Wow, NOT What I Expected!

Expectations can really mess with you. How many times have you approached a situation anticipating the world, only to end up disappointed? It's a terrible feeling.

Fortunately, the opposite can also take place. Ever go out with a certain group of people and in the back of your mind you're thinking "Just get through this... Just get through this...", and then there turns out to be surprisingly great chemistry? Isn't that the best?

Clearly, expectations are powerful. Why not use them to your advantage?

I remember back in college when I was way too cool for a blog (Ok, I ran a full-fledged website, who am I kidding?). My friends and I liked to set up a late night party for after the bars. We'd round up some troops and keep the fun lasting as long as possible.

During the winter it got COLD out. Real cold. And some of the girls, believe it or not, dressed a tad more on the revealing side. So you can imagine that walking around in 10 degree weather could be a little unpleasant.

Now my buddy's place was only a few blocks away but we didn't take any chances. We knew the freezing temperature could kill off the fun energy if we let it. Right from the start we made it perfectly clear that this party would be fun and well worth it, but the walk was quite a distance. We told them it would take about 15 minutes.

Sure, the misinformed were disgruntled at first. But you should've seen the smiles on their faces when we pulled up to his house in only 7 minutes...

Ear to ear, baby!

On that note, go have some fun with this over the weekend.