keep in touch with people who are important to me

... But then call it sheer laziness or what.. I just cant seem to bring myself to make that effort. Probably I’ll be motivated if I realize how much it would mean to the other person

had my ears for a half hour. I had to get off the phone… away too much! I’m trying… I can tell she is becoming more like a child. Gee… what am I going to go?

for the day. They got here at 1:30 and left at 8:00. Spinach lasagna, bread, and cherries for lunch. It was a lovely perfect day.

sent it. Now, if I’ll just write those cards, after I finish cleaning my bedroom.

Relationships with family and friends are central to a happy life in my humble opinion. So much more important than accumulating financial wealth or having a “successful” career.

fun. There is something quite satisfying about it. Best to all.

I know this is an ongoing thing, but I think it’s safe to say I’ve made huge improvements in this arena, so I feel comfortable saying it’s “finished.” I’ve gotten in the habit of returning phone calls right away. There have been a few exceptions, but now it’s almost always a conscious choice and not just laziness. I wrote my grandmother twice while she was in Texas, which I know meant a lot to her. I’ve also managed to keep in touch with the friends I made at my previous job. I was really afraid that I’d fall into my old patterns and lose touch with them right away, but we regularly meet for Game Nights, dinner & a movie, hair dyeing… I think we’re good to go. I may re-add this goal when I move to Florida this year, but we’ll see how it goes first.

... but I could DO better…

Last year was so wildly full of change. There were many months of adjustment for me. I basically moved myself to a new city with nothing but a trunk of clothes, a coffee pot (of course! :P), and some CDs. I had to find a home, meet all new people, learn my way around streets I never knew existed, and learn the ropes of being a single parent. It was a crash course in life, no shadow of a doubt! So, in the midst of this, it must’ve felt like I fell off the planet to my family & friends. Now that the dust has settled and is all cleaned off, actually, I am trying to get better at staying in touch with those I love…... a MISS! Boy do I miss my constants! I’ve just decided not to backtrack and cover the ground already treaded, but to pick up from here-the present-where everything now begins. :)

how to get better at this. I buy a lot of cards to send to people, but I never send them. I think I always have to write a masterpiece or something. I’m discouraged.

Evidently, my grandma was so pleased to get a letter from me two weeks ago that she made the rounds at the retirement park with it. She even called my dad to tell him I’d written her a letter. He said she likes the letters better than phone calls because she can read them over and over again (not to mention show them off, apparently), so I wrote her another one this past weekend and put it in the mail today.