Community

So one of our biggest problems with moving all the time, is that we never are able to make a community where we are.  It's hard to meet and get to know people.  And a lot of the time, we spend the weekends home alone.

We thought, when moving to Colorado, that we would be able to make a community faster because we knew some folks here. No dice.

It's really sad when you're new to a place and you get "that" feeling from folks.  They don't really want to hang out with you.

In the last few months, we've met and hung out with a lot of really cool, down to earth folks.  Most of them come from Ed's work. But we've met their friends and significant others and our community is growing.  We're getting to know our neighbors better, which also helps.

So, for the last few months, we've had something to do every. single. weekend.  Sometimes on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.  Sometimes twice a day!  It's been nice.  I've never once felt judged or uncomfortable.

I'm really hopeful that we will be able to grow the relationships that we've formed and really be friends with all of these folks.  We even had a few people over to out apartment for Thanksgiving and it felt weirdly like it should.  Probably the best Thanksgiving we've had away from home.