Day 29, Feeling Fine

4 weeks without booze and my belly is as flat as when I was a teen! Every day I think about alcohol less and less, but I think it's still important to be conscious about my choices and how I am feeling. I do miss getting drunk and being silly with my girlfriends, but honestly we are silly without the booze so I just miss my friends. Moving is something I have done many times as an adult - I left college in Georgia and hopped over to Austin for my first job, quickly moved to Seattle and now I've landed myself in San Diego. All the logistics and effort associated with a big move plus the excitement of change and newness keeps my mind occupied for the first few months but now I'm creeping up on a year after my pandemic move and am still building social connections. I am in a book club and we have some great couple friends, most people we are hooked up with down here have small children, or are in different phases of life! Girlfriends are really important to my health and happiness but once girls become mothers that is their priority. The yoga studio in town is really special and I am a regular student but I have a weird mysterious personality quirk that lends me to listen and hear other people before I offer up anything about myself. There's a summer party at the studio this weekend so I'll attend alone and hopefully see some familiar faces from class and make some new buddies! I'm also going to my friends pool party after which I should know a lot of the people in attendance. Usually at their parties I'm drinking and drunk Madelyn makes quick friends but also gets tired just as quickly. Cheers to the freakin weekend! xoxo maddymo

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