Expect The Worst

As years have taught me anything is that if you expect the worst in any situation then you are not as disappointed. But when the outcome is the opposite then you have pictured in your head then you are welcomed with a nice surprise. This was the case yesterday, I was invited to a job fair and had selected Diva to accompany me, however with all the things happening at work she was unable to join me. Instead it was suggested to me to invite another and I wasn't too thrilled about it at all. It wasn't I dislike the suggested replacement (in fact I hardly even know her), but more like "what do we talk about". My boss man came in and said "just bond with her". Oh yeah easy for you to say, I don't know what is going to be talked about and even scarier what remarks are going to slip out of my mouth because of something the other person said that rubbed me the wrong way. This was not the case, I left the lodge around 11:10am because I kept forgetting something in my office. I got to the Armory around 11:32am and thought to myself I'm so happy to only be 2 minutes late, but after 2 circles around the place and remembering about the place where I parked when I was there for my job fair that I got hired at, it was already 11:50am. I was so late now, so I lugged what I had brought down the alley way and waited for traffic and was told that our booth was in the back on the right, and to my pleasure there was my co-worker waving at me and all set up. I was so damn impressed and at that moment realized this wasn't going to be bad at all. And my bosses voice "just bond with her" rang out and put a smile on my face. He does know what he's talking about. Between the visits from the interested participants looking for work or just free stuff, we chatted and got to know one another. I realized that she is a very well spoken person who just has the thirst for knowledge, instant friend right there. As the event came to a close, she gave me a hug and said it was fun and that we need to do it again. I agreed and packed up what we had left and I headed to the lodge to submit my expense report and drop off all the business cards I acquired. As I was getting ready for my beer date after, I received a text from my friend saying he had to cancel, and a text from the bear saying we received our deposit check from the other apartment. I was somewhat bummed because I was really looking forward in having a drink with my friend, but happy about being done with the other apartments. I'm glad the weekend is here so I can relax and then it dawned on me that we only have a 3 day work week next week which makes me a happy cubby.