Mandatory Fun

So last night we had a mandatory fun function to attend at the Brick Alley Pub.  For those of you who don't speak military, that's when your command tells you that you have to be there.  And you're supposed to have fun.  So off we went.  Food was provided, but everyone had already paid their ward room dues.  At least I hope they had.  I know Jim did.  But the bar was not an open bar.  Smart thinking.  Nobody wants to pay a bar tab for a bunch of sailors.  So we mingled a bit, ate a bit and I had a drink or two.  All in all it wasn't awful.  It was all of Jim's classmates.  A few of whom were down in Dahlgren and I had either met before or had heard of.  Some were new to me, but that was the purpose of this.  To meet and greet.  Of course they probably should have done it within the first week of school.  Since groups had already formed.  Oh well!

-Michelle