I am a person who seems to make friends easily. It sounds like you have a busy life, but to have a friend, my dad always said you had to be a friend. Sometimes starting out with some kindness to a neighbor, co-worker, a member of a church community or as a member of a school committee...gets the ball rolling. My exhusband never had any friends. He thought the process took too much time and energy. He was right, it does but the end result is worth it. I think like a lot of good things in life the price is worth the reward.