Patience, Muddy Grasshopper

[wensurprised]

 So… I’m here. I’m in New Zealand. Following the Plan. All things considered, it’s going really well - I got accepted into the program (YAAAAYY!!). I’ve found a flat, complete with gay roommates and a pair of wonderful cats. I’ve obtained furniture, registered with the Inland Revenue Service, arranged to get a license, opened a bank account, bought

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[prairiesky]

While I understand it's important to have friends your own age, a couple of my most dear kindred spirits here are older than my parents. Now, it did take me a year to find them... So I suppose your point is still valid.

Hmm

[jowchoo]

Personality issues aside... try climbing walls. That is where I found my people this summer...

[immerrichtig]

Why does it often feel like we're living through the same things? I keep reading your blogs and thinking, hey, that sounds familiar!

My Dad told me on Sunday that he is praying that I'll find a new close friend, and I didn't know how to answer when he asked how that was coming along, because I'm making friends, but...I maintain that it takes 3 years to build a super close friendship. There may be exceptions, but that's usually been my experience. But those three years can be good.

And where am I finding a life? My housemates, with whom I go climbing as often as possible, my co-workers, with whom I probably spend the most time, since I spend a lot of free time alone or with visitors. And then, I've randomly met a handful of people other places - and those are precious, too, because you can never know where they come from. I have one friend I met on the plane from Chicago, and one I met at a church that neither of us attend.

[firesika]

I've told you this before, but I love the way you write, so I was very happy to see a new post from you.

What is this new plan? What is the program you're doing?

I always find I think I'm getting nowhere with making friends and then suddenly I turn around and find I've made a handful of them without realizing it. Sometimes I realize that while I'm complaining to them how hard it is to make friends. :D