Isolation

I am a stay-at-home mom. I would not even begin to debate the difference between working moms and SAH moms. In my opinion, just being a mom is tough enough. I know its hard both ways. But, alas, as our circumstances have it, I stay at home. So, that's all I know and therefore that's what I can talk about.
I do love staying at home and I wouldn't change it. However, the one big downside for me is the sheer isolation. There are days where I don't leave the house at all. Sure, I could run out on some errand just to get out of the house. Believe me, there are days where I do just that. Sometimes, the only person I have talked to for hours at a time is Riley. She's two. Meaningful conversation. Really.
Sometimes, even when I have had a really busy day, the only people I have talked to consist of the neighbor across the street while I wait on the bus (5 minutes), the cashier at the grocery store (no minutes, since she didn't even acknowledge my hello) and the other moms standing outside the school while picking Kellen up from school (15 minutes). Of course, there are my girls and Kyle, but I think they have now tuned me out.
Kyle used to get annoyed with me in the beginning because I always wanted to go out. Not on dates. Not anywhere special. Just out. It took us awhile to figure out that it was because I hadn't been out of the house sometimes for days. Especially when we had just moved to CT and Kellen was 6 weeks old. I didn't even know where to go.
I don't say this for sympathy. I don't say this because I want things to change. I'm just saying it.