Girl Time!

Tonight I stepped out of my normal weekday routine and hosted a girls night at my house. I've known all of these girls for a while, either through my husband or work and we maintain a phone and email friendship, but rarely do we make time to just hang out during the week. You know how it is, we get bogged down by responsibility and trying to hold the household together while our husbands are away.
It was awesome. We laughed and giggled like it was a slumber party for a bunch of 30 somethings. It was a great release, but also great to share stories of what life is like when our husbands are away. Two of the other women are also weekend wives, and it was great to share with them. I know them through firm events and this is the first time we've done things without our husbands.
Isn't it funny how we meet other weekend wives often through our husband's work events, but rarely do we reach out to eachother. This blog is a great start, but I encourage everyone to step out of their comfort zone and reach out to other weekend wives they know nearby.
Many of you have been so good to write in and share that you feel lonely because you're in a new city with no family and few of your close friends. It's hard. I remember when I first moved to Philly I basically volunteered to work any hours during the week because it made them time go faster and before I knew it Thursday night was here and USAir was finally bringing my husband home for the weekend. It's taken me about two years to establish a social group. So many of my friends have husbands who are home during the week, and many of them wouldn't dare make regular plans that didn't include their men. It's almost like I was driven to make friends with other single women, which is fun, but they don't have exactly the same interests all the time as I do.
So I hope tonight was the start of a regular tradition. It was a boost for my week and my husband was blown away tonight when he called at 10pm and I couldn't talk because I still had company. :)