Hmmmm, circle of good mama friends. Isn’t that what we all need to feel more content and to help us navigate the rough waters of stay-at-home-momhood? I was just thinking how we manage to meet wonderful women in our lives at just the right time and then life takes us in different directions…..I often think of Amanda, Jane, and Tara and how much I learned from each one of them…..
I am starting to try to build up my circle of friends here. I have had a lot of time to reflect on life lately and I have decided that I need to get a "circle" here too. It makes life so much easier when you aren’t home by yourself with your children for 10 hours a day. I have started a regular playdate with one friend, Montana. She has a little girl who is 5 and plays pretty well with O and a little boy who is 1 month younger than Eve. I am going to start a playgroup on Wed.’s at our church’s activity center I think. It is a big open space so the kids could run and play in the winter and they could just go over to the playground in the summer. I think that will be fun too…..
We have also started hanging out more with Danielle. She does daycare though but I think once a week or so we will go over there and play. Our kids play well together and we have a lot of the same philosophies on child-rearing. She is fun.
Of course, it takes time to build friendships but I feel like I am meeting a lot of great women and the days are definitely brightening up! It is amazing how much better I feel about life when I have a couple of mamas to hang out with during the week!!!
On a side note, some teachers and aides at my moms school would like to have an exercise class in the school gym after school. My mom asked me if I would lead it. Of course, I got really excited. Before kids, I was trying to get certified to teach aerobics. I never did because the certification workshops were always too far away…..Anyway, it would be an awesome thing to do because, A…I would get to workout uninterrupted, and B….I might make some money. Then, reality set in. After paying childcare and gas, for what I would ask the moms to pay($1 a class, I want it to be affordable and I am not certified), I would be in the hole. That is depressing. It always is when you want to do something for yourself and realize it may not be feasible. But, I am looking for other options. Maybe I can find someone to swap childcare with me and then it would work out better………
