no pain no gain, right?

photos from a truly awful playdate. Awhile back I was feeling pretty depressed about the lack of friends, the lack of moms to talk about kid things with etc and I asked someone for some help and I was told to deal with it myself, so I joined a Meetup group for Seattle Moms and then I never had time to go to their meetups and then I didn't feel so depressed anymore (hanging out a little bit with a great mom from our preschool)... anyway, I decided I had better go to a meetup through the group and there was one that fit our schedule and it was at Richmond Beach, which is a bit far from our house, but it is a nice beach, so we went. It was just us and one mom with a feeling poorly 2 year old - there was no mom-connection and there was no kid-connection despite the attempts from Sophia to engage the little girl. Oh well. It was a beautiful day and a nice beach and now we won't have to go back there until the kids are older.

I think I will try to have a meetup at our house and see what happens.