Blessed to be a mess.

Two jobs down, one to go.  I feel like this day is never ending, but I'm okay with that.  I started it out with extensive training at my favorite job, two hours of data entry at my most steady job, and now a few more hours of studying and paid prep work for my newest job. It is crazy, and so exhausting, but I am glad.  For even though I have had no spare time today, and expect many more days like this one over the course of the next 6 months, I know that I am blessed.  

I am blessed to live in a Country that, as messed up as it can be, gives me the opportunity to work in multiple environments with equal rights as men. I am blessed to live in a town that has provided me with all of the opportunities to find these jobs, and keep them. I am blessed that it has been over a year since I was laid off from a job because of the economy  and that it hasn't held me back. I am blessed that my truck starts when I turn the key every morning and gets me where I need to be, even though it desperately needs a trip to the mechanics. I am blessed to be engaged to a man who supports me in my jobs and all that I do, encouraging me to work hard and be happy. I am blessed to have little smiling faces greet me when I get home.  I am blessed to have an optimistic view of my future, even if I have a pessimistic view of my present.  I am blessed to have friends who know how to make me smile, even when they're struggling as much or more than I.

Yes, I am busy.  I am tired.  I am hungry.  I can't remember what my hair looks like.  I don't know if I have enough clean clothes to put together a presentable outfit for tomorrow's busy schedule.  I'm itching to check Facebook.  And I know I have to go and clean when I'm done with this post... but I'm okay with that.

I am blessed to be a mess, and while I look forward to a day when I make enough money to only require one job, I am thankful. I hope that you are too.

Love,

Alice