This summer feels monumental -- or at least like I'm just right there at the edge of something insane but I can't quite get myself to drop off into that pit of glory, the Nestea plunge of life. Go. Do. I finally switched to a unit that I think has the potential to be super fulfilling. My eyes are more open. Maybe finally I am learning what's important in life. I sound hormonal?
Every time I want to put into words what's in my head here I stop short. I don't mean to but it's like I can't get it out. I can't explain. Teetering. I tell ya -- right there at the edge.
Any good summer reading for me?? Summery -- indulgent.
My friend, K is coming home from China with her baby later this week. She's going to be here a month and has set aside a day for me. I'm excited to have my day with her but I can't help feeling this.."Uh..I can hang out with you a little bit one day??" feeling like I'm unimportant. Ha. I vow to make friends in our new neighborhood. I am excited to have a place we feel committed to. It's easy to fall into that pit where it feels like everybody else has all these plans with all their friends and I see lake plans and weekend cabins together and summer dinners on their patios and wish we got invited sometimes. ALTHOUGH I will openly admit I can't recall inviting anyone else to do any of those things either. SO there ya go.
You totally have to invite people over and just pop by and see your neighbors on a regular basis to stay connected, in my opinion. It's something I'm REALLY just learning because in California we never met any of our neighbors and now I am learning how this community thing works. :) We've had a handful of open house type parties this year and I've NEVER done that before. I didn't throw a party other than a baby shower and wedding for like 10 years!
ReplyDeleteyes...totally.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to try it!! One day we drove by the house and a few blocks over they had the street roped off and people were in a huge circle in their lawn chairs with kids running around and I was like AWWW!!!! heh.
I totally get that "gotta be the type of friend I want" type of thing.
I feel totally inspired by others' communities to make my own. I think that only renting/living places temporarily has influenced our lack of commitment because it's like meh, we'll be moving soon enough so why bother? I'm not suggesting that's a good attitude to have, just the one we've probably adopted the past few err..several years.