Busting Out?

I've decided to break out of my little cocoon I've created for myself. I've pretty much been sheltering myself at home. From what I don't know. It can't be the temptations of drinking. I can do that as simple as walking down to the corner store and buying a twelve pack.

Maybe it's pure laziness. Unlike most people, I'm very comfortable alone. Sure I need social interaction but at a minimum. Also I want to get laid as bad as the next person. Still I am the homebody. I can entertain myself for hours on the computer, reading, watching TV and movies and playing my guitar. I venture out with Rebecca occasionally and my buddy Will. I guess that's all I need.

So what steps am I taking to break out? One is I decided to get more involved with the Alumni group of the University I graduated from. I always attend the football games. Sometimes alone and sometimes with a buddy I tailgate with. Just recently I decided to go to an alumni watch party for the NCAA tournament selection show. My University already had a ticket and it was just a matter of who they were going to play. I had ice tea and crawfish and sat with some moneyed alumni. I'm not a person that needs to rub elbows with big shots but it was interesting sitting with some of the movers and shakers of the school.

Then I decided to join a Mardi Gras Krewe in New Orleans. One of the alumni I've met is a float captain and as such he can extend invitations for people to join the Krewe. I met up with him and a couple of others he invited at a pub. I got to meet his wife too. She was very sweet and talkative. She's encouraging me to not only do the Krewe thing but also attend more Alumni functions. She told me it's a great way to meet women. Single men can meet successful women who have a common connection to the University. She told me about one single guy who goes to their tailgate parties. He never lacked for anything to do. He always had dates. I take it he had no local family cause she told me he always had a place to go on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years due to the women he met.

See how that and the Krewe goes for me.