Thanks to everyone. The comments and support and even the commiseration mean so much to me. :-)

I've taken all the suggestions and advice to heart and I've been making an effort. I do belong to meetup.com already, it's where I found my mommy and me group. :-) I've been trying to make it to more meetups with them and actually socialize instead of being the one who's playing with the kids. I also did the "ask two questions before talking about yourself" and it seemed to work. You're right, people love to talk about themselves, even more so if the person who's listening seems interested (not that I'm pretending to be interested, I'm actually interested... sorry, rambling again!). I don't know that I'll ever be able to do a normal phone call (I had to call the doctor the other day to make an appointment because my husband was at work and couldn't do it and it took me about an hour and a half to work up the nerve and calm myself down enough to do it) but I think I might be able to be less socially awkward in face to face situations and perhaps even make a few friends. :-) There's even one girl from my mommy and me group that I seemed to hit it off with, so we'll see where it goes from here.

Thanks again to everyone, you chicks are amazing.