Well this coming week I have three friend activities: pool on Thursday, lunch on Saturday, and Saturday night I will be stopping by a friend that I have not seen since HS' b-day party. Whew! That's a lot of friend interaction for me. I despise cliches but i'm going to use one anyway "when it rains it pours".
Last Thursday I was able to go bowling with a friend and talk about what has been bothering me. She is in a similar boat regarding friends and I feel that connection was important for us. I wonder, how many people feel the same way?
Last Friday a friend of mine from college was able to go to trivia with me and join in our group. She really enjoyed it and wants to do it again. Also, we made somewhat plans in going to shop at Salvation Army soon. I am so excited to hang out with her again.
So far everything has been happening pretty swiftly. I have been able to rekindle some friendships that I didn't know would continue or not and all without having to go to a strange group of people and feel self-conscious. Those meetups keep sending me invitations to things that I am unable to attend do to cost, but mainly do to the fact they all seem to happen on days that I work. I want to do a meetup of my own but am chicken poop about the whole thing. I know I know... just do it... eh.
In further news I have been dealing with family crap lately that will hopefully get worked out soon, but is ruining my good mood. Today I'm going to work on getting out of this terrible mood.
I like the positive flow you have going for you currently. Mkeep up the optimism and things will happen the way to want them to. If in the event you happen to start kindling the idea that this is all in vain, smother it. Your only roadblock in this venture is yourself.
ReplyDeleteI have been told this to me time and again and it too is a cliche, but "In this, you are your own worst enemy".
Never underestimate prior connections either. It's funny- people are more than willing to accept an invitation, however it takes a far greater amount of effort to be the one to reach out... as you well know by now.