Ask and you shall receive
Ok, I promised this a while ago, so here are the ideas I got from you (and others) of what I could do to meet people.
**Go to a scrapbook store and do a day crop there (recommended by two different people, but I can't find any near me!)
**CK alumni groups (recommended by two different people, but I don't know if one exists)
**Volunteer/Service Organization like Lion's Club
**Special Olympics
**Big Brothers/Big Sisters
**bowling league
**parks and rec class like painting or something creative
**docent at the zoo, botanical garden, the baseball field, or some other place that gives tours
**Volunteer at the Boys and Girls Club
**Teach at at women's shelter
**Help with girl scouts
**pick up the clarinet again - ASU alumni band or a community band of some sort
**Scrabble league
**something completely different - geocaching, acting in community theater, hot air ballooning
**Join a book club
**Take water aerobics or some other group exercise class
**Join Weight Watchers
Whew! I had no idea how long that was until I actually typed it! Thanks to all who contributed. I haven't quite narrowed it down, but it was definitely interesting to hear all of your ideas. And along the lines of ask and you shall receive, I linked up to a myspace page (even though myspace sucks) of a group that was once a jewish singles group in the valley. Now it's more age related than relationship related, i.e. it is for anyone in their 20s and 30s. Within a week of "joining" this group I got an email from what appears to be an offshoot of it - the "jewish sisterhood". It's a new group that has had one event so far. They are going to see the Sex and the City movie in May and will do a book club in June. I'm hesitant to get too excited, because these things are all cyclical and tend to fizzle out, but it definitely sounds promising.
Plus, my loneliness has waned a bit because of the really big news:
My husband quit his job! That's right, he's not going to be a line pilot anymore. He's going back to his instructor pilot position at his old job. It's very surreal to me since he's been gone four nights per week for the past two years. But he decided that the joy of flying the big fast jet wasn't worth all the hassle of his company, and being away from home was too hard on him. So he'll be back at his old job at the end of this month. Like I said, it still feels pretty strange, but I'm excited for him and for me!
But don't worry, I'm still gonna use some of your ideas to find some more girlfriends here in town- one can never have too many of those!
**Go to a scrapbook store and do a day crop there (recommended by two different people, but I can't find any near me!)
**CK alumni groups (recommended by two different people, but I don't know if one exists)
**Volunteer/Service Organization like Lion's Club
**Special Olympics
**Big Brothers/Big Sisters
**bowling league
**parks and rec class like painting or something creative
**docent at the zoo, botanical garden, the baseball field, or some other place that gives tours
**Volunteer at the Boys and Girls Club
**Teach at at women's shelter
**Help with girl scouts
**pick up the clarinet again - ASU alumni band or a community band of some sort
**Scrabble league
**something completely different - geocaching, acting in community theater, hot air ballooning
**Join a book club
**Take water aerobics or some other group exercise class
**Join Weight Watchers
Whew! I had no idea how long that was until I actually typed it! Thanks to all who contributed. I haven't quite narrowed it down, but it was definitely interesting to hear all of your ideas. And along the lines of ask and you shall receive, I linked up to a myspace page (even though myspace sucks) of a group that was once a jewish singles group in the valley. Now it's more age related than relationship related, i.e. it is for anyone in their 20s and 30s. Within a week of "joining" this group I got an email from what appears to be an offshoot of it - the "jewish sisterhood". It's a new group that has had one event so far. They are going to see the Sex and the City movie in May and will do a book club in June. I'm hesitant to get too excited, because these things are all cyclical and tend to fizzle out, but it definitely sounds promising.
Plus, my loneliness has waned a bit because of the really big news:
My husband quit his job! That's right, he's not going to be a line pilot anymore. He's going back to his instructor pilot position at his old job. It's very surreal to me since he's been gone four nights per week for the past two years. But he decided that the joy of flying the big fast jet wasn't worth all the hassle of his company, and being away from home was too hard on him. So he'll be back at his old job at the end of this month. Like I said, it still feels pretty strange, but I'm excited for him and for me!
But don't worry, I'm still gonna use some of your ideas to find some more girlfriends here in town- one can never have too many of those!