Where have all my friends gone?

Your life is going to change.  Your life is going to turn upside down.  blah blah blah.  These are things people constantly told us when we were pregnant.  It was all I could do not to roll my eyes and let them know they were the millionteenth person to tell me that.  But I didn't.  Oh and of course my life was going to change.  duh.  I'd be lugging a baby everywhere and not going out drinkin whenever I felt like it.  Not that I did that much but the freedom to do it if I wanted to was gone.  

The thing I hadn't counted on was not really talking to my best friend anymore.  Not out of anger or anything like that but really just because all we ever did was smoke and drink on his back porch with our spouses.  Being pregnant kinda hinders that.  I quit drinking and smoking.  Also, it was hot as hell outside and I was always hot as it was, so I wasn't going to hang out in 90 something degree weather with 80% humidity at 5 months pregnant.  So, that quality time was gone.  We kind of drifted away from going over there to hang out.  And they never come to our house even though we live a block away.  So we just kind of stopped hanging out.   And now I only talk to some of my friends online or via email.   

Don't get me wrong, we have "couple" friends that we go to dinner with occasionally and a few people that I can call to hang with on occasion but no friends that I can meet for coffee during the day with the kid or whatever.  I need to work harder to find mommies or something. 

We are starting with kindermusik today.  I'm hoping there will be a mom there that I have something in common with.  This shopping for new mommy friends is so much like dating.  Here's hoping I find someone I want to go on a date with today.  :-)  Suggestions on how to meet other mommies, anyone?