HDR Company Picnic

So, Brandon and I attended his company's summer picnic tonight. We had fun at it and I actually got to socialize with people from his company. I have met a few of them before at the Christmas Dinner but that's different; there is a show and so we don't get to socialize as much. I talked to and got to chat with quite a few of his friends and co-workers and obviously started to form an opinion about each one. That's what you do when you first meet a person, right? You form an opinion on each other and that is where the "relationship" begins; for better or for worse.

Anyway, throughout the picnic Brandon would say, "Remember, that's the person who..." and it would immediately trigger a story he had told me about that person and I would go "Oh yeah! I remember that story!" Normal married-couple stuff... ya know the type, wife patiently nods her head yes during the story the husband is telling about work and that particular bit of information might not stick because, well, it just isn't that interesting. Not because you don't care, but because you don't see it and feel it and live it like the other one does so it just doesn't stick. I don't know about you but I am a "hands-on" learner and so I just have to visually see it and be involved in it for it to stick. So, when B would point those stories out that I was half listening to it would all click!

After the picnic, we were going through all the people I really enjoyed talking to and it was interesting to see the person that I had formed in my head (not being able to be visually involved) and the people that I had met tonight. Each of them were two totally different people! Nothing alike! It's a interesting concept, the idea that first impressions are the most important. You never get a second chance at a first impression and you definitely have to wait for that real-life meeting in order to determine for yourself. I think as humankind we are always quick to judge, especially when a loved one is on the communicating end of things and you are on the receiving.

I know that one of my goals for the future is to keep an open mind. What about you? You never know what to expect out of people and I always thought that me being a trusting person by default was one of my faults. I decided against that tonight and I think I will keep it that way.

(Sorry no pictures. I was silly and didn't take any of us. I did however get a video of the most adorable child I have ever met in my life. I will post that once I figure out videos. :P )