Friends, new year, new outlook

So today is the first day of 2014. For the first time in a long time Jeff and I took Kolton to a friends house and just hung out. Not family, a friend. She has a daughter a little younger. It was great! One of my goals for myself that I set back before my surgery was to become more rooted. You know, make friends. Be part of the community. Get comfortable in my surroundings. I didn't do that very well in Pineland. Not sure why but I never really felt comfortable. I'm not one to make good friends easy. I don't trust. I'm sociable enough but to actually spend time with someone at their home or my home.....well I just don't. I mean yeah, I have a friend or two that I would visit. anyhow, I think it's time to grow up a little and start to get comfortable in my surroundings. We don't plan to move any time in the next ten years so I think it's safe to make friends now right? So I opened myself up to a friend. And we have a lot in common! I'm really excited because we are actually both in a similar boat. Same age too. We seem to motivate each other. This is a great thing for me! But like I said, I have a hard time letting people in. However this friend just fits right in. I am thinking that our future as friends will be long. With that being said, we are making plans for youth rodeos involving our young kids as well as her two older kids. I'm also going to invade her arena and get her to ride more! It seems weird that I am so excited about a new friend but really, I suck at keeping friends around! Lol I'm kind of a hermit! So we shall see. This new year is going to be life changing. Kolton will have to quit daycare/school and go back to Mother's Day out. He is so smart and I hate to take him out of his school program but money is tight. He is only three and will be in school soon enough. This means he and I are going to have to work together to get the horses into shape. I'm hoping that he is old enough to stay put in an area or to put on his horse so I can ride with him. I'm sure we will figure it all out. But then there is the hauling. Hopefully my friend will be around to help out but I know that my kid and I will need to really work as a team! Thank God for Jeff. He supports my barrel racing so I know that he will also be there to watch Kolton so I can go rodeo. Hopefully with my change from barrel racing to rodeo the boys will be more apt to come watch! Then there is my horses. Two to ride. Well three if we count Gabe! But Gabe will just be carrying around Kolton so not as much work. All in all, this year will be full of firsts and change! I'm very excited! Now if I can just heal so I can get strong and get back in the saddle, I will be one happy happy happy gal! Oh and if I could go to sleep.....that would be nice too!