BRACKNELL, Ascot, Windsor...

[quootiepie]

Hiya...
I live in Bracknell and am going mad with loneliness Do any MNers live nearby?

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now as i only came online to check my mail before mumsnet abducted me i better go do housework while dd is asleep before hubbie comes. speak soon.

yep, speak soon

Amazing that you two have so much in common!
That's def not going to happen to me, I went to school 200 miles from here.
quootiepie - I do OU, it's def a good way of getting an education whilst at home with children. I'm in the third year of a law degree, doing it over 4 years, so I'll finish next October all going well.

Law? oooooOOOOOooooo. I was going to do accountancy.

i was thinking about health visiting or social care though

I really really wanted to do nursing. I actually started K100 first, which is healthcare realted. But nursing doesn't pay that well, and although I got a place in nursing college, I had to decline it in the end as I couldn't sort out childcare. This was aages ago, long before I settled with dp and had the dts.

lol. I could never do nursing, im so scared of needles and bodily fluid and all that!

I did a stint as a care assistant, you get used to it. Not sure I could go back to it now though!

Are you on maternity leave or a SAHM now?

SAHM... college booted me out when mum told them I was pregnant!

Kelly how did find balancing study/ childcare????

OMG, how awful! I actually lost the care assistant job when I got pg. I guess you must be a bit younger than me then. I'm 28 now. I haven't worked since I had ds1. I tried to go abck but he didn't settle very well, so I gave up. Plus I was a single mum then, so it wasn't financially really worth it any more. I can't afford to work now, because childcare for four children would be astronomical.

i know... nurseries around here are about £900-£1000 a month. Im 20 by the way.

this year I've found it really hard. It's OU so it's from home and I don't have to have childcare. But Dp's family were having them one day a week, then they've been away for a few months, so it's been tough since. I have to work evenigns and weekends, and I really don't feel like it after looking after the kids all day! The workload in the third year is significantly higher, plus now the dts are older I can't work while they are around.
I sound totally negative, but the last two years were a lot easier - I managed to get more done during the daytime and the reading load was a lot lighter. I would definately recommend doing it.

Yikes quootiepie, I had no idea they were that much! I jut knew from prices in Norfolk (where I lived 3 years ago) it wasn't going to work.

OU dont do accountancy though... have to do it somewhere else.

there are plenty of places that do, might jsut be pricey though. Have you thought abotu going back to college?

no, couldnt leave DS. Id never go back there though... I think my HV ticked them off!

lol. don't blame, I couldn't leave mine when it came down to it. I've only ever left them with family.

I havent been away from DS yet at all! lol

blimey, aren't you worn out? I'd have collapsed.

no... suprisingly. Hes a good boy

you are lucky! My dts have been very hard work, much harder than the older two who were better behaved! When my dts were a few weeks old I escaped for a morning, and it was so nice going shopping alone. With four around it's usually a but chaotic, so I relish a bit of peace and quiet! DP is very good, he often has them for me at the weekends, so I can get off for a manicure or a haircut - some time for myself.

DH is hardly here... he works alot. Alot of days I barely see him