I am a very independent person, even though I'm very social. So, my days usually consist of doing whatever I feel like doing. R and I have our routine, and we run our errands and do our chores as necessary.
I have LOTS of stay-at-home mom friends and friends with flexible schedules and days off. But I'm terrible about calling them to get together. More often than not, it's a facebook wall conversation that goes something like this:
- Me: I feel like I haven't seen you in forever. We need to get together soon! What's your calendar look like?
- Her: I know! We do need to plan something soon. Next week is a little crazy for me. Let's shoot for the week after that.
- Me: Sounds good!
And then we never follow through. We have that conversation multiple times over several months before we finally buckle down and get together. You'd think I didn't like hanging out with these people or something!
This week, I've changed that.
I have a friend from high school who had twins 18 months ago. We have talked about play dates since our kids were tiny. Finally, yesterday, we got together. It was great! R had to skip/delay his morning nap to accommodate, but it worked out just fine.
And then I topped off yesterday with phone dates with two of my best friends. Yesterday was a win!
Today, I took the initiative to ask one of my best friends from church to lunch. Bingo-bango...we're out of the house and killing a couple of hours again! We even had another friend join us last minute. Good day!
So, I'm hoping I'm on a roll here. Watch out people! Your phones will be ringing soon!
To continue this awesome momentum, I have a question. I know there are tons of free activities around town for moms and their preschoolers. Who knows what? Where do we need to be going and when? What should I look for? R has more than reached the age/activity level where it's just not feasible for us to play at home all day every day.
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