I looked at the time and realized we were already 30 minutes late. I quickly finished getting everyone ready and out the door and we made it to the play date an hour before it ended. Mainly I was soo desperate to go because I had thought that I would meet some other stay at home moms there and possibly make a connection.
The play date itself was fun. They brought in baby farm animals for the kids to pester. I felt bad for the animals but also happy for the kiddos to get up close and personal with each cute and cuddly little animal. The kiddos had a blast!
I didn't. I tried to strike up a conversation with a couple of different moms but they were very short with their answers and it seemed like they didn't want to be bothered. So I spent the hour not talking to anyone, missing my friends desperately, and really ready to get back to the house.
We got back to the house and had lunch. Then headed to the library. We didn't get there on Monday like I had hoped. The fun thing about this trip to the library was that I let Weston my oldest get his own library card. He thought this was the best thing since sliced bread (and he loves some bread).
But all in all the library was frustrating too. The children's section was poorly laid out. And since I didn't know where all the kids favorite books where it was frustrating for the kiddos too. We looked them up in the library catalog but everything we wanted was not there. And due to budget cuts they did not have any staff to help find things.
I miss our old library. The familiarity and the nice friendly helpful staff. I'm sure we will figure out the right library for us here. But for right now, I'm frustrated.
So the day didn't go as planned. I didn't meet any other moms even though there were about a hundred moms at the play date. And we didn't even get a whole lot of loot at the library. Bummer day.
But after thinking about the day and sleeping on it. I realized like everything else in my life, I always try to make things fit in my timing. Or my way. And God has shown me many times over that my timing is not the best and His timing always is. And I'm grateful for that.
So right now I'm okay with missing my old friends (because they are awesome and a hard act for anyone to follow). Settling into my new life and house here in California. Helping the kids get along in this new life. And maybe when the time is right a friend will come into my life when I least expect it and most need it.
Today is a better day.
