Thursday, August 18, 2005
Moms Club
I've been meaning to join some sort of group or at least have some activity with my son ever since I stopped working.
Two months ago, my neighbors invited me to a "Bunco" game. I didn't even know what it was but heck, I'm always up for something new. It's a no-brainer game played in teams with three dice. A lot of people think it's a game played by older women but I think it's a nice getting-to-know you game. Sure enough, I met at least 10 of my neighbors, all moms and most of them are homemakers. A lot of them have school age kids and they met through the new school in our community.
In one of the rotations, I met this lady and told her about my son. She told me that there's a group called Lincoln Moms Club in our area and it's not part of the international moms club. So we exchanged information and she told me she was going to contact the head of the group.
Finally, early this week, I got a packet in the mail from the moms club with some information in it. Enclosed were the application form, rules, pamphlet of the club and a calendar of activities for this month. I called the number to inquire if I could attend the scheduled business meeting instead of the playgroup. The lady on the other line gave me the venue address and I guess she assumed that I know the ins and outs of our city. My mistake was I assumed that I can get any direction from the internet.
This morning, after feeding Aden and giving him a bath, I checked the internet to get directions and it kept giving me an invalid address warning. So I decided to put Aden in the car and take a little adventure in our area. I tried calling the number on the pamphlet again but the answering machine kept picking up. After 15mins of circling the neighborhood and pondering whether I should turn around and head back home or keep looking, I coincidentally found the street.
I went inside the house and introduced myself. There were about 11 moms, 1 dad and lots of kids. They all seemed nice and very active in this organization. Well, these were the board members so I should expect that from them. They talked about a lot of things and it sounded to me like they're super serious about this organization. It was all good though and very educational for the kids. They also have some plans for dads to get involved. So right there and then, I decided to join but told one of the gals that I'll mail my application since I didn't realize that I had to get my husband's signature.
Aden seemed okay with the crowd as well. He mingled with the other kids with no problem. My son is known for freaking out when he sees strangers... I don't think he got that from me!
Now I have to wait for more information before I start getting too involved. I'm looking forward to this and I'm excited that my schedule is really getting full. The good news about this club is you are not obliged to go to every single meeting. I think they have activities 5 days a week but you only have to attend at least 1 or 2 every month but you are more than welcome to attend all of it if you want to or if you have all the time in your hands.
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Two months ago, my neighbors invited me to a "Bunco" game. I didn't even know what it was but heck, I'm always up for something new. It's a no-brainer game played in teams with three dice. A lot of people think it's a game played by older women but I think it's a nice getting-to-know you game. Sure enough, I met at least 10 of my neighbors, all moms and most of them are homemakers. A lot of them have school age kids and they met through the new school in our community.
In one of the rotations, I met this lady and told her about my son. She told me that there's a group called Lincoln Moms Club in our area and it's not part of the international moms club. So we exchanged information and she told me she was going to contact the head of the group.
Finally, early this week, I got a packet in the mail from the moms club with some information in it. Enclosed were the application form, rules, pamphlet of the club and a calendar of activities for this month. I called the number to inquire if I could attend the scheduled business meeting instead of the playgroup. The lady on the other line gave me the venue address and I guess she assumed that I know the ins and outs of our city. My mistake was I assumed that I can get any direction from the internet.
This morning, after feeding Aden and giving him a bath, I checked the internet to get directions and it kept giving me an invalid address warning. So I decided to put Aden in the car and take a little adventure in our area. I tried calling the number on the pamphlet again but the answering machine kept picking up. After 15mins of circling the neighborhood and pondering whether I should turn around and head back home or keep looking, I coincidentally found the street.
I went inside the house and introduced myself. There were about 11 moms, 1 dad and lots of kids. They all seemed nice and very active in this organization. Well, these were the board members so I should expect that from them. They talked about a lot of things and it sounded to me like they're super serious about this organization. It was all good though and very educational for the kids. They also have some plans for dads to get involved. So right there and then, I decided to join but told one of the gals that I'll mail my application since I didn't realize that I had to get my husband's signature.
Aden seemed okay with the crowd as well. He mingled with the other kids with no problem. My son is known for freaking out when he sees strangers... I don't think he got that from me!
Now I have to wait for more information before I start getting too involved. I'm looking forward to this and I'm excited that my schedule is really getting full. The good news about this club is you are not obliged to go to every single meeting. I think they have activities 5 days a week but you only have to attend at least 1 or 2 every month but you are more than welcome to attend all of it if you want to or if you have all the time in your hands.
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