– Team snacks are fit into the budget for team time… specifically chocolate and Transnistrian
crackers
– Consequently, you rate how stressful situations are based on how many crackers and/or cookies you
would need to eat to get through it. "That house visit was a 47 cracker sitch." "Oh, seriously? I would
give it 3 sleeves."
– You. Share. Everything. Clothes, shoes, jewelry, food, coats, books, toothbrushes, shampoo, you name
it, we've used one another's.
– You break into Disney or Musical songs if any one word in a conversation reminds you of a line. "Let's
get –" "DOWN TO BUSINESS TO DEFEAT THE HUNS!!!!" "….no, Carly."
– “life ruiners” are a sad norm, and you are on a first-name basis with most of each other's ex-
boyfriends.
– You pray against cellulite and into high metabolisms with all the carbs you are fed
– You cry multiple times a week during feedback, good and bad
– You make declarations over one another while jumping on beds…and you yell them. Loudly.
– You WILL wear the Birthday Tiara on your birthday, regardless of if you have hair to stick it in or not
– You get into mad laughing fits over stupid things, and numerous people have to leave the room in a B-
line for the bathroom
– Encouragement tag feedback begins with, "Carly, I don't know… I just like watching you brush your hair."
and proceeds to things like, "You're cool like Starbucks," or "I just need you to cuddle me more."
– No one is comfortable talking about “going #2”, except for me as a nurse. Using the first letter of the
word is only just becoming acceptable after three months together. "That was some nast D."
"AMANDA, NO!!!"
– Your entire team understands and supports the need for accessories to revolutionize the same outfit,
day in and day out
– Greasy hair and hairy legs are less and less of a big deal as your Race progresses
– Team members sleep together in the same bed, whether they need to or not…..Carly and Kelsey…
– You speak into things like Twixels for team time or any potentially attractive male passerby — "I'd speak
into that…"
– One girl buys a shirt and comes home and says, "Look what I bought us, guys!!"
– You spend the majority of your time together touching three out of your five teammates — holding hands,
linking arms, playing with hair, back rubs… all very normal fifth-grade girl behavior. Don't mind the fact
that we're 23.
– You only met three months ago, but you all had the same Bath and BodyWorks Club Art Blue Razzberry
glitter body lotion and glitter roller "eye shadow" in middle school…and you can weigh the pros and cons
of the Blue Razzberry versus the Jazzy Green Apple scents.
– You get into heated debates about which American Girl Doll is the best and whether or not an Amanda
Bynes movie can be considered legitimate entertainment
– You have your own language that no one else understands. “Hey Amanda, are you going to wear your
Chac flips, or do you want my hav flips?” – “That’s supes adorbs, ya… totes.” – “right meow?!” –
“OBSESSED.” – “On a scale of one to Hillary Duff, how much does that annoy you?” — "That shirt smells
jank nast."
– Body sandwiches are comfortable and not awkward…except when Angel invites the translator in to take
a picture of it. Then it's SUPE AWK.
– You make music videos to “We Go Together”, from Grease
I love these women… and the growth we have seen and pulled out in one another has been beautiful. RADIANT will always be radiant, and I'm more and more obsessed with women in general thanks to them!
