Arg, The summer weight has piled on.

Ok. Maybe not piled… but there is some.  I am getting out walking and raking, but I haven’t sweat long and hard for a while (no dirty comments ladies!)

As well… as much as I am introverted and quite happy in my little bubble on my cozy brown chair living in my virtual world, a gal does need some stimulation.

Some girl talk.

A friend

We have started to chat with people… but it is tricky here. People kind of keep to themselves… I mean why else would you move to a little island if you weren’t introverted… right.  There seem to be cliques and it is hard to catch people’s eye.

So, desperate times call for desperate measures.

I put out an ad for a friend.

I know. It’s sad.  And in the end, I don’t even know if it will work.  My stomach lurched while I did it. I had to steal my spine as I pressed the submit button. My face flushed (I think in embaressment… OMG what will people think?  )
But, maybe it will work?
All I asked for was a running buddy.   A tiny request to meet someone (preferably female) to run with every now and then.

See, in my old life, I ran with my friends.  So maybe if I start running with someone, they will become my friend?

Gosh. I am getting teary. Cause even though this is what I chose, I miss my friends.  Already, and it has been less than a month.

I miss the blondey I used to sweat with in the mornings. I miss the tall brunette who could cook (well, she talked like she could even though she never cooked for me) and I miss the mama in the hood that I spent so many silly nights with enjoying whipcream hats & bottles of red.

So, even as an introvert, I need my tribe.

So here I go trying to build it telling myself that only the brave succeed!