Pre-Disney

Here I sit.  My husband and the pre-schooler are picking up my MIL and tomorrow morning we are off the Disney World.  I have my bag packed except now I'm sitting here wondering where  I'll squeeze in the makeup, hair brushes, and shampoo that I'll use tomorrow morning.

I've been considering camps for the Strong Willed Wonder too.  Do I choose educational?  A pre-school camp?  Or a sports camp?  One of the pre-schools offers camp for pre-kindegarteners.  I have no idea...  There is so much to choose from.  AAAHHH!

We also have still been talking about moving and I began to remember how I hated where I currently live and was so lonely and only now am I just beginning to feel somewhat included.  I think what I really miss is the close friendships that form in college or high school.  Now I have a LOT of acquaintances!  Which is nice in that I'm not stuck w/no one that I can call if I want to go out or whatever, but it's the deeper friendships that don't seem to happen now that everyone is so busy w/families, school, kids, etc.

My point?  The area I'm currently in is a great school district, and close to the husbands job, and very walkable.  For example I can walk to the train station, an Acme, or T.rader Joes.  The mall is a 5 minute drive w/a super T.arget, M.acy's, and a bunch of other stores.  I don't have to drive much if I don't want to.  Did I ever mention that I hate driving?  I do it because I have to.  Yes, I just got a new car (a Ford Focus hatch back) which is wonderful and I like driving more in that but it doesn't change the fact that I do love the way I can get all my errands done relatively quickly.  The area we chose to move is also a great school district, but there are more homes that have what we want that are in our price range.  It's considered a semi-rural area in that it's an easy half an hour drive to a mall or the local T.arget.  It is beautiful, less public transit (buses only), and has many wonderful attributes.  EXCEPT I would have to start all over with the friends thing & I remember how miserable I was.  It probably took 2 years after I stopped working to feel like I was kind of sort of fitting in.  I'm becoming more active at the YMCA I joined, getting personal training, and I chose NOT to go to the Y where most people in this area go to.  I hate to group people, but the Y I joined has more working class members (who are more friendly and low key) whereas the other one is much more expensive and has more gadgets, but is more crowded and uptight.  I guess that's a good description of where I live.