ISO best friend

I just got back home from a haircut. I really like this one, opted for long side swept bangs and and some shaping to make my normally thick and fuzzy hair very cute when flat ironed. I hope the happiness lasts through the morning when I have to style it myself:)

I have a great friend coming over for lunch today. I am so excited. I was just thinking the other day how I really miss having a best friend. You know the one person you must tell everything to as soon as it happens. The one friends you wouldn't dream of going out on a ladies night out without. The one friend who tells you like it is and not necessarily how you want it to be. The one friend who always has time to listen to your problems even if their kitchen was on fire. You know that friend, don't you? I know that friends come into your life at different times to fulfill different holes and support you in different ways, but wouldn't it be nice if one person, one girlfriend, could do all those things for you?

I have been missing that person in my life a lot lately. I have great friends and some really awesome acquaintance-type friends. You know the ones you have a ball with when you get together but then you only get together three times a year? I have a technical best friend. We have been best friends since 1983 when I moved to PA and she came riding up on her big wheel in her red bathing suit and asked if I wanted to go swimming in her pool. I love her dearly. When I moved to VA she followed not long after and we worked together for awhile. Then I got married and had kids and now we don't have much to talk about. She goes out with younger friends and dates and works. I stay home with children and hang out with my husband in the evenings. When we do make time for each other, it is fabulous - like we have never been apart; but it is not often enough.

I made great friends when teaching. I made great friends when I started going to church and helping out on the preschool floor. I made friends at my kids' schools. But what I am really in search of is a soul mate kind of girl friend. Like my college roommate when we were in college, now we just don't get to see each other as much since she lives 5 hours away. How do you find one of those when you are 34? People have their own families and jobs and responsibilities and hobbies and FRIENDS! I will keep looking because I find that I am lonely when my kids are at school and my husband is at work. I am trying to find something to do with my time, a part time job or maybe even a full time one! Maybe I'll meet someone great there? Until then, I'll just keep looking....are there personal ads for friends? Mine would say something like: Married female with kids in search of same who likes to run, read, cook and window shop. Someone who lives close by and has time for phone calls, movies, dining out, and just hanging around watching the kids play. If her husband gets along with my husband, even better! The world of double dating, shared babysitter fees, and combined family vacations are on the horizon.

Is this too much to ask for?