As a majority of my friends from undergrad graduate from vet school, I am forced to look back on undergrad, the lessons I learned and the friends I met.
One important thing I learned is that drinking buddies aren't worth having if they don't take care of you. You all should take turns being the DD, being the sober smart one.
A good drinking buddy will make sure you have a safe way home and if they can't give you that then they should provide you a place to stay. Its not solely their responsiblity of course. You should definantly be responsible in part and when its you're turn, you better be willing to step up.
I know that I've both taken and given when it comes to being the good drinking buddy.
I know that if I drink with Erick, he'll provide me with a couch to stay on. Its always been that way. I've taken him up on this alot. And I really appricate this.
I can think back to three or so times when I've been called in the middle of the night (mostly by Erick or assorted friends) and had to go pick him up somewhere and take him home.
I DDed for him the night we went to a Halloween party and later someone ran a red light into me and totalled out my truck. Gentleman he is, Erick called me later that day to see if he could take me to work and then stopped by later to make sure I was okay and if I needed anything since I was carless. My parents were there and my Mom absolutly fell in love with Erick because he's a great guy.
He was the DD one night before that when me and some friends went to the trucker bar at the truck stop looking for mullets. He protected us from creepy men and actually was the only one that got hit on.
I was called out to pick him up at his smoker his first year after his roommate got drunk at home. I have to admit though, I was the one that taped the 40s to his roommates hands for a rousing game of Edward FortyHands. I didn't complain even though he gave me poor directions, I drove literally all across town dropping off various VM1s at midnight and had to milk at 4am. Its all part of being a good drinking buddy. He'd have his turn to do the same one day, I was sure.
Off to class...
[EDIT-Originally, published to Blogger on May 22, 2011.]
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