Meeting Interwebbers

I’ve written about my anxiety. Well, it makes it awfully hard to meet people and make new friends. I’ve been awful Wall Flower-y since college. In fact, my Best Friend from College lived across the hall freshman year. If she had lived, oh, two doors down, would I have ventured out to make nice? Who knows!

Lately, the only “new people” I meet are new people at work, J’s coworkers or, and here’s the Nerdy Kicker, people from the internet! It’s not like I’m sitting on a personals site looking for people who look nice. No. I just come into contact with Cool People by blogging, being involved in various forums and just being all around Geeky.

Today I put my anxiety aside (or pushed it down) and drove to Columbus to meet AfrindieMum, also known as Susie, and her darling daughter Z. She also brought along her (very nice!) sister and nephew (who was super well-mannered!!). Everyone oohed and ahhed over the cuteness that is my Son. I smiled and watched Z, a whirlwind of toddler power. She reminds me a lot of Munchkin. Happy. Active. (Er, very active!) And rather independent.

We talked about adoption, life in general and Ohio. We talked about how the Adoption Network Law Center is awful and even though she didn’t use them, she knows that. (I’m amused that people who haven’t used them know that they are eeeeevil.) We talked about our unique situations. We talked about parenting. We just talked. And my God, it was nice.

Too bad she lives a whole bunch of miles away. However, she does come to my (boring) state to visit family a few times a year so we have plans to actually make better plans next time around. It’s just nice to meet someone and feel free to talk without fear of judgement or odd questions.

Plus, any Mom who says “shitty” is cool with me. Thumbs up, Susie. Good to meet you. Thanks for making our day a good one. And you give that little Z a big hug from me and a slobbery kiss from BigBrother.