PSP is about Greg and I. We decided to rush together and honestly we had no idea what we got ourselves into. We had our fair share of ups and downs throughout the process but somehow we made it. We didn't always understand why things were happening they way they were, but we kept moving forward. And now we can look back at the 70+ hours of work and say it was worth it. It all paid off. 

I'm really happy I decided to take on this challenge. I'm even happier with the results it has yielded. I've stumbled across some pretty great people already and can't wait to meet even more. 

I really think some of the people I've met will be people present in my life for years to come. Through college and into the future. At least I hope that's the case. 

I see the Pi as a big family of sorts. Complete with people who are in love, best friends who stick together, and like any good family a certain level of dysfunction.

I guess I'm looking forward to the possibility of love, the certainty of best friends, and the chance to add my own dysfunction to the mix.

NP: Snow- Red Hot Chili Peppers