unedited for 100 days. Day 43

Meeting new girlfriends is challenging and every bit as awkward as real dating. By now, most ladies have a couple to a few really close friends set in place, which seems to be plenty when your gal pal time is limited to one girls night a month (if that). Keeping up with your besties can feel challenging enough, although thank the social gods for Marco Polo- which I use daily. Game changer! As much as I wanted to resist the common culprit of changing and shifting friend groups, I admit that it is an inevitable truth. If and when you have kids, it tends to have a major impact on your schedule, priorities and conversation topics. Even an age difference of six months can kill off a simple coffee date because of nap schedules or bedtimes.  Despite these set backs, I refuse to let my favorite women slip out of my fingers by planning months ahead. It feels ridiculous to plan a summer walk with a friend in the dead of winter, but I think we are all on the same page so it's a mutual ridiculous task. To my closest friends, I love you with all my heart but I am officially on the market for other mamas that share a similar schedule and a need for some stroller walks, park dates and diaper talk. I remember being highly encouraged to join PEPS and now I see what I missed out on. It's taken over a year, but I think I have finally allowed myself to identify with my new title. I'm not only a mom and it is so important to me that I maintain my sense of self and contribution through these next 17 years, or 99 years... however long it takes. But I won't deny that being a mom is a big part of who I am now. And I need some other mom friends to hangout with on a Tuesday at 9am so that we can swap underwhelming stories about our overwhelming children. I love white wine with lunch and long walks on the beach, so if you know of anyone.....