So... I've been living here for two years (and then was out for most of last year while DH and children were here), but my two good friends have moved away, one permanently, one for four or five months.
This is not a big problem during the week - I'm busy with four children and I enjoy the time just with the baby in the mornings when the other 3 are at school. But at the weekends, I'm finding it hard to fill the time. There's very little to do here.
But making friends seems such an effort! DH is usually ensconced in work; the few times that I have a grown-up conversation, my brain can't keep up. I make a few nice but dim remarks and then the conversation dries up. Or a child needs me!
And nobody's inviting us out. Probably because I'm so dull! I'm hopeless at setting things up with people, just don't know how to do it. So every weekend, we spend a lot of time in the house and garden and then go swimming. By ourselves (usually no DH) or with one patient single friend who enjoys playing with the children as a change from the week's work.
I'm leaving in 9 months, so should I just try to stick it out? Or should I pull myself together and go through the trial of trying to make new friends for the sake of the children?!