And again

Well, Sunday morning (and day, really) was interesting. Saturday night was a "white trash hoedown" theme party at one of the frats that a lot of my friends went to. I didn't go, partially because there was a cover charge (and I don't drink), and partially because I really didn't feel like going at all. Sunday, I was woken up by Simmons and Violet, and we went to brunch. While we were there, Violet expressed some concerns about Jeannie, who apparently had been extremely drunk when they left, and they hadn't heard from her since. We started to get really worried about her when we came back from brunch, called her cell (didn't get any response), and she hadn't signed back onto AIM. We then started looking for her, and she showed up to my room between 1 and 2, looking like a total wreck. I got really worried for a sec (fearing rape or something), and then remembered it was a theme party, and she hadn't showered or changed since. She was in a bit of an emotional state, and basically broke down when I hugged her. The story was that she ended being the last one at the frat, except for the brothers, who apparently made fun of her for being drunk (don't blame them, drunk people are funny). However, she managed to get back to campus, but lost her cell phone, ID, wallet, and keys. She ended up spending the night in the lounge on my floor, after knocking on my room door. I sleep through anything, and so that didn't do much. She was still drunk when she came into the room, and was really pissed at the brothers for making fun of her. She was also shaken up about a relationship issue or something, and was generally feeling down about herself (she said she wanted to die - seems to be a theme of my room and drunk girls). We did manage to get all of her stuff back together, thankfully. She was really worried about it for a while though. She basically spent the day in my room wrapped up in a blanket, almost crying the entire time. It was stressful - I really didn't know what to do. I hate situations like that - I feel so inadequate. At least I was able to give her a safe place to stay and provide some help getting her back into her room and such. I really hope she'll be okay. She seems really depressed and down. I know she has (had) issues with this (both currently and in the past - like when my roomie was dating her), and I'm kind of worried about her. I don't know what to do about it though. I guess all I can do is give her the support she needs, and be available for help.

J-Term is certainly an interesting time.




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