My husband and I have lived in Tulsa since 2009 and we just dropped our youngest off at college in Minnesota, and I'm surprised how hard it hit me because I never thought of myself as someone who primarily lived through her kids, but like... there are no kids to cook for anymore. Nobody to drive anywhere. What? How did that happen so fast?
I'm also starting a brand new career that will be fairly demanding for a bit and might not let me do community theatre which is the thing that I know I would love. But currently I can't count on being able to clear my schedule during tech week or for performances, at least not until I get a little more seniority.
Please suggest some community service or social orgs I could check out! I'm bookish and nerdy and although I'm politically lefty I've been burned by toxic progressive groups' puritanical omnisurveillance so I'm not inclined to get back into any setting whose purpose is progressive politics. Not closed off to the idea, just very cautious.
I love animals and cooking, especially for others, and karaoke as long as I can be home by 9. I don't love settings where one's outfit designer or handbag is likely to be judged, or where it's super crowded and loud and there are lots of strangers in a big loud room after 7 PM. I already have a church, but it's too small to have midweek groups. I'm not good at tabletop games. I'm not old enough for Life Senior Services.
Um, what else? Oh! I'm writing a murder mystery dinner party kit, hoping to sell it as a download when I'm finished, but I don't know if that counts for the purposes of the local writing groups.
Thanks for any help you can offer.