see my friends more often

I manage to see someone, some one, in most every week, usually on the weekends. Maybe out to dinner. Maybe a movie. Maybe a drop-by. Also, I make the occasional phone call. It isn’t the series of long hazy days of youthful leisure and conversation ‘til dawn that I’d love to revisit, but it is enough to remember that there is a world outside of my own head, and that it is populated with some pretty swell folk.

I made friends at school, which was the goal for this semester. after last night’s silly escapades, I’m taking this off the list and calling it done.

somehow i often can’t find the time to meet the people i want to meet…

trying to see my friends more. It’s sad but what can I do?

By this, I mean my close friends. The ones I’ve known for a few years. One is in France this year, another lives in Drogheda, another in Laois, and there are a couple who still live in Galway where they lived when we met, but somehow circumstances that have since changed have made us all too busy to see each other.

I miss them…

This goal has been accomplished!
My best friend Travis takes martial arts classes with me so I’ve seen much more of him for the past 6 months…Tasha has been living with me so I see her every other day.

I have new friends involved with my martial arts classes, too…so yeah. I see my friends and acquaintances fairly often now :)

There will always be too few hours in the day to see everyone as often as I’d like to- but this will be as good as it gets, for now.

Doing pretty well with this, especially after a reaffirming conversation with Yoko. It is hard for me to explain to my well adjusted and socially butterflyish friends how or why this is so hard for me. I’m an overly complicated introvert married to someone who is socially phobic. That’s kind of a recipe for disaster. But working on it! Small victories include things like going out for a big gathering even when in a murderous rage (which dissipates quickly when around friends), going to a small gathering where intimidated by attendees and having a blast, and going to a spontaneous last minute informal thing with little to no notice, planning, or discussion.

I have some really close friends that live about 2 hours away… So I want to see them more. I’m not really sure how I’m going to, but I still want to see them more often.

I ended up with an extra ticket to the concert and I was able to invite another friend to go with my sister, Jess, and myself. We had so much fun! We sang along and talked about how the lyrics fit each of us perfectly. These are the three songs that I will remember singing with my girls forever…

Underneath Your Clothes
You’re a song
Written by
The hands of God
Don’t get me wrong
This might sound
To you a bit odd
But you’re the place
Where all my thoughts
Go hiding
Right under your clothes
Is where I’ll find them
CHORUS:
Underneath your clothes
There’s an endless story
There’s the man I chose
There’s my territory
And of all the things
I deserve
For being such
A good girl honey
Because of you
I forgot the
Smart ways to lie
Because of you
I’m running out of
Reasons to cry
When the friends are gone
When the party’s over
We’ll still belong
To each other

No
No, no intentes disculparte
No juegues a insistir
Las excusas ya existían antes de ti
No, no me mires como antes
No hables en plural
La retórica es tu arma más letal
Voy a pedirte que no vuelvas más
Siento que me duelas todavía aquí
Adentro
Y que a tu edad sepas bien lo que es
Romperle el corazón a alguien así
No se puede vivir con tanto veneno,
La esperanza que me dio tu amor
No me la dio más nadie,
Te juro, no miento
No se puede vivir con tanto veneno
No se puede dedicar el alma
A acumular intentos
Pesa más la rabia que el cemento
Espero que no esperes que te espere
Después de mis 26
La paciencia se me ha ido hasta los pies
Y voy deshojando margaritas
Y mirando sin mirar
Para ver si así, te irritas y te vas
Voy a pedirte que no vuelvas más
Siento que me duelas todavía aquí
Adentro
Y que a tu edad sepas bien lo que es
Romperle el corazón a alguien así
No se puede vivir con tanto veneno
La esperanza que me dio tu amor
No me la dio más nadie
Te juro, no miento
No se puede morir con tanto veneno
No se puede dedicar el alma
A acumular intentos
Pesa más la rabia que el cemento

Inevitable
Si es cuestion de confesar
No se preparar cafe
Y no entiendo de futbol
Creo que alguna vez fui infiel
Juego mal hasta el parques
Y jamas uso reloj
Y para ser mas franca nadie
Piensa en ti como lo hago yo
Aunque te de lo mismo
Si es cuestion de confesar
Nunca duermo antes de diez
Ni me bano los domingos
La verdad es que tambien
Lloro una vez al mes
Sobre todo cuando hay frio
Conmigo nada es facil
Ya debes saber
Me conoces bien
Y sin ti todo es tan aburrido
El cielo esta cansado ya de ver
La lluvia caer
Y cada ida que pasa es uno mas
Parecido a ayer
No encuentro forma alguna de
Olvidarte porque
Seguir amandote es inevitable
Siempre supe es mejor
Cuando hay que hablar de dos
Empezar por uno mismo
Ya sabras la situacion
Aqui todo esta peor
Pero al menos aun respiro
No tienes que decirlo
No vas a volver
Te conozco bien
Ya buscare que hacer contigo
El cielo esta cansado ya de ver
La lluvia caer
Y cada dia que pasa es uno mas
Parecido a ayer
No encuentro forma alguna de
Olvidarte porque
Seguir amandote es inevitable
Siempre supe que es mejor
Cuando hay que hablar de dos
Empezar por uno mismo

Every time Shakira would start a new song I would let everyone know it was MY FAVORITE…every once in a while I would let it be someone else’s favorite too:).
I love my friends!!! ...and my sister!!!

Jessica and I are going to go see Shakira in concert on Friday night and I am so excited!! We went about four years ago and her show was amazing. It’s going to be soooooo GREAT. I can’t wait!
:)