My life:
I've been a student for years, I have a degree already but am unable to work all the hours I need to for a job in this field because of childcare and needing to spend some time with my son. I am exhausted all the time, I'm up early to get him to school, I go to Uni/hospital (placement), work all day then rush to collect him, bring him home, supervise homework, cook tea, bath him then put him to bed. I do this every day, exhausted or not. Every day is the same. When he's ill I take time off as there's no one else to look after him. I do all the housework as there's no one else, when he's ill I'm the one up all night/taking him to the doctors/hospital. I buy everything for him on my titchy income, we have never been on a holiday as I fund a 2 bed house and him so there's not alot spare. We don't go anywhere in the school hoidays as I can't afford it, I spend most (99%) evenings alone, I don't go out, I hardly see my friends. I've lost jobs because I needed to take time off to look after him when he's been ill. I'd love a cleaner or a mothers help for a couple of days a week so I would be able to have a break from dashing around at full speed. I don't have time for breakfast as I'm too busy getting him ready for school so am often hungry. I have the worry of not being able to care for him if I become ill, I worry about being late to drop him off at school/collecting him late, I worry about being unable to pay the bills, whether he's OK at school, whether I have enough food to feed him (I have been known to eat only biscuits because I have had no money and have given him the food we have). I have been evicted from a house because I lost a job after taking time off when he was ill. I could go on but I can't be bothered.
Easy hey!