Desert Blooms

Well, yesterday I had lunch with a new friend from school and it was great! We sat for 2 1/2 hours and talked and ate, but mostly we just talked. The conversation was strangely intimate for being the first time we hung out outside of the break room at school but oddly, it seemed very normal and very comfortable.

She's young and married to a man older than her, just like me. She's actually a year younger than me. If our friendship pans out the way I think it will, it'll be one more thing to make me glad I graduated a year late. We just really have a lot in common. I don't think a lot of people realize just how hard it is to make friends when you're our age and married. Most ladies our age are still out drinking and partying and dating several different guys, which is cool, if that's what you're into. But it can be hard to find common ground with womne like that because while I enjoy a good drink with some friends, I'm not into having said drink while writhing around on a dance floor. So it was nice to spend an entire lunch talking with someone who "gets it."

Her husband also seems like the kind of guy that Hubby would really get along with, which is entirely rare, so I'm hoping they come to the concert this weekend and we can all meet up and see how it goes. I know it was only a 2 1/2 hour lunch, but I'm really excited about the possibility of finally having a girl-friend out here. I guess only time will tell.

There, there's finally a happy entry in this blog!