Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Pitty Party is OVER!

I recently read in my friends blog about feeling lonely. I thought about that. I have a confession to make. Okay, another confession, since I seem to be full of them. I watch Desperate Housewives. I didn't start until I moved to Casper, but since then, I've been hooked and playing catch up. My point in this--I'm jealous. No, not of all the scandels, but of having good friends close by. The ones you can say anything to and not feel stupid. Really, it's my own fault. I don't like to put myself out there. I don't open myself up to make good friends. There's potential here. I see lots of people who I'd love to call and say, "Do you want to do lunch?" And do you know what's even worse? I don't just want one good friend close by. I want many close friends close by. In Rexburg, I had the best set of friends and I miss them horribly. Christmas is coming and I know that they will be doing their 3rd annual "My Favorite Things" party. I want to be there. You know what else was great about this group? They were (and still are) so positive. I can find out what's happening back home without having to hear trash talk. It's so refreshing. When we got together, it was not to husband bash. In fact, we would often invite our husbands to come along with us--we all got along and even went on the occassional trip together. Game night. We had a monthly game night. We took eachother out to lunch for our birthdays. They had a monthly neighborhood lunch, and even though I wasn't in their neighborhood, they thought to invite me. I miss them so much. Sure, we still keep in touch by phone and facebook and email, but it's not the same as hearing their laughs and lifting eachother up over icecream. So, what can I do about that? Well, I think it's time to put myself out there and invite some people over for game night.

6 comments:

  1. and that is it!!! oh yes. i understand EXACTLY what you are saying. guess what i am doing friday night lyndee??? going over to this family's house for GAME NIGHT. i have had some reason or another not to go anywhere lately. i am with you.

    let the games begin.

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  2. Good for you! This weekend doesn't work for us. Next weekend doesn't work for us---though we did invite people to have dinner with us; that is one holiday where even though it's just dinner, it's not nearly as fun unless your surrounded by people.

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  3. Good for you! You and Misty inspire me!

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  4. I'm all talk, Chastina. I will say, I put out an invite to everybody I knew in Casper (and was on facebook) to see if anybody would like to join us for Thanksgiving. We didn't want it to be just us. In the past two days, I've had to yeses. Both are people I've only met once at a Mom's group and I am SO excited. How's your new neighborhood? Are you adjusting?

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  5. Good for you!! And good luck Lyndee. I hate being the new person.... putting yourself out there is SO hard. Crossing my fingers you make some close friends soon!

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  6. It's getting easier. Went to an Elder's Quorum party/pinewood derby for the big boys and it felt good not to feel alone there. I still have my moments of missing family and friends, but at least they are not as often.

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