It's a lonely world for a lonely girl

I have decided that I need to start really making friends up by where I am now if I ever want to "go out with the girls" again. A lot of my friends live back in my home town or in that general vicinity, so now that I have moved away (well, 40 mins, but still) I very rarely see anyone that I used to hang out with and still consider my friends. As with all friendships, we are all involved in different things, be it work, school, relationships, or multiple (usually multiple) of the above.

Now, with me also being involved in planning my later 2011 wedding, it seems like I have become even more distanced from those friends. The only time I see any of my home town friends is if I drive all the way back to my mom's house (aka the house I grew up in) and text everyone to make plans before I do so.

The problem is, I'm finally tired of it. I'm completely tired of anytime my friends want to make plans with me, I'm expected to drive, 80 minutes round trip, down to Elk Grove to hang out. And sometimes, I'm also expected to be the transportation to what ever fun plans are being discussed. I have to use my gas to do all of this, and gas money is occasionally offered, but it is not anything close to what I'll be spending between gas and the wear and tear on my vehicle.

The problem is trying to get people to meet me anywhere in between. If and when I can talk meeting somewhere other than Elk Grove, it's somewhere completely out of my way, or close to the same travel time as driving to EG. I do have some friends that will meet me close to where I am when we both have the free time in their schedules. To those friends I am thankful. This is to all of those friends who make it seem like they are going out of their way to meet me somewhere, yet they expect me to drive the whole way to their homes; those people who say they'll give me gas money because they need me to drive all the way to them despite what origional plans were, then don't want to actually give me gas to pay for all the driving that they have planned for me to do.

I AM TIRED OF IT!

So, after all of that ranting, I have decided that I really need to start making friends (other than Matt's friends) that live in the area so that I don't have to worry about all of the bs that I'm tired of.

It is a lonely world for a lonely girl