Mixing Work with Friends

On a typical day I may never leave the four walls of my office. However, today wasn't one of those days. Once in a while I get the chance to leave my office and go out on recruitment events. I have to say like when I can get out of the office; but I love when I get the chance to mix a work event with visiting friends. Today's recruitment event was down state, so I use this as an opportunity to visit some friends that still live in the town where I attend college at last night.

On a random side note: During this trip my car hit a milestone in it's car life-

My car turned 150,000 miles! I know this may sound kind of stupid, but I love that I've been able to drive this car so long. This is the same car I've been driving since high school and I had some great memories with it. I know the day is coming when I'll have to get a new one, but I'm not looking forward to it.

Back to the trip-

It was weird going back to the town that become home for 4 years, and seeing what has change and what hasn't. Part of me felt a little home sick being back there because I have some great memories from that town and these people.

Chris and Lindsay were nice enough to let me crash at their place for the night.  On any trip I would totally prefer to stay with friends than at a hotel by myself. We went out for dinner lat night and was later join by my grad-school friend Brittany.

It was nice to get to see her because I have only seen her one other time since our wedding last year. Being that she's getting married in the next year, we talked about how "fun" (aka- stressful) wedding planning can get.

I'm glad that I was able to visit with my friends I don't get to see often. This trip reminded me that the drive to visit them isn't that long, so I need do it more often. I always say "You have to be a friend to keep your friends", and I think this trip helped make these friendship a little stronger.

All in all the trip was a success and a nice day out of the office.