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| Sunday, October 15, 2006 |
Peeking out of my shell
I have a hard time meeting new people. We haven't found a church to attend yet, and I'm staying home with Pi now, so befriending co-workers is out. I've been trying to talk to people around our apartment complex, but that hasn't gone very well. I got the brush-off from the first person I tried to talk to, and the second two -- a nice couple with a giant Marmaduke dog -- were moving to Seattle that very day. Great timing, eh?
So I went on a blind date last night. With about 11 or 12 mommies I'd never met before. I found a mommies group online, and their calendar had a Moms Night Out scheduled.
I sat in the parking lot of the pizza place for a few minutes, working up the gumption to have dinner with a bunch of strangers. And then I went in, found the table populated with ladies and introduced myself.
I'm glad I did.
We had pizza, they were friendly, and I had a nice time. Then we went to a movie.* It was such a nice break. They have playgroups pretty regularly, and Moms Nights Out about once a month. I'm already planning to go to a scrapbooking crop in November. (I'm such a party animal.)
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*"The Departed." Holy Hannah, that was quite a movie. More violence and "language" than I normally go for, but the acting was great and I was on the edge of my seat nearly the whole time. And it was a l o n g movie, so that's saying something.Labels: flotsam/jetsam
posted by Nichole @ 9:48 PM
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Renee says, "Hi Nichole! Was the group the MOMS club? I joined here in KC and it has literally saved my sanity. So, if it's not the MOMS club, you might check that one out as well. I also found another SAHM group through meet-up.com - so you might check to see if there are any SAHM meet-ups near you!
Tell Alex I said "hi" - hope all is going good with you all:o)
Renee" (10:47 PM, October 15, 2006)
Nichole says, "It wasn't a MOMS club or a meetup thing. I have looked on meetup.com, but everything I've found on there is too far away from our place. (I try not to be specific about where we are). It's a regional group." (10:54 PM, October 15, 2006)
ccap says, "I wish I had the guts to do that. I keep thinking about it but so far, too chicken/shy." (5:10 PM, October 16, 2006)
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