Socialization is fun, but hard

I've been a busy wolfie the past few days, but here's a go at a new post.
I've been making an effort to connect with other local furs lately, and having some success. Havent met anybody new, but I've been spending more time with one of my friends and her boyfriend (the ones who introduced me to furcast, thus getting me to feel better about my furryness) because they are people I feel positive around, and like I don't have to hide this part of myself. And the great part is, we're planning a furmeet with some local furs. The not so great part is that we have no real idea what to do at said meet. Has anybody in the audience been to a meetup with any sort of fandom? What kind of stuff is good to do when meeting new furs for the first time? I'm a little bad at the whole socializing with new people thing as Ive had basically the same friends for 4 years now.

New friend!

I think I may have met another furry today at work, and while I'm not sure, I am pretty sure I met a new friend. I won't post her name here, but suffice it to say she's a lot like me in that she likes PC gaming, and she seems like a really fun person. She told me she reads a lot of books about dragons, and that's what tipped me off that she may be into the fandom a bit. So to test the waters, I mentioned that I always play as an anthro character when theres that option in videogames (I play a Kahjiit in Oblivion, and am considering making her a secondary, female fursona), and she said she does the same. Because really, who wants to play as a human? Humans are... meh.

That made me happy. Whether or not she's actually in fandom, she seems like a cool person and someone I could be friends with.

Pointless point is pointless, but I feel the need to stay in the habit of posting.