I SURVIVED!!

The past weekend Brandon had a little bachelor getaway and I was left by myself with the kids from Friday night to Sunday late afternoon. Luckily I had a thirty-one party so my wonderful Aunt Lee Anne babysat during their nap on Sunday until Brandon came home. I ended up miraculously living through the weekend without Brandon.

I have to give it to my husband, he is so good at helping me and I am so thankful for him. I was jealous when he left but was glad he got to get away and get refreshed. Now I can hold over his head that I get to getaway too in the near future. I think a massage, pedicure day is in my near future! Anyway...the weekend was good but I had a blah day on Saturday. I was tired and cranky and just felt a little down and here is the scoop.....

God has blessed me so much with the success of my thirty-one business. When I first started with thirty-one I just wanted to do it as a hobby. My intentions were to maybe do 1 or 2 parties at most, no more. I had no interest in really recruiting or going above and beyond and thats what I loved about thirty-one. I was my own boss, I could do as much as I wanted and as little as I wanted. My first couple months I did just that, I only did a few parties a month but they ended up being high dollar parties. I just got lucky I guess at the beginning because I didn't really know what I was doing. As time went on I realized if I did even more parties, I would make more money as well as if I DID recruit then I would make more money. The more parties I did the more I started to love what I was doing and wanted to do more. I loved actually doing the parties and meeting people I would have never met before, I loved the administrative side of it, and then lastly I got so excited about what I did and shared it at my parties and then others wanted to do it too and wanted to join my team. And now....I am doing 4-6 parties a month (would take more if I had them) and have signed 8 recruits. That's right, I have created a team with 8 people! I kept thinking I just had good luck but I must be doing something right to be getting such success right? Selling thirty-one and having my own home based business that allows me to stay at home with my girls is so awesome!!! I am going through a slump right now because summer is the hardest time with people going on vacations, going to the pool, and ball games but I am still working my booty off to get through this summer slump and I am willing to do it because I love it just THAT much!

Now to get to the blah part.....I just had one of those days where I feel like I can't be perfect at everything and that is hard. I can't answer 8 recruits questions through text and emails right away or get the house as clean as I want or book as many summer parties as I want or be the best mom and wife that I want to be. I feel like there is never enough hours in the day to get done as much as I want but then I realized its okay! Its okay to need and ask for help. I have a part-time job that I do from home while watching these two precious rats who are tugging at my pants leg, while the other is crying, or I am trying to send a customer email and I turn around and Libby has covered Kynleigh up with blankets and is sitting on top of her. It is NEVER easy but who said it would be? And what I realized is what I complain about and want to rip my hair out and scream about is what I LOVE!!! I wouldnt change it for the world! How blessed am I that I get to stay at home and have an awesome job that I absolutely LOVE doing! The time management aspect is definitely hard but I got an encouraging card from my sweet upline leader just as I was about to lose my mind. She said : God 1st, Family 2nd, Personal Business 3rd, and Team Business 4th! I have to quit worrying about what others think of me or of what I am doing. I need to quit feeling like I need to explain to someone why I need help and have hired someone to come help me entertain the girls once a week. I know God knows what I am doing is right and that is all that matters. I owe it all to him!

I know some people have this glorious idea in their head that I get to frolick in the yard with my 2 angel children all day and we eat bon bons and watch soap operas. And then my job outside the home is to go to these parties and talk with women and eat their wonderful food and make money. WOW, if only it was that simple. I have a 2 year old with behavioral issues, a 9 month old that is all over the house, a business to run, a household to run, and a husband to keep happy enough to stick around..(only kidding). What I am saying though as on the outside it looks like I have it all together and I have it under control but the truth is that I am human and I am just as frazzled as anyone else and I need help just like everyone else. I don't know what I would do without the help and support of God, my husband,  my amazing parents, and close friends. Now I feel silly and guilty about my little funk I was in but hey we all have our moments. I am just glad I am not too proud to share mine!!!