On this episode, Kelly wraps up her conversations with the collegiate and program staff with Kim Richard, EK, Director of Collegiate & Program Services and Lexi Moore, Epsilon Phi, Program Coordinator.
On this episode, Kelly wraps up her conversations with the collegiate and program staff with Kim Richard, EK, Director of Collegiate & Program Services and Lexi Moore, Epsilon Phi, Program Coordinator.
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Kelly
Welcome to the Alpha Connect sisterhood series podcast. I'm your host Kelly McGinnis Beck, national president. This podcast is all about sharing the stories of our members and our connection through Alpha Sigma Alpha. Thank you for joining us today. Welcome to the podcast Kim Richard and Lexi Moore.
Lexi
It's good to be here.
Kim
Hello.
Kelly
It's good to have you as part of our headquarters series. So we will start first I'm gonna have each of you introduce yourself, tell us who you are, what your role is at headquarters, how long you've been here, and then we'll kind of dive in. So Lexi, do you want to start?
Lexi
Yeah, of course. So my name is Lexi Moore, and I am the program coordinator on national headquarters staff. I have been on staff for about a year and a half now, which is crazy. It's been a journey to have pretty much all of my employment during covid. Yeah, I always chuckle that like I've been employed by Alpha Sigma Alpha longer remotely than I have been in person. So transitioning back into that hybrid schedule has been been great to be back in immersing with everyone.
Kelly
Get the office experience!
Lexi
Yeah, I don't have to work from my living room as much anymore, which is fantastic.
Kelly
It's funny. Kim, how about you?
Kim
Yeah. Well, hi, everyone. I'm Kim Richard. I'm the director of collegiate and program services on staff. I've worked on national headquarters staff for about six years, a little over six years. And I traveled for a year as a leadership consultant before that.
Kelly
Awesome. So why don't we start with the first question I asked everybody, which is tell us your ASA story how you became a member. So Kim, do you want to start this one?
Kim
Sure. So I came into college knowing I wanted to join a sorority. I think I decided when I was like 16 that that was something that I wanted to do. So where I went to school at Millersville University, we had deferred recruitment. So I knew that I wasn't eligible to join until my second, at least my second semester in school. But one of my best friends, Krystal Reese, I'll give her a little shout out, she is a member as well. She met Paula Foreman, who is a an Epsilon Kappa advisor and longtime Alpha Sigma Alpha volunteer. She met Paula foreman at the gym, our first semester freshman year. It turned into, those of you who know Paula who are listening in, she is just a recruiter at heart, especially for Epsilon Kappa Chapter. So she started chatting with my friend Krystal and Krystal said my best friend Kim really wants to join a sorority, and Paula just take that and ran with it. And we started going to recruitment events, and the rest is history.
Kelly
So you went through deferred recruitment?
Kim
I did. Yep.
Kelly
And so full disclosure, Kim and I are from the same chapter.
Kim
We are.
Kelly
And both have gone through deferred recruitment on that campus. But I want to go back to something you started to say. So you knew from when you were 16, you wanted to join a sorority? How did that turn out.
Kim
I did. I don't really know, to be honest, I think I just I'm a very, for those who know me, I'm a planner. So I think, I kind of think far ahead and I've always been that way. So when I was around that age, and I started thinking about Okay, I know I want to go to college when I graduate high school, and what do I want to do when I'm in college? And that was just something that I think I always had in my head, had in mind that I would at least look into doing so, yeah.
Kelly
How neat that is part of the story. And certainly, you know, from an Epsilon Kappa standpoint, Paula Foreman was my chapter advisor too. So I think she has, she's a figure in the Millersville community and her husband was a professor on campus as well. So, Lexi, how about you? What is your story?
Lexi
Oh, yeah, I was thinking about this ahead of time and realize that, you know, my story is kind of unique and strange. So I went to a Big 10 University where sorority and fraternity, just Greek life as a whole, has a really big part to play in the collegiate experience. So I knew that it was something that I wanted to do. I went to Indiana University, so Epsilon Phi, and I went through formal recruitment in the spring of 2016. I made it through the entire process, and at the end, I found myself just so drained from how intense the whole process was that I couldn't put it on myself to accept a bid to any organization. So at that point, I stepped down from the recruitment process, withdrew myself, and just kind of took a break. But at that time, I was living on what we call like an LLC at IU. So it was a living learning community, I was on the education floor in Spruce Hall at IU. And a lot of the women that I lived with were actually members of Alpha Sigma Alpha. And so they kept talking to me about all the things that they were able to do through the organization and how much fun they were having. And I remember having a conversation with one of my floor mates, her name was Jenny, and she goes look like you don't have to decide now, think about it, have the summer, we do continuous open bidding. So we'll have what they would call that that time informal recruitment in the fall, and you can just come out and see if you like it, then. I was like, okay, so that following fall, I applied to, you know, go through the informal process and found myself, you know, having dinner with women of Alpha Sigma Alpha, and these very informal settings, we would meet up for coffee in between classes, just getting to know different members, and really feeling out, you know, what the women were like, what they were interested in, they paired us very strategically with women who were in my Global and International Studies program with people who were in involved with Charge, which was one of the workout groups on campus that I was a part of, and people who were interested in education, so I got to meet people who I had seen in the education building, as well. And that kind of just made it quick for me that these were women that I had a lot more in common with than I was able to see during the very fast paced formal recruitment process. You know, we're, we're switching chairs every five seconds. You don't get to dive in as much as you can over coffee or over dinner. And it was at that time that I was like, you know what, like, this could work, these could be my people. And so in the fall of 2016, I joined Alpha Sigma Alpha, and it played an integral role in my collegiate experience for my sophomore year.
Kelly
Very cool. So IU, you remind me because I forget how many stories are on that campus?
Lexi
Currently, I believe the number is 23.
Kelly
So that is a huge, fully structured recruitment process to go through. You know, Kim, I think about our experience, and I think there are more sororities on campus when I was there than you were there. But our experience was so different compared to Lexi's, you know, trying to fly through all of those houses and get to know. It's a draining experience, I think regardless, but I would imagine even more so from from that component. So yes, and it is hard to figure that out in a short period of time, like, Where's my home? Where do I feel most comfortable? Especially if you go in not knowing a lot of the groups or a lot of the people?
Lexi
Yeah, exactly. It was definitely one of those things where being a freshman and going through that process, I think that you're still trying to find out who you are and what you value. And so to have that placed in front of you, at every single chapter of, here's what we value, do you align with this and being comfortable enough to say, well, my passion is actually this or, for me, like, I am a huge child at heart. I'm very goofy, very funny. And so I'm not super put together all the time, which didn't align with, you know, the, some of the values of other organizations that I went through the recruitment process with and, you know, it was Alpha Sigma Alpha, it felt like I could show up wearing whatever I could come completely drained, and just be like, hey, I need an hour and a half for someone to just watch Peter Pan with me and cry about the day that I just had, and it was like, yep, we'll do that. Like, what do you need, or, let's get together and watch the bachelorette and literally do facemask and not talk to anyone and we'll just, you know, live vicariously through the show. And so that, that, to me was something that was unique.
Kelly
And I do think you get to see that a little bit more in the informal like the when it's not that structured process. It's just it is a different vibe. And so hopefully some of those things will be changing as NPC continues to evaluate recruitment structures. And you know how we make things more accessible and comfortable and welcoming for folks. Because it's it's just, it's intense.
Lexi
Oh, yes I can remember, during the formal recruitment process, we had a huge snowstorm, that Oh, no. And we all had to wear like sweats and our winter coats over our dresses for preference round. And it was just like everyone was, you know, taking things off very quickly. And you had to do that quick turnaround and make sure that your hair was together after walking, you know, the entire campus to get from Tri Delta to Kappa Alpha Theta then ASA. And you gotta hop on a bus. And it was just an insane, insane process.
Kelly
yeah, that was an experience. Oh, my. Well, you stuck with it, you found Alpha Sigma Alpha, which is fantastic. And now you're here on staff. So tell everybody a little bit about each of your roles? And maybe Lexi, you can start, you know, what, what, what does the program coordinator role entail? What are you doing on staff? You know, what was it that drew you to wanting to work at Alpha Sigma Alpha?
Lexi
Yeah, that is a great question. And another one that has a few layers to it. So I actually joined staff as our event coordinator. And I was drawn to the role. Before working with Alpha Sigma Alpha, I was in still in the realm of education. So I was substitute teaching my first year out of college, as well as working part time with a wedding planner here in Indianapolis. So kind of had the best of both worlds there. But doing events and working with events. My previous experience with my Columbia University internship, throughout college, I really loved the idea of combining education and events. And so when I saw the event coordinator role pop up for Alpha Sigma Alpha, I was like, this is perfect, I get to work with collegiate members, some work with alumnae of Alpha Sigma Alpha. and also get to do these awesome events for the organization. COVID happened three and a half months into it. And it just kind of seemed like, everything was up in the air. I know, a lot of people felt like that. But I was very, very fortunate and blessed that, you know, our organization was able to say, okay, unfortunately, we're not having in person events, but how can we utilize your skills to still benefit the organization. And so that's when we kind of came up with the program coordinator role. I stepped into that last, early or late last fall, and have been doing that for about the past seven months, I'd say. And so the program coordinator role combines my role as an event coordinator, while also adding on to that working with our membership education programs, working with different types of programming for our mental health, our sexual assault prevention programs, as well as working a little bit with our ritual and those volunteered groups. So I went from having, you know, working with zero volunteer teams to now working with five and that has honestly been like one of the most rewarding parts of my transition into this role is being able to work with a variety of different women who have this passion for Alpha Sigma Alpha. So yeah, we are slowly I feel like we are just getting into, and Kim will touch on this a little bit too I'm sure, but I'm at a point now where I feel very confident in what I do. And I'm just really excited to to step fully into it and be able to bring my best self to the table in this role.
Kelly
Coming soon you'll get to get out there and meet more members.
Lexi
Yes. Oh, my goodness, now that the world is slowly opening back up and we can have that sense of normal.
Kelly
So are you from Indiana originally?
Lexi
Yes. So I grew up in Speedway. My house is less than a mile from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. So grew up in Speedway, went to school in Bloomington and came back to Indianapolis to work as an adult.
Kelly
There you go.
Lexi
Definitely like it here a little bit.
Kelly
That's good. So Kim, you are a Pennsylvania girl that came to Indianapolis and have gone back to Pennsylvania but talk to us about your role. You know what it was when you joined staff. We've since promoted you in morphed into a larger role. And what really led you to wanting to join the Alpha Sigma Alpha headquarter staff?
Kim
Sure. So my role has morphed over the the years as I've been on staff. So like I said earlier, I did travel as a leadership consultant for a year. And then towards the end of my year, as a consultant, our event services coordinator role on staff became open. So I applied for that and started shortly after my year as a leadership consultant, which was just so exciting. And I, so I served as our event services coordinator for about two years, and then was promoted to director of events and programs where I was not just doing event coordination, but overseeing all of the day to day things that come with our event planning and program development on staff. So that was a really exciting opportunity for me, it just kind of really fell into my nice there. And then from there, so I served in that role for about three years. And then came the pandemic. So, obviously as Lexi share and as people know, the pandemic had a huge impact on events and conferences. So we kind of, again, like Lexi shared, just so grateful to work for an organization that kind of just took what was happening and saw value in certain staff members and just flip the script to use people's skills for what was now needed that wasn't necessarily a need pre pandemic, to best serve our members and volunteers. So my role changed from director of events and programs to director of collegiate and program services last fall. So what that means is we essentially took our collegiate and chapter services staff and our events and programming staff, and we merged us into one beautiful, amazing department that does incredible work. So with that we were able to with Lexi's role, like she shared, she wasn't just doing event, planning and programming for events. But also on top of that she's doing educational programming, anything that's educational for collegiate members. And then for me, I am still overseeing event planning and program development. But I also am overseeing our collegiate and chapter services, which, who would have thought that I would have you know, stepped into that, but I think this with my time on staff, I was I knew more about it than I thought I did. So it's been, you know, a new new piece to my role that I've been really enjoying, and I'm learning a lot and love those, more of those touch points that I'm having with our collegiate members and volunteers through that role.
Kelly
Yeah, and that's an interesting experience working with our collegiate chapters as well, they, there's so many of them is so many different experiences and campus structures and all of that it certainly keeps you on your toes.
Kim
Absolutely. Absolutely. I'm enjoying it though.
Kelly
Okay, so give us the inside scoop. What is it like to plan an in person event? What goes into it? What is it like kind of on site? You know, I am sure inquiring minds want to know what that is like.
Kim
Whoa, man. There's so much that goes into it. I think the best way I can describe it is it's a very long game of Tetris. Depending on the event, we start planning anywhere from a year to four to five years out. So we are working on multiple events for the organization at one time and when we say events, we are talking about national convention and Leadership Conference, the Emma Coleman Frost Leadership Development Institute, the Academy, any advisor or volunteer training in person events we might have. So we do a lot of programming as an organization, which is fantastic. So again, just depending on the event, how long it is, and how much is going into it, how many people are attending, all of that kind of depends on how far out we start planning. So like they said, we're kind of juggling multiple at a time. And it really is just like a big puzzle. You know, like there's so many pieces to consider doing events for Alpha Sigma Alpha specifically, what's always at the top of our minds is the member experience or the volunteer experience at our events. And that kind of drives all of our decision making as far as what programming we're providing, where is the event going to be, where is it accessible, what other components do we need to incorporate to make sure our members are showing up to learn, but also having a good time and making the program worth their while. So there's lots of different pieces to consider. For each, each event. And I think each brings its own set of challenges and joys as far as planning. So Lexi I don't know, if you have any other thoughts there?
Lexi
No, describing it as a game of Tetris is probably the best way to describe it I think I've ever heard.
Kelly
So what do you do and you haven't lined up the pieces just perfectly?
Kim
You know, I, Lexi the and I just had a question or a conversation about this yesterday. With events, you, like nothing ever lines up, and that's true of life, right? Like nothing ever lines up, like you plan it. So you kind of just have to accept things as they come like the events happening, whether pieces are lined up, how you want them or not. So I think the best advice I have for anybody that is interested in event planning, is just you have to just be able to in the moment, make the best decision for the event or the members or whoever's attending your event, If it's outside of Alpha Sigma Alpha context is just in the moment, if the pieces aren't lining up, you have to be able to troubleshoot and think quick on your feet.
Kelly
You're making sure that next piece coming down lines up.
Kim
As best as it can. You have to make it fit.
Kelly
What about Lexi? So you know, you came on, we we went into lockdown, we canceled in person events, we pivoted we held our first ever virtual convention. I know you were involved with that, as well as Kim, but tell us what that was like in terms of, you know, there's that there's a component of what it's like to plan an in person event, but what is it like to plan an online event?
Lexi
Yeah, that's a great question. I think Kim and I both had a little bit of a moment where we had to make room to grieve the fact that we weren't having a person event.
Kelly
I think many of us were grieving that.
Lexi
Many of us were grieving that experience. But even like, as a young professional, that was something that I was looking forward to having that experience right off the bat of my employment with Alpha Sigma Alpha. And so the thing that I love about working with Kim specifically is that time period was a time where we both had a little bit of learning to do. I say a little bit, Kim had a little bit of learning to do, I had a lot of bit of learning today, she at least had some background on virtual events. But for me, I was like, what the heck does this look like strategically. And so we had a lot of pivoting to do, we had to take the time out of our day to attend webinars, research different platforms that were going to work for a convention reimagined. And just keeping an open line of communication with everyone that we were working with all of our vendors and all of our speakers that we were working with. And I think it just took a lot of patience, a lot of openness and being very open with where we were at and things that we were concerned with being strategic about things like breakout rooms and different capacities, and just timing and how can we, you know, offer that experience that's similar to what we would get in in person events. We wanted, specifically, I'm thinking of, you know, at our in person events, we have those hallway conversations that you can't live without, or just those side conversations that happen at the tables are things like that. And we were wondering, how do we kind of create that environment still in a virtual setting. And that's where the idea for our sisterhood meetups came from, and creating those spaces where after we had, you know, those big keynote sessions, we were able to have those sisterhood meetups that were a variety of different things, whether it was yoga or our mixology classes or any of the other variety of things that we were able to do to create that community setting that we were going to lack. It just took a lot of pivoting and a lot of creativity. But I think Kim and I the way our minds work, regardless of whether or not we're type A, we still love to think outside of the box and be as creative as possible. So I think that that we had a lot of appreciation for what we were able to come up with the sky was pretty much the limit, and we got to start off big and then narrow it down to Okay, like, what is our Zoom capable of doing? And how can we get it done in this way?
Kelly
And you had a very short amount of time to have to figure that out, right? Because we had been planning and working towards an in person event and had to make the really difficult decision about whether or not we were going to try to get there without knowing where the country would be at that time. So I think about groups now that are having their virtual conventions this year. Well, they've learned from our experience and others, like us last summer, where we were scrambling to pull something together, then, you know, the feedback we got from members was, you know, very impressed, and it came out beautifully. And you guys did a great job. I think the sisterhood meetups though that concept really, you know, we've continued it. But that was probably one of the biggest things I think people gravitated to and loved. I went to the bourbon tasting and learned I don't like bourbon. It was a good experience. It was fun. And I learned some history about bourbon making, but then quickly was like, okay, who wants the rest of this, because I am never going to drink it, but I did it. And we've done them since then, like they can through, which has been fun, I've got to meet I think members that I wouldn't, maybe couldn't come to an event for whatever reason. But they can jump onto that zoom and come in. And I think that from a convention standpoint, we've reached more members that maybe aren't going to be able to travel to Kansas City. Now they could log in. And so it was the amount of work I imagined that went in for you guys, and having to, you know, alter plans of what we had in place. And, you know, I think about the paraphernalia, the materials that get ordered all of those things that had to so in addition to Hey, we need to figure this out virtually I imagine you're also going What do we need to stop right before it gets too far down the road?
Kim
Yeah, yeah. It, it was a lot a lot of figuring, figuring things out. And just what is the right decision and the time that's just a giant question mark for the world. So it was definitely a big learning experience for us. I will say with the sisterhood meet up, Kelly, you hit the nail on the head there. I love to tell people since we started doing those. I have seen at least since I've been on staff in the last few years, our first event attendee who lived outside of the United States. So we have a sister who lives in Canada, who has been able to reconnect now with some of her chapter sisters from decades ago when she was in school, because she's been attending some of our virtual sisterhood meetups. So yeah, so cool. And I think that that's something as you know, you reflect on how that how the pandemic has impacted you on an individual level. But also though, like, as an organization, that Alpha Sigma Alpha, I think about those kinds of things. And I'm like, these sisterhood meetups are something that, you know, it came out of us having to pivot our programming for the pandemic. However, this is something that we can offer to members just moving forward always. And it's something that maybe we wouldn't have ever thought to do. And put our energy into as, you know, event and program coordinators just without having to have that nudge. So just being able to think outside the box more so now and like how can we reach more members as we come out of the pandemic and start having in person events again soon. Just how can we continue to meet members virtually? So I'm excited for those kinds of opportunities that came out out of all this.
Kelly
Yeah, definitely. So what has been your favorite part about either your role or we're working on staff?
Kim
Sure. So I just really in general, I love having the opportunities, even, you know, no matter what my role looks like, as it's shifted over the years, I just love being able to provide our members with experiences where they're learning to believe in themselves, developing skills that give them more confidence in their communities and really allow them to just believe that they can make a difference in the world that they live in. I just, I feel like I I feel passionately about that just in general as a person. So Able to pour that into my work is really, really powerful for me.
Kelly
Lexi, what about you?
Lexi
For me the the greatest part of what I get to do, I think I've touched on this a little bit earlier. But the experience with working with our volunteers and our collegiate members more directly, to feel their passion come through, whether that's in like, face to face conversation, email or through zoom. I'm only a few years out of my collegiate experience. And I think sometimes, if you're not able to go to too many national events, as a collegiate member, you almost get siloed into, okay, this was my chapters experience, and this is all that Alpha Sigma Alpha and bodies, and then you meet all of these different women from different regions, different chapters who had different experiences than you. And they're so passionate about Alpha Sigma Alpha, whether that's bettering the organization, even holding the organization accountable to some of the, their concerns and voicing those opinions. It's, it's incredible that our women are able to, to love something so deeply. And I don't think that that's something that I fully understood until I was able to surround myself, and immerse myself in this work, if that makes sense. So that, for me has been the absolute best part of what I get to do. I also love the fact that, you know, when we did have our in person events, I started off right, working right during the academy season, in the spring of 2020. And being able to travel and meet our collegiate women, and, you know, watch them grow. Like Kim said, we offer programming that's super empowering and we love to give them the tools to do things for themselves, and to take it and run with it and to see them grow through those experiences is incredibly humbling. And to watch their their competence grow, by the end of the day, or the end of the weekend, or however long we have with them is, it's something that you can't put into words,
Kelly
Spoken like an educator. What has been the most surprising part of working for the sorority?
Kim
I wouldn't say how much I love it. I I feel like I don't know, if you would have asked me prior to me being a leadership consultant about like, I didn't even know working for my sorority could be a thing, right? So I think just, it just opened the door for all of these incredible professional experiences and connections that I've been able to make as a sister, but also as a professional. And I just think that, you know, it's really cool. And an amazing, amazing opportunity, again, just part being part of an organization like Alpha Sigma Alpha, there's just ample opportunities out there.
Lexi
I would say how interconnected our work is like in our different departments. There are times where there isn't a lot of overlap. And then there are times where it's like, okay, we need to collaborate on this project, because it's going to affect not only our collegiate members, but our volunteers, or it's going to be a program that serves our both our alumnae and our collegiate members are, how can we do this outreach that will connect these two groups of women together, and it's a lot of collaboration, but we all have the same goal at the end of the day, which is, I find that the fact that we're all able to center it back to the same visions, purposes, it really streamlines our work. Now granted, we definitely all have different ideas that we bring to the table. But it's, it's fun to be able to talk through those and really see, okay, like, if we do X, Y, or Z, how is this going to affect this group of individuals or this group of members? And how can we expand it to get the most benefit out of the program or things like that. So that's for me is, I think the most surprising thing is you have so much reach and so much potential to impact a variety of people.
Kelly
You know, when you think about programming, especially right, there's programming for collegians and that's kind of a subset right? And you understand that target market, but then you've got to alumnae and alumnae go from you know, the day that you've graduated college all the way, you know, through life. And so figuring out, I imagine what we're going to do in those areas, certainly I know we talked about that on Council and and how do we continue to make sure we've got a great membership experience in your alumnae years, you know, just like your collegiate years, but figuring out that programming and the method of delivery, right? Not everybody is technology savvy, as you get into kind of some of our older alumnae generations. And so how do you bridge that to still get that reach?
Kim
Yeah, definitely. And I think over over the years, that's something that I've learned a lot about is okay, yes, like collegiate members, you know, you research there, that age group and their learning styles. And you know, what topics are relevant in the world today, but then with our alumnae, I mean, you're talking about several different age groups and different target, target markets there for programs. So it's just a lot of kind of coordinating and trying to make decisions that best serve the masses. But yeah, I think that there's a lot that goes into it and a lot to learn, but at the end of the day, I think Lexi and I can both agree, we love being able to figure that out and kind of make those decisions and have our members show up and learn and love the opportunities that we're offering.
Kelly
Awesome. Well, before we wrap up, I have some rapid fire questions with everybody a subset of what National Council answered so these are intended to be top of mind whatever you think of that's your answer. So are you guys ready? All right, so first question we'll start with Lexi.
Kelly
Window or aisle seat?
Lexi
Window.
Kelly
Kim?
Kim
Aisle.
Kelly
What's a song you know all the words to?
Lexi
Single ladies.
Kim
Landslide
Kelly
Landslide, okay. What is something most people don't know about you?
Lexi
Oh my gosh. I was in pageants for longer than I'd like to admit.
Kelly
Really? Have you gotten together with Tracy Collins.
Lexi
I have not.
Kelly
okay well the two of you have lots to connect on.
Unknown Speaker
We'll make that happen at convention. Mine is I have a really like out of control obsession with house plans.
Kelly
Well, then you come to my house because I don't have house plans because I don't know how to keep them alive well
Kim
Yes, most people they walk into my house and they're like wow, you have a lot of plants. Yes, I do.
Kelly
Alright, salty or sweet?
Lexi
Salty.
Kim
Sweet.
Kelly
What is your biggest pet peeve?
Lexi
I can't stand like open mouth chewers.
Kelly
Okay.
Lexi
Like that to me is a legitimate phobia.
Kim
Mine close talkers.
Kelly
Oh, okay. Well, you probably avoided that lately.
Kelly
Absolutely. Absolutely.
Kelly
What is your favorite season?
Lexi
Fall.
Kim
Autumn, fall.
Kelly
What is your favorite holiday?
Lexi
Halloween.
Kim
Christmas.
Kelly
What are your favorite word?
Kim
Sprinkles.
Kelly
Not Jimmy's? Come on your a Philly girl.
Kim
I use sprinkles in like different contexts though.
Kelly
Okay.
Lexi
I say per se a lot. And I don't know how that's incorporated into my daily vernacular, but it is.
Kelly
All right. Well, what is your favorite type of flower?
Kim
Sunflower.
Lexi
I like lavender, really pretty.
Kim
I have lavender house plants.
Kelly
Alright, Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts?
Kim
Dunkin.
Lexi
Starbucks.
Kelly
I figured. Lexi's sitting in the room with me with her Starbucks cup, as am I. So beach or mountains.
Kim
Beach.
Kim
Both of you And last one. Heels or sneakers?
Lexi
Sneakers
Kim
Heels.
Kelly
Oh, you are the first one that has said heels.
Kim
You know what? When you're 5'1 as an adult woman you to learn to love heels.
Kelly
I'm five two and I also love heels. That was my answer to that question, too. For the same reason, like, you're short. You want to at least kind of feel on par with some people.
Kim
Exactly.
Lexi
You reach the 5'3 mark where I'm at where it's like nah, we're good. We don't have to worry.
Kelly
Otherwise, you know, you're always trying to reach something like I go to the grocery store. And I'm like scaling the shelves to get the top thing that's like all the way in the back of the shelf. Ladies, thank you. This has been fun. I have enjoyed hearing your stories and sharing your experiences and I hope that you have as well.
Lexi
Yeah. Thank you for having us.
Kim
Thank you so much.
Kelly
All right and to our listeners, until next time.