Apples and oranges...this is my life right now. To be fair, it also includes berries, potatoes, lettuce, and all sorts of other produce. I work part time at a grocery store stocking produce. This is so not where I wanted my life to be right now. I'm 25 years old. I have a college degree. And I stock produce.
My 10 month old daughter is my whole life. I always wanted to be a stay at home mom, but for now I have to work part time to help make ends meet. Working isn't so bad - I get out of the house, hubby gets to spend quality time with the baby. It's just, I stock produce. I have a college degree, and I stock produce.
I've always thought that there's something noble about being a stay at home mom. Especially those "opt-out" moms, who selflessly give up glamorous careers as lawyers,doctors, journalists, whatever, to stay home and raise their kids. They can say, "I'm a lawyer, but right now I'm taking a break to raise my kids." When people ask me what I do, I don't know what to say. I'm not exactly a stay at home mom, but I'm not exactly anything else. I have a college degree, but I've never used it. Like many people, I graduated college with absolutely no idea what I wanted to do with my life. I struggled for six months to find a job in my field, and then I got pregnant. The pregnancy was planned and very wanted, but I never did figure out what to do about a career.
So now, I stock produce. I keep telling myself that it's just for now. Eventually I'll go back to school, or find a job that turns into a career. I want a career. I want to make my daughter proud. I keep telling myself that someday I'll have it. But for now, I stock produce.
