Waimea

Minneapolis, MN

Last night I accompanied Danielle to an Indiana University alumni event.  My wife attended and graduated IU Bloomington and is a loyal Hoosier fan.  I am a big time University of Illinois fan, and do not routinely route for the Indiana Hoosiers.  But, my wife is helping restart the Minneapolis chapter of the Indiana Alumni chapter, so I agreed to accompany her to this event.  We drove to the Sheraton Hotel in Minneapolis and none of her colleagues were there yet.  I was thinking to myself, oh great a night of meeting people who I don’t know when I would maybe just want to be at home watching a movie. 

But, I was wrong.  After people started showing up it was a great time of chatting with different people and hearing how they connected to IU, and what they do for a living etc. etc.  It is good to get out and meet people.  I have the Gallup StrengthsFinder strength of Woo, which stands for ‘Winning others over,’ and I was putting it to good use.  Then, in the most random part of the evening we were asked to drive the guest of honor back to his hotel.  Rick Greenspan is the athletic director for Indiana and he needed a ride from the Sheraton to the Hyatt.  Rick and his daughter came with Danielle and I as we drove across Minneapolis.  Rick and I chatted about college coaches, the difference between D-1 schools and D-3 schools and a variety of topics.  He was such a nice guy, it was an enjoyable time. 

Half of Life is just showing up.  JVD