Friends?

     I have been meaning to change the name of my blog lately since I was getting tired of the other one...not to mention there was another blog that had the same name so it was hard to get to mine with the URLs being so similar. I have also been trying to get my old nickname back and it has definitely caught on in my new home. There are two of us Madison's here and it was already confusing on the first day. We started out as one of us was Madison and the other was Madi and that was still too confusing. So I decided to see if I could get my freshman basketball nickname of Skeeter going again. Yes that is a water bug. When I was out on the court one of my teammate's dads decided that I looked like a skeeter bug because I was quick on the court and had long legs. So as I would play I would occasionally here "Go Skeeter!" I liked having a different nickname that was not derived from my real name or something that I had come up with. So now I am resurrecting it and hoping it will catch on. Its weird getting used to being called something else though. It caught on a lot faster than I thought it would so I have still been trying to get used to it.
     I also think this name works better because this blog is basically my journal these days and really has very little to do with what is happening in college. Not to mention I don't think I am going to post any more english stuff.
     It is so late right now but I can't get myself to go to bed. I don't have church until 2 pm tomorrow so I have don't have to wake up to an alarm. So I got on here and have been messing around with things and thought might as well put something down tonight.
    Today was one of those days, where the smallest things can kind of erk (sp?) you. By the end of the day I really needed to get out of the house and around people who are closer to my age. I decided to head to the gym. It was only 7 so I figured there would still be plenty of people there. Psych! It was flippin closed! What gym closes that early!? So that was a total let down. Working out and running is my favorite way to relieve my pent up stress. I considered going for a run outside, but it was dark and slushy outside so I decided against it and regretted it an hour or so later. I can't wait until its dry outside so I can go pound it out on the pavement. Remind me next time to go to the gym earlier!
      Tell me, how do you make new friends? I have no clue how to do this and I am DYING here not having anyone to call up and go hang out with. I need a social life and I am not finding it. Say you are in a room with loads of people but you don't know a single one of them. How do you go about making new friends? I feel like just going up and saying "hi" would be so awkward and would not allow for a decent conversation. Not to mention there really isn't anywhere to go with that. At least not like finding something in common and going off of that. But how can you do that if you don't know anyone or if you even have anything in common with them, other than the fact that you are in the same room together? These are just a couple of the thoughts that are on my mind. Think it over and let me know. I need to learn how to make friends again....Over and Out.