Dead-Beat Friends

I posted a bulletin today on myspace about my dead-beat friends. These are people who, at some point in my life, were very close friends but since I've moved away seem to think that I no longer exist. I uesd to call them, send them e-mails and letters... but rarely, if ever, got any in return. I'm so tired of this that I have decided to forget about them. I deleted one of them from my myspace friend's list recently. He sent me a message demanding an explanation. Funny that he had enough time to send me that message but can't take two minutes to send me an e-mail to let me know how he's doing. I don't need these people in my life anymore.

I need to make some friends in the area, the problem is I am a college student. Most of the people at school are either very young or returning to school after having children, or to change careers. It is so hard to find good friends close to my age. I do have some younger friends...but it's hard to relate to them, and likewise it is hard for them to relate to me. We are just in different places in our lives. They have no idea what it's like to own a home or have a husband. So, how does one go about making friends? I have no idea.

I have been trying to get my body ready for the field research that I will be doing next week. I have been working in some cardio so that the hiking won't be so bad. I know it will be totally different because I am doing cardio in an air-conditioned gym. I am really looking forward to this trip. I just hope that I dont' get eatin by bugs and get tons of blisters. I went looking for hiking boots yesterday and they are pretty expensive. I just can't see spending that much on a pair of boots that I may not ever use again. I plan on wearing the boots that were issued to me when I was in the Coast Guard.

Tomorrow I will be spending the night at my mother-in-law's so that my niece and I can have a sleepover. She's been wanting to spend time with me because I've been gone a lot lately. Friday my mother-in-law, niece and nephew will be making a trip to Holiday World. I just hope it's not overly crowded.... we'll see how that turns out.