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I got a pleasant surprise at orientation today. Yes, I've been on the new job for a month now and I've been in training class for several weeks but orientation was today. Go figure. Anyhow, when I received the welcome letter for orientation, I was struck that the HR manager's name seemed so familiar to me. I figured that I must have seen it on other memos or something. However, today she made a few references to her sorority and it struck me that we are sorority sisters. During one of the breaks I asked her if she happened to be a "yabba dabba do," as my husband calls us, and she confirmed it with a big hug. I felt like I had found a long lost relative, which I guess it a strange way, I had.

I really need to make a little disclaimer here, though. I wasn't one of those girls who you look at immediately and think "sorority girl." I doubt if I have those strong connective tendencies, but insofar as a ready made connection, this is a good place to start, or at least reconnect. In a way I feel like someone who has been away from church for too long and wants to come back but isn't sure how. I'd like to go to alumnae meetings and forge some new friendships. This kind lady is going to contact me and let me know when and where. I'm looking forward to it.
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