New Moon update: I’m totally going to a midnight showing. Yes, I know I’m a geek. After my hemming and hawing about the Great Debate of going alone or skipping the movie, I ended up getting invited out by my podiatrist (who is made of awesomeness) so I’m going with her and a group of her girlfriends. New Moon + New Friend = WIN.
I’ve never made friends with one of my doctors before, but it seems like D and I have totally hit it off. We’ve spent probably a total of an hour together and we’ve filled that time with everything from squeeing over teen vampire books to discussing our religious beliefs, along with the required medical treatment stuff. However odd that combination sounds, it always feels comfortable and natural and I’m super flattered and excited that she invited me to hang out with her and her friends. I feel like I’ve been invited to sit with the cool kids at lunch. And not the ass-hat “cool kids” who just think they are cool because they vote each other into every prom king/class president type position, but the really cool kids that everyone likes and are super funny and loads of fun to hang out with.
Making friends as an adult is a strange process. I’ve lived in Chicago since the summer of 2006, which isn’t terribly long. I didn't grow up here, didn't go to college here, didn't live here for any of the parts of my life where making friends is (comparatively) easy. I continue to be surprised each time I make a new friend as an adult, all “hey, how did I do that?” Thank goodness I’ve been able to happen upon a few of my own friends in Chicago, or my poor wife would have to put up with me all alone.
