The Mommy Life: So... grateful.

It's been a crazy week. Since starting work, I've been so grateful of the things I have. I've been DREADING work.. no seriously- dreading it. I forgot how great my co-workers were, & how nice it felt to be making money again. Not gonna lie-- it's a HARD job. Not mentally, but physically. A lot of people think it's easy working for a grocery store. It physically exhausts your body. Before I had Braeden I would come home from work drained, but I'm guessing that now that I'm used to it, waking up at 4 in the morning to go to work & getting home by 1, leaving me the whole day to enjoy my family isn't so hard after all. I have a great job. I love my co-workers, & my boss' aren't the kind that breath down your back waiting for you to mess up. The benefits are great, and we get payed well. We work hard, & the amount that we get payed reflects the way we work. People say we're always friendly at Trader Joes & it seems like we're always having fun-- & we truly are. The only time we aren't is when customers come in hating the world- but even then we just brush it off. The great thing about my job is that when I come home, I leave my work there. I don't bring it with me, I don't stress out about it, & I don't dread WHAT I do. The only thing I dread is having to leave my son.

But anyway- I realized that I had done a lot of complaining lately. & I'm the person usually saying "complaining gets you no where." I feel like complaining only makes things worse. & when I really got to thinking about it, I have a great life. I have a beautiful, healthy, & most importantly happy baby. I have a boyfriend who is the world to this baby, who helps me, who is emotionally there for me, who is my rock. I have a family who loves & supports me, but would give the WORLD to my son. I have the best friend, who treats him like he's the most precious thing in the world, she is so great, not only with him, but to him. & if she's like that with MY son, I can only imagine how she's going to be with her own. I'm so grateful for the things I have, and the people I get to share them with. I'm so grateful that my boyfriend & I have a job that lets us provide for him. What I'm pretty much saying is that I have no right to complain. I love where I'm at and who I'm with, & who's right there with me. My life sure isn't perfect, but it sure as hell is beautiful.