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On Sunday morning at 3:30 am I did something I don't think I normally would have done. Okay before I tell you what that something is you can try and guess...go ahead...done yet? Okay here it is, I went on a ski trip to two states away with 18 other people and I only knew 1 of them. Sorry to disappoint, if you had guessed I got drunk and did something dumb and/or funny.
I went with the brothers from Phi Sigma Alpha, a local fraternity at Austin College in Sherman, TX and a few of their friends. I understand the closeness a group of guys can have and especially a group of fraternity brothers. I was the guy nobody knew, I was the guy that everyone was whispering about when I sat in their living room on Saturday night/Sunday morning. I have always been a confident individual but I don't know if I would have wanted to go on a ski trip for 4 days with people I don't know (the one guy I did know I only knew because he worked part time with the Mavs during the playoffs) if it hadn't been for my recent experiences.
Moving to a place where I knew nobody has probably widened my social horizons a bit. Being the new guy in the group, in almost every situation I've been in for the last year, has been a great learning experience for me. I've always thought that real life learning will beat anything you do in a text book any day. For example I will never EVER home school my child because, the things he/she may not learn because its a public education will never out weight the knowledge they gain, and increase in both maturity and communication skills they get from interacting with their peers. Sure I am getting my MBA and that knowledge is supposed to help me in the "real world", but I believe that will only get me interviews and get my foot in the door. It will be the times like this week that will make me an attractive candidate for any job, one of the older guys in the group told me "If I was the guy nobody knew in a group this big I'd probably be sitting in a corner and keeping quite". He told this because I was hanging out with everyone, laughing and joking and having a great time...GREAT TIME.
It would be completely unacceptable for me to not thank these people for having me. I had so much fun and they were great to me. Like I've said I was "the outsider", but they took me in and treated me like they had known me for much longer that 24 hours. I believe some of these people could end up being friends for a long time to come. I completely appreciate their welcoming me to their group and must say, Thank you.
So these last four days I went from the guy "that everyone was whispering about when I sat in their living room on Saturday night/Sunday morning" to the guy "who was shaking hands and giving hugs, promising to keep hanging out"...what a trip.
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