tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5098637857755489536.post3128070308592919939..comments2010-09-20T20:23:56.646-04:00Comments on Our tykes, Rebecca and Lucy: Friendship and the new momGreghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05358402063833360242noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5098637857755489536.post-28288972393721443392006-02-23T11:49:00.000-05:002006-02-23T11:49:00.000-05:00So do you feel isolated? Would you like us to brin...So do you feel isolated? <BR/><BR/>Would you like us to bring over dinner?<BR/><BR/>Articles give general insibght which is good but we want to know about you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5098637857755489536.post-70606148925772263992006-02-23T16:52:00.000-05:002006-02-23T16:52:00.000-05:00Actually, I love cooking, and I am quite pleased t...Actually, I love cooking, and I am quite pleased to have the opportunity to prepare meals that I would otherwise not have the time to make. It is fun for me, and is reminiscent of some of the best things I liked about chemistry.<BR/>As for isolation - well, sometimes I do wish that some of my friends had happened to be pregnant at the same time as me, I think it would have been fun to have someone to be my prego buddy and subsequently someone who could relate to the experience of being a new parent (in addition to the experience of a total lifestyle shift). I can't help but feel sometimes that not everyone really understands what I'm going through, but equally, it is challenging to express it properly - so overall, I might be making a comment which is vastly unfair.<BR/>I have always needed a certain amount of solitude, but I think I have to be careful that I don't take it to an extreme which will cause future unhappiness. I don't think I've reached the stir-crazy phase yet - there is always a way to fill the hours, but I recognize a certain desperation in the way I sometimes greet Greg when he comes home, which smacks of isolation. Right now, I am trying to bring order to the chaos, and reestablish routine and structure to my life. When I do have free time, my first impulse is to sleep (and rightly so). I just want to be sure that when things are a little more manageable, I haven't allowed my friendships to fall by the wayside.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com