It's The Little Things

Have you ever heard the expression "It's the little things?"

It can be used in reference to anything from relationships, work, life expereinces. For me, it really applies to anything and everything. It's the little things that can really get to me and stress me out or the little things that lift me up and put me in a good mood. And sometimes the little things that stress me out can also make me laugh.

With that said, as many of you know, I am still nursing my beautiful daughter. She will be 10 months old this week, so my body has not been my own for almost 10 months now. Breastfeeding is something that I truely want to do and would not give it up voluntarily. However, it can get old every now and then. I am doing this and working a full time job as well....which means I am pumping too. Each day, when all is said and done, I am nursing or pumping 6 times a day.

Last week, I was working in a different building than I'm usually in and had arranged for an area I could use to "do my thing." (That's what I say when I have to pump because most of the men I work with, get wierded out if I say I'm going to pump.) This area has a motion sensored light that turns on as soon as the door is opened and connected to a timer. Now, I've been doing this for sometime now, so I have a pretty good routine to get "hooked up"....for lack of a better phrase. So I'm sitting there "doing my thing" and about 10 minutes in I am sobmerged in pitch black. The timer has shut the light off since nothing had triggered the sensor in 10 minutes. Keep in mind I am still "hooked up" and the only source of light is my cell phone which isn't exactly a flashlight. I know the sensor isn't far away so I reach over the chair and start swinging my arm...no luck. I try stretching and straining...nothing. Frustrated, I use one hand to make sure I "stay connected" and the other to pick up the actual pump. I stand up and carefully walk a few steps and luckily trigger the light. As I sit back down I thought about how ridiculous I probably looked and I just had to laugh. At that moment my frustration subsided and my mood lifted. I'm laughing now just thinking about it. It was a tiny, little part of my day that would normally have come and gone without notice, but for me.... it's the little things that matter.