Making friends use to be easy

Remember when you were a kid?  You met someone.  You became friends.  End of story.

When did that change?

I have friends.  Long term friends.  So I think I might have forgotten how to make friends.  Which is not a good think considering that I just moved... 900 miles.  I need to make friends.  I need to have people I can call. 

I am trying.  But I suck at this.

I could make friends with the other person in the state (yes there is only one other person in the state) who does my job.  But she lives over an hour away.  And she is about 12 years younger than me.  And she just got married.  And she prefers chickens to kids.  I like her.  But let's face, we don't have a lot in common.

I could make friends with my supervisor.  I like her.  She lives about 1.5 hours away.  I keep thinking that she would really be good friends with my mom.  I think they would have a lot in common.  She is not single -- married (to a woman) with no kids.  Not really a local friend.

Co-workers?  Well I am making progress but I am not yet convinced that any will be my friend.

My day care provider, B?  Yep.  She may be a good option.  She is a single mother.  A professional.  A local.  This might work.

Now how do I make friends?

Mean Mama