Weekend Plans

Well Hubby is traveling for work this weekend, (tiny celebration in my head), and me and the girls are going to a friends house to hang out. Im looking forward to being out of the house and getting to see my friend. She lives about an hour away so we don't see each other than much. Our bags are all packed and sitting by the door ready to go. Just gotta do a few things around the house to get everything ready for us to be gone all weekend. Dishes, a load of laundry, take out the trash, and general straightening up. 

Takin a little nap before our trip. 

I don't get out much, as I'm sure you've read in previous post, so a whole weekend away will be great. Plus since hubby is gone for work I'm just in the apartment alone anyway and it'll be nice to have some adult conversation. 

Update: These are just some pictures taken over the weekend. We did some fun outings but didn't remember to take pictures. These were taken at the house. 

How to Make Friends

I’ve really thought about this lately. Maybe it’s just hormones, maybe wanting more adult interaction, but lately I’ve had a case of the “I have no friends” blues.
The truth is I have plenty of people I can count on for almost anything but “real” friends….I have maybe 3. One of those lives an hour away, one works all the time, one lives over seas. You do the math. I’m lonely.
I love my husband and family but sometimes I just wanna be able to go grab a bite with a girlfriend. As you can imagine limited friends makes this difficult.
The few friends I have are wonderful. I’m closer with them than some of my family. For deep serious talks, late night come over emergencies, and things like that I wouldn’t trade them for the world. However, I want more friends that I can just hang out with, go shopping, to dinner, just be friends with.

The sad part of all this is I live in the small Texas town I grew up in. I know everyone and they know me. If they wanted to be my friend we would be. So my question to you is, AS AN ADULT HOW DO YOU MAKE FRIENDS?
Seriously. When we were little on the playground it was easy. I even met my husband through an online dating service. I’m to the point my husband is “setting me up” with his friends wives or girlfriends. This might be good if we had anything in common, but it just turns into a very uncomfortable blind date or sorts.
The movie “I love you man” comes to mind.

So who out there wants to be my friend? I’m fun, and I promise I won’t talk about my kids the whole time…unless you don’t mind that sort of thing.