call my friends more

Called my BFF today and had a lovely chat w her although not long enough. Jesy is a toughie because she is a busy med student so I don’t want to bother her but I do need to call and catch up.

My new work schedule should accomodate her time zone better… if I don’t hear from her again by Monday I will give another call. <3 her!

Started a new job in Chris’s neck of the woods—gave him a call and organized our first hangout in MONTHS. He is meeting me at 1 a.m. for a late nite diner visit!

All it took was that one phone call! All I have to do is just reach out and I can reconnect with people that I have let wander too far from my circle.

Now I need to call bff Jessica and friend Emily. It has been wayyyy too long since talking w both of them.

Don’t think: “I won’t call, because I did it last time”. I you want to call someone, do it! It’s more personal than to send SMSs all the time.

well i’ve been emailing them and catching up more often – i think these days email counts almost as much! It feels good, I should have been more proactive about it earlier.

...a couple of days ago – we spent all yesterday together, lunch, walking around the city, second-hand book stores, the whole deal. it was great to relax and just chill with someone i know i can say anything around. someone who already ‘gets’ me, as it were, instead of so many recent and draining attemplts to make new friends…

this is sometimes a tough one – you get so caught up with whatevers going on around the place, by the time you get a chance to make a call, all you wanna do is crash on the bed. nonetheless i have been improving, had 2 good convos recently with old school friends which led to us going out and catching up. wow, it actually feels good when you do it!

I’ve called a couple people this week who I haven’t talked to in ages. It was great. I get nervous that they are going to harass me for disappering, but they were pretty much just happy to hear from me. Yay!

I feel more and more guilty every day, which makes it harder and harder to call- I don’t want to hear how much I suck…

I tend to blame it on my job. 120+ hour work weeks for 10 months straight and then 3 months off. It takes a month of sleep just to be able to pick up the phone. Then the first couple of calls to relieve the sting from me having forgotten their birthday, AGAIN, and then, finally, they start to get used to me being back around and I end up on another campaign and stop calling again.
This year I am working to transition out of politics and after election day ‘06, I plan to be done with it professionally. But my friendships wont last that long. I have to stop feeling guilty and prolonging the “please forgive me” phone calls. THEN, I have to make sure the apology, “I suck and am the worst friend ever” phone call never has to take place again. My friends are more important than my job.

..make a list and check them off as I speak with them every couple of day? There are atleast three i am required to talk to and prolly a list a 10 that would enjoy a chat every once in a a while.