Life

I have never liked the months of January or March, maybe because I have lived in the Midwest my whole life they always feel sooo long and boring and filled with snow. I absolutely adore the cold but I have never liked the snow. I do the typical winter things like sledding and ice skating. I watch my kids ski and play in the snow for hours but I have never been to join in on that. I do love living in MN for the sheer amount of the love cold weather gets here. There is so much to do and if you have kids its awesome and one never needs to look hard to keep you busy. This weekend is the coldest in a century and I will be nice and cozy inside. I love February because of Valentine’s Day and it’s my middle son’s birthday. I had planned so much to do but alas the virus is still here so this week will be low-key. I had a fun snow shoeing event on Thursday at our Sculpture Park but the sub zero temperatures came and they cancelled the event 😦 but I did get dinner with one of my friends at a new restaurant in our suburb.

I decided to just get soup and we shared the Caprese salad and both were delicious! I also got the Cheesecake and a coffee for dessert and we spent a nice couple of hours catching up and relaxing. It is always weird going out now with the virus still around but I am happy since we got there so early we missed the busy dinner crowd.

I recently joined a MOMS club in my suburb and we have our first in person lunch meetup this week on Tuesday. I am excited but nervous, only 3 people have responded yes and 3 maybes, the other 32 have not responded yet. Making friends as you get older is just like dating when you are younger. The awkwardness, will I have something in common, dressing up to impress, etc all just like dating. I hope I at least make a handful of friends but not holding out too much since people here are very different from me.

OMG, this reminds of this lady who wrote in our suburb page that she had an 8 month old and wanted to connect and blah blah blah, anyway I responded to her and we DM each other for a couple of days and then she GHOSTED ME!!! She is probably busy and she joined the MOMS Club because I suggested it but crazy! I won’t hold anything against her though because we all have lives to live but this goes back to making friends at an older age. I mean I’m 36 not 99 but it feels like I am putting myself out there like I’m 20 again. Finding common interests is so hard, but I am still holding out to meeting some fun moms. If I were in Chicago I definitely wouldn’t be in this situation since I have all of my high school besties and they have their kids so my group would already be formed. I always hear how it’s hard to break into cliques here since so many people went to high school together but I can’t hate on that since I would be the exact same way lololol There are so many inside jokes and laughs that I can see why someone new it would be hard. Anyways, I am off to to keep my kids entertained. Stay warm and safe wherever you are 🙂