You've Got a Friend

Day #15 of NaBloPoMo and I'm ditching their prompt.

My "naughty" friend, Colleen is a therapist with a blog. Today, she wrote about how adults find friends, especially moving to a new area.

When I moved to Austin, I knew no one outside of my family. I quickly found out that quite a few people from my hometown lived in the Austin area (it's actually quite shocking -- one of my old neighbors lives nearby!). During the first six months, I didn't really know anyone because we lived in temp housing (an apartment) as we built our house in a different town. I kept sane by talking to my old friends back home, but I knew that once we moved into our house, I needed to find my people.

Once we moved, however, my first priority was finding friends for Mason. Luckily, we moved in the summer, so we spent so much time at our neighborhood pool (which is just down our street). I began talking to neighbors, too. Mason met three of his best friends today that summer at the pool. I met a lot of people at our neighborhood's National Night Out Event, too.

When school began, I started volunteering at Mason's school. I got to know more neighbors. Then, I started working and met some great people, too.

Today, the majority of my friends I have met through either Mason's school, swimming, or our neighborhood. Mark and I have a few "couple friends," that we hang out with, too. I am very blessed because I have some amazing friendships that I've made here in Texas. Dare I say I have too many friends? No, I would never -- but my calendar quickly fills with lunch dates and girls nights out. Again, I am blessed.

Thank you all for being my friend!