My name is Jenni, I am 26 years old. I have lived a life that is completely mine and though people can relate often, it is still individual and unique to who I am.
I have a son, named Tristan, who is going to be 2 next month. He is absolutely the most fantastic thing that has ever happened to me.
He is beautiful and wonderful. He is independent, motivated, curious, smart, funny, loving, cuddly, compassionate, defiant, interesting, and so much more. He is the joy of my life.
I lived a pretty straight and narrow life before him. I had my rebellious phases, but nothing ever got out of hand. For the most part, I lived my life the way it was supposed to be. I went to high school, went to college, got a job, etc. I never had an addiction problem or anything like that. My son still managed to save my life and make everything so much better for me.
I have a boyfriend too, my son's father. We have been together for almost 3 years. We are learning, slowly but surely, how to exist together. Romantic movies and books lead you to believe that when you love someone, that is all you need. But that couldn't be farther from the truth. Bryan and I fight to stay together almost every day. We fight for our relationship, we fight for our family, and we grow and evolve into being better partners and better parents. We aren't perfect yet, but we are in love and have a lot of similar life goals which is very important when considering a life long relationship with someone.
We agree that we should eat as naturally as we can. We agree that we want to homeschool Tristan. We agree in a sustainable lifestyle, although we are not there yet. We make our own soap, deodorant, laundry soap, and anything else we possibly can. While other people look at me like I'm crazy, Bryan is on the internet trying to figure out what else we can make ourselves. His motivation seems to be the more frugal side, which I appreciate, but it all works together.
Our family dynamic is different, but ever evolving in society it seems. Bryan stays home with Tristan and I work full time as a case manager at a behavioral health agency. It is stressful having one income, and especially so being the one with the income and having to figure out how you are going to afford everything. So far, since our son has been born, it has worked for us and it continues to work for us. I am forever thankful that I have a job that I love that affords me the luxury of having my child home with a parent.
Along with working full-time, I am also attending school part-time in pursuit of my M.Ed in Mental Health Counseling in attempts to receive my LPC (Licensed professional counselor). I am attending online, although the idea of online school is a new one and are thought to be diploma mills. I researched for almost a year to find the most difficult distance learning program from an accredited school. I like to work for what I have. I do not like it if things come easy to me.
I am also trying to lose weight and exercise daily. Since September I have lost about 30 pounds and would like to lose about... 82 more but we will see. It's a long road, I love to workout but love to eat also, so it is a battle daily to make progress. So far so good.
This blog is going to be a collection of good things. I feel in life I tend to focus on the negative, or what isn't going right. My goal is to write about one positive thing in my life each week. I also like to do opinion pieces, but we will see about all that. First, I just need to fall back into the routine of actually blogging. I had a livejournal for like 10 years... then I grew up. Lol.
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