I have just realized that I have yet to properly introduce myself to all the new internet friends I'm going to be making while I'm writing for The Odyssey. 

So hi, I'm Madison Bridges! I'm a Senior working on year 4 of a 5-year plan. I am a founding sister of the Gamma Omicron chapter of Delta Phi Epsilon here at Georgia Southern. I'm a Justice Studies major, Psychology minor and I feel more at home in the Carroll Building than in my apartment. Now that y'all are up to date on my typical college background info, here are a few things about me that I probably wouldn't have time to bring up on the first day of Formal Recruitment... 

• I have 3 beautiful, wonderful, crazy, amazing, perfect Littles that I wouldn't give up for anything in this whole wide world.
• I also have 3 Grandlittles, 2 Great-Grandlittles, and 2 Great-Great-Grandlittles. They all make my heart happy and smiley, and brighten my world.

• If you couldn't tell I am OBSESSED with my Fam, my Lilly Pulizter-Pirate Family is more than I could have ever dreamed of in a family branch.    
• One of the main reasons I wanted to be in a sorority was to have a Big, because I have two younger sisters and I'm the oldest, but that wasn't meant to be. Oh the irony! 
• Being a chapter founder is probably one of the most precious and dear experiences of my life thus far.

• I'm allergic to gluten.
• I'm addicted to Pinterest, crafting, and cooking.
• I live in the colors coral and mint.
• I am a closet nerd. Live long and prosper, y'all!
• I am a regular volunteer of the Statesboro Police Department.
• Finding ways to reduce crime rates is my passion.
• In case it wasn't obvious, I grew up on a farm. 
• I showed pigs for 14 years, and I miss it every day. It's a real thing, I promise.

• There were 22 people in my high school graduating class.
• I had never lived within 45 minutes of a Walmart, mall, movie theater, or Chick-fil-A until I moved to Statesboro.
• I learned to drive on a F-250 without dependable power steering.
• I'll monogram anything and everything.
• I love, love, LOVE Lilly Pulitzer. She is my spirit animal.

• I met the love of my life at Gnat's, at the first Luck of the Deephers, on a dare from Megan Fannon for him to ask me if I liked cow tipping. (See last week's article for the answer.)
• My life is basically an episode of "Sh%t Southern Women Say."
• I believe in unicorns.

Well y'all, that pretty much sums me up. At least until I think of 27 other things I should have said within five minutes of this being published, but that is a different story entirely. So, until next time ladies and gents, have fun and make good choices.