As I mentioned, last night went very well, from my point of view. I was feeling surprisingly un-nervous as I got there, which was nice. I walked in and the next open spot happened to be next the girl I had met a little over a month ago, so that’s where I sat. That made it easier since I actually knew her a tiny, tiny bit. And it helped that she and the guy right across from me, who works with her, were very outgoing and were able to keep people engaged with many interesting conversations. My difficulty usually lies with introducing myself out of the blue and starting up a conversations. If I’m thrown in and there’s conversations going on around me, I can join right it with no problem. Oh, and maybe the tall Guinness right off the bat helped lube the ol’ socializing joints as well.
About 15 people showed up over all through the evening, with some people not staying for very long. Maybe 10 people were there for most of the time and about 6-7 people went out to another bar in Uptown after Champps.
Like I said, I had a great time. We’re all planning on getting together again in about a month so I’m already looking forward to that.
