Starting Over

I’m new in town. Yeah, I think of the cheesy movie with that title and oddly, I feel like I could identify with the character in that movie. I don’t know where any thing is- I’m using a GPS to get to the grocery store and yesterday I tried to find an office supply store but the road wasn’t really there.

It can be lonely at times. I go to the coffee shop (yea, free internet!) and see people hanging out chatting over coffee. I am at a table alone. No one to talk to. I drive back home. It seems rather sad.

But on the upswing, there’s a whole mess of people to get to know that I’ve not met yet. It is just a matter of time. I’m looking forward to that day.

Does everyone do life this way? So autonomous? Independently moving through their day? It really takes a lot of fun out of living in the city.

I went to church last Sunday and was so happy to get to talk to people. It is a new church for me- new friends to discover. I don’t know how people who don’t go to church do this.

Each day I tell myself I am one day closer to knowing where things are. I am one day closer to making good friends I can hang out with. It is a good day.