A "re-introduction" of sorts. My name is Misty.
I was on here for many years, I had a lot of followers into the tens of thousands, which was a lot back in the day on this site, because I was the "tumblr famous" weird pregnant 17/18 year old with the pink hair, piercings and the tattoos who did not take any crap and didn't see teenage pregnancy as the thing that was going to break me. It never did, I beat every struggle and embraced my own path in life. As of now I am a 28 year old woman, I haven't changed much, I am very set in my ways. I am opinionated, I have a mind as open as a 24 hour McDonalds and I am not for everyone but I don't mind one bit. I am still with the father of my kids, Lee, we are still engaged and we both must be as crazy as each other because we decided to buy a house in the middle of the pandemic last year, the odds were very much stacked against us but with a lot of love and a more than the average amounts of set backs, rule changes and a lot of stress we eventually got there! My kids names are Elijah and Aura, Elijah is 10 now and Aura is 8 going on 18. My kids are literally polar opposites of each other. Aura is a social butterfly who loved to be out in the sun and Elijah values his own company and his privacy much more and would rather be indoors probably gaming or coming up with funny jokes to tell me. I spend a lot of time with my kids still, I had a period of time in my life where my time and energy was becoming consumed by my bar work and my apprenticeship and I had drama going on there that most people would not even believe the half of, I was working 12 hour shifts, sometimes more while studying, I was coming home tired, sad and stressed. I saw my kids less and less and the management there turned very sour and there was no gratitude, no appreciation for basically running around all day, going the extra mile, doing things that were not on my pay grade, so I left, I went and worked elsewhere and was part of a management team, It was unbelievably bitchy there and I found it very mentally draining when your trying your best in management but a few other people on your team aren't rowing, their putting holes in the boat. I left that job with nothing else to go to. an extreme I would never thought I would go to. luckily I was only jobless for 2 weeks and I walked into my current place of work, looking for a job that would be a kind of "it will do for now" job, its very mathematical. I did not expect to like it but its actually the most chilled and happy work place I have ever been in and I actually love it. I work 4 days a week unless I want to work more and those 4 days are long hours so I get the pay of a full time job with the benefit of being able to actually have my own time. The kids see me a lot more now and its made us all a lot happier. I can play that game of roblox with Aura, I can cook with Elijah, we can go to the park now before school because I am not exhausted and need that extra hour in bed. Life is sweet and time is precious.
I left here for a while because tumblr became a very ugly place when it was once my happy place. It became a place plagued with hate blogs and nastiness, especially in the parenting community. I am back now because it seems all of those people have piped down and got on with their own lives. I feel like people aren't that invested in my life anymore so I can simply post without people giving me unsolicited and unwanted advice or comment. It's a calm quiet on here now, it's nice.
