Oh hai.
It has been harder to get settled into this new life than I thought it would be.
The house is mostly set up. There are a few organizational kinks to be worked out (which I think is kind of normal for downsizing like I have) but we have reached a good flow. The kids have settled into schools and friends nicely and we hosted a party for my daughter’s birthday this past weekend. Money is a worry, but it comes with the territory.
My biggest issue right now is loneliness. I don’t know anyone here and so far I am stuck at figuring out where to meet people. I am really not interested in a mom’s group – which tends to be all mom’s of 0-3 year olds with the requistite baby discussions. Nor do I want to talk about husbands. I have checked meetup and ravelry and message boards and all of that jazz but it appears I live in a black hole of social activities. Nothing happens around here. I was hoping I could meet people on campus, but my plans have changed and I’m continuing as an online student until September 2011.
It’s disheartening. I am about the biggest homebody around, but I still need to get out and reset myself every once in awhile. I would like to have someone to call on the phone and make an umpromptu date for coffee or something. My mother lives very nearby, and I love her and do like to hang out with her… but I was more hoping for someone my age to hang out with and talk smack while eating Chinese food out of the carton YK?
I’m sure it will come in time. But the combination right now of early darkness, overwhelming children, and having no excuse to leave the house except to grocery shop is really depressing.
lazyladylazarus
I’m sorry, I imagine it’s tough.
Took me a while to even find anyone here when the kids *were* younger. Only thing I could think of would be hang out at bus stops or PTA or whatever via the kids’ schools for folks in a similar-ish age bracket. But I bet you’ve already covered that one.