Trials and Tribulations Of A Single Mum

Well my son lost his first tooth today and so the arrival of the tooth fairy is imminent, its all so exciting lol! But I must admit to having had a little bit of a moment shortly after I had been proudly presented with this tooth. All of a sudden I realised that this tooth was a symbol of my little boy becoming a big boy! Ok I know in reality that has been going on for a long time (he suddenly grew up overnight after starting school) but it was as if I had been presented with a physical symbol of this life changing event and it made me think about all sorts of things.
 Lets hope the tooth fairy spreads out her visits though because as of today I am now officially unemployed. I have worked ever since my son was little and recently took the difficult decision to give up work - I thought it would get easier to carry on working as he got older but it actually got harder. When he was little I could take him to a private daycare nursery in the morning before work and then pick him up after work (usually about 8.30-5.30) and he loved it there, I really think it helped him to develop those social skills too. However when he started school last year a whole new nightmare began! The school I applied to had lots of childminders that picked up children from there, however we never got a place. The school he is at now is lovely but there are no childminders in the vicinity! I tried going part time to fit in with school hours but then if he was ill I had to take time off meaning I struggled in when I was ill so that it wouldnt be so bad if I was only off once. Anyway to cut a long story short I have decided to give up work and speand some quality time with my son and with the two weeks holiday coming up we will have lots of time to do so.
I do hope this hasnt bored you too much and promise that I will try to make future posts a bit more interesting! However this blog writing is all new to me so it may take me a while to develop my skills! Please bear with me!

Well this is it - the first boring bit! I am a 31 year old single mum to a gorgeous little boy who is 5 years old, he is my world. I never planned on being a single mum, I went to University got a good degree followed by a good job but was living with a control freak (and thats being nice!), yet unfortunatly it took me 5 years and a certain incident when my son was 7 months old to make me see sense. After a long emotional battle I am finally at a point in my life where I am starting to feel stronger and more positive aboout things and hope I will be able to share some of lifes experiences with you here...and even if no-one reads this at least I can get things of my chest!
As well as sharing my house with my son I also have a cat and yesterday acquired a chinchilla and both are gorgeous!
I hope you dont find this too dull and I look forward to any comments/suggestions