Everwhere is walking distance if you have the time

[ClingingToHope]

Interesting weekend so far. Friday night headed off to a special church service they have each week called Celebrate Recovery. It's for addicts of all kinds -- drugs, alcohol, sex, anger, co-dependency.

It's a nice option to have on a Friday night. They push the Serenity Prayer which is something I've strayed from.

After, instead of going to a sharing group -- which I just don't get into -- I saw one of my old divorce support group friends and I we sat down and caught up.

Then I headed over to a restaurant to watch basketball with a friend from a different church group. I love this church. It has vastly expanded my social options.

Ironically, another friend was already there and he joined us. It was interesting because they have something in common. Both are white men marrying or are married to black women. That's not common and it was fun listening to them ask each other what it was like to meet the family, etc.

The guy I met there is getting married at the end of May and they spent the last half hour brainstorming on who they could fix me up with.

Today, I got up and worked out, then headed to play golf, visited a friend to watch basketball and then met up with someone who is divorced as well, a couple years older, that I've really become close to.

We tried out a new place and it was OK. There were a couple of very pretty ladies there, but we estimated they were in their mid 20s. I talked to one of them for a while and left it at that.

I was tired from the workout and golf, but before I left a 24-year-old cousin of my best friend saw me and came to say hi. We're Facebook friends -- I'd forgotten that. Anyway, she plans on going back to get an MBA this fall as well and at the same college so we compared notes on what we need to get done by August. She's a good kid. It feels very weird to be socializing with people nearly half my age.

But with all the working out, I'm feeling pretty young right now.

Tomorrow, church, softball, two book projects, a blog post for my sister ... and then cleaning the house.