Friends

ever have one of thise friends that if you ran into them on the street, you may say hello but when you get home and call them on the phone, you can talk for hours? I have found in my old age, that I have a TON of these kinds of friends. We don't hang out, we're not "besties" but we're just good ole fashioned friends. I started my collection of these types of friends when I moved to California. I would talk ALL DAY and ALL NIGHT to certain people on the phone but as soon as we got home, (i.e. not 1000 miles away) suddenly an hour is too far to drive. I'm not complaining. My 'friends" are not the only ones to use this excuse. I do it too. Who wants to drive all over God and creation when I could just sit my fat tush on the couch and tell you what I need to tell you. I can hear you screaming at your children, I can hear you fight with your husband, I can hear your youngest say the words that "OMG you should hear him say . " I can hear your oldest (or only in some cases) tell me herself what awards she won at school. I can hear her speak to me about a problem with her little friend at school because her mother said "here talk to , she may open up to you." Am I completely content with this type of friendship? ABSOLUTELY NOT and I am working on it. I just find it so difficult, as I'm sure other mother's do, to feel like you are rested and spending quality time my own family, that I can't seem to find a balance for "real life hey I can touch you" friends. It's not so difficult to find the balance when I go to Florida because I am on vacation and have built in babysitters but what do I do the other 11 months out of the year?