It's Not All Roses

Blogging often paints a picture of perfection. I know that I talk about the good stuff more than the not so good. Some of the not so good is private - stuff that I just don't want to share with the public. For the most part, I am an open book. But of course, I have a private life and don't share everything.little.thing. I mean, I'm not a TV reality star. ;)

 And I cannot say my life it isn't good. For the most part, my life is really good. I have a great husband and kid. I have a beautiful house. Great family. Amazing friends. Life is comfortable. It really makes it hard for me to complain. So many people have it worse off than me.

Except my life isn't perfect.

I've dealt with some sadness and stress this year...

My grandmother got very ill and passed away.

My fur baby got very ill and passed away.

I struggled with pneumonia in the winter and bronchitis in the spring. 

I survived Atlanta "snowpocalypse" and it took me 7 hours to get Bri home from school.

Doug's been slammed at work and has had to travel quite a bit.
My parents have been dealing with some medical issues.

Briana dealt with 'social dynamic' issues at school for several weeks and also completely stressed after starting the gifted program.
Briana got her croc/foot stuck in an escalator.

Good grief.

It's only July.

Right now...

My parents are still dealing with some medical issues.

Doug is still totally slammed at work and will still be traveling a bit.

Briana's gotcha day, birthday, birthday party and the start of school are all about to collide once again.

Bri starts school in a little over two weeks.

Summer vacation has worn me out.
Unfortunately, I'm an emotional eater.

I'm feeling overwhelmed right now.

I try to keep my stress away from Briana as best as I can. She is young and shouldn't have to deal with any adult-type problems. So I keep going, put a smile on my face and continue to give her the best summer I possibly can. She should have an awesome summer vacation. She's a great kid and deserves it. And I hate to repeat myself, but Briana doesn't have any siblings to play with or any next door neighbors to hang out with. I don't have any "built-in" entertainment for her. I have to provide her with fun things to do and kids to play with. I don't want her playing or being by herself all the time. It's not fair to her and she's too extroverted for that.

So what I am saying is that my life isn't all roses. I just want you all to know that. I'm pretty stressed right now. And I definitely have my "bad mom" days. As I write this blog post, Briana has already spent way too much time on the computer today. Sigh.

Just keeping it real.