Social Calendar?

We had a really nice dinner at my son and his GF's house.  She's an excellent cook -- stuffed pork roll, salmon cakes, spinach salad and crispy potatoes.  We planned a bit of our Switzerland and Northern Italy trip -- so excited. 

It was also nice to see my eldest and the grand-dogs for the afternoon -- even though the Steelers got whomped.  I didn't watch the game because there was a definite mood to the room!  I finished the volunteer homework, picked up a travel guide at the library and organized for the week.

I'm having lunch with a dog-foster friend today.  Our friendship is kind of stagnant.  I don't think we're super compatible for anything but occasional lunch dates.  That's fine -- not every relationship is meant to deepen.  Lunch will be nice, but it's a bit boring too.  We don't mesh outside of dog talk.  I've tried, she's tried.  It sometimes feels like an awkward first date kind of vibe.  She's not very interested in trying new places either.  Sometimes that's how I handle a boring relationship -- I find the fun in trying something new.  We're going to the pizza place that we go to 90% of the time.  The only thing I can eat is a house salad.  It's a good salad, but a bit boring because I have to order it every time.

What's not boring is the volunteer training.  This week is my first court observation.  It's very interesting.  Class on Thursday.  

I have a walking date on Friday with my friend who loves to cancel walking dates lol.  I asked to move the time later because that's my rule for myself with her.  She's primed to cancel so I won't change my morning routine for walk plans.  I haven't heard back -- if she can't move it, then we figure out something else.  It sometime feels harsh, but it's helped eliminate resentment when she cancels or when the walk is 30 minutes -- hardly worth sunscreening!  

I have a stretch of some relatively boring days coming this week.  Hubby is on a golf trip later this week and I have ZERO on the calendar for the weekend.  I need to make a plan to do SOMETHING.  This has been a big travel time for my friends -- I'm kind of running low on social options.  When this happens (more often than you'd think), I wonder if I need more friends.  I probably don't.  I probably need to figure out something to do though.  Put some life in my life ... remember?  My back is a bit of a hold up on some ideas -- trouble again.

I also wonder if this feeling is hormone related.  Options feel meh.  Stay tuned.

On that note, time to get moving.  Have a good start to the week.  Later gators.

Feeling this way today ...