keep in better touch with friends & family

I’m going pretty good at this on-going goal of mine. With the wedding right around the corner I’m keeping in touch with everyone I know. After my mom passed away last year I’ve had to re-evaluate what “friends & family” entails really. She was my only family before then it seemed like and without her here it is a lot different. I do still have a lot of people to keep in touch with. Its hard that a few family members can’t pick up their phones and call me, I have to be the one, but I like to keep this goal going and I like to keep feeding myself on the warmth of friends and families love.

I need to call J back and respectfully explain my position, email S back to thank her for her support, meet with hospice, wrap E’s gift, pick/write E’s card & buy salad supplies to take to A’s Sat.

This goal does not ever get easier, nor does it ever get to go onto the back burner.

Completed all of my last posts’ goals, however, it is ever ongoing.

I am happy with my high levels of upcoming social activities, although I’ll be busy I’ll be keeping up with everything:J’s 2 gigs this weekend, then a week of midterms, then G’s b-day easter Sunday, M’s b-day that Tuesday, tea at O that week, E’s b-day party that weekend, plus hoping to get some quality away time with the fiance!

I need to drop my letter to Italia in the mail today, plus I need to return L’s phone call.
I also need to connect with C&C and T.

All in all I’ve been doing great at keeping up w/ this goal; we saw the siblings for lunch Saturday and two old friends at Cal that night. I ordered flowers for g’s birthday tomorrow, they should arrive today.

The holidays make this goal come second-nature.
Our family is so dynamic, unique and fun and catching up with extended family and friends through cards and blogs is wonderful!

I challenge myself to keep up with the at least once a month rule for visits with all the immediate family and once a week with my mom.

Good friends cannot be put on the back burner either and so I commit to spending more effort and time with them as well.

I need to keep on top of both families; today d scared us all with his calls, it’s really good that he tells everyone though because we are all wondering how k is and the updates are good even though they always leave me resentful. I just really hope that k pulls through the bronchitis and is up on her feet in a couple of days.

I missed called on my cell, first from d, then j followed by g, j called again later and I should return my calls too! I tried to guilt trip d about leaving us messages then not calling us back when we call back and leave worried messages for him -I do the exact same thing.

I sent j an email though, and i tried to apologize for not calling her back and said that it was because I was waiting to talk to k myself to have something to report. I hope that she understands I’m just so terrified and overwhelmed that I can’t call the reunion over there and be passed around on the phone with everyone without knowing anything.

I’ve hung out with my soon-to-be in-law family for the past three weekends :) I’m definitely on top of this goal, If I can keep up 3x a month for the bare minimum for a good while, plus not skipping out on any fam. functions, I’ll be ready to officially complete the goal.

I’m happy I made my man call his parents and have them come over yesterday after a nearby recital, which totally made their/our day.

...I’m glad I can be the nudge he needs to keep connected with them.
If I can just look at it like that, I can be helping out by being supportive and social, instead of requiring him to look out for me/think about meeting all of my needs for a change I can be helping him and being the bigger person!
And I really do enjoy when we have spent all this time with them, I’m now nearly as depressed though I’m busier than ever this semester, I feel so much more community-oriented, baby happy, and just plain loved. So even though our free hours are few and far between, its great to spend them together with other people we love who love us.
(This entry should go in “Stop Complaining” too!)

Last week:
Called M, invited her to the downtown show, which wasn’t great but it was good to reach out to her and she called me the next day.

Saturday:Saw E!!!!
that was great. and long overdue. but fun. and really really relaxing.
Got to eat dinner with A, E and E and we had a good time.

Monday:
I wrote some positive words on the adoption process and sent a card to E and also a card to A thanking for having us over, congratulating again.
Called S to see about meeting up at/before the show down there this thursday

Wednesday:
Called Mom, called C and woke her up, invited her and C over to our new place, they still haven’t been!

Hope to have lunch with Mom on Friday and hoping to have B and P come see our place this weekend. I’d love to see D,A and E again too.