Hello's and Intro's

Hello to you!

Let me introduce myself to any of you fortunate/unfortunate enough to have discovered this blog. I'm not entirely sure which direction it will end up going in but that's half the fun I'm sure! So to start off I am in my late twenties and a mummy to a young male by the name of J, J's dad ('T')  and I have been together for 6 years and engaged for the last 4. I love pilates, baking, nutrition, home cooked food and organising - I know I like to live a life on the edge! We live in the South East of England in a lovely little village not too far from the town for conscience but far enough away to enjoy the rural countryside.

I am lucky to have met some amazing friends along the way to whome I am very close and are an important part of my life both as a mum and also just as me. Trust me the 'me' gets lost when you have a child, you become 'so and so's mum' and sometimes you forget you once were someone else entirely! J is at that age (currently 3 1/2 years old) when everyone starts asking when you will be having another and in all honesty I don't know!

My son is a ball of never ending energy. He is  always on the go, into and doing everything, wants to know about everything and anything and loves being outside generally running about like crazy. He literally wakes up and does not stop until he goes to bed! It is draining, it is non stop, it is loud, it is motherhood and daily life for me.

T left his job earlier this year and he decided to finally take the plunge he's always considered into teacher training. This then re inspired me to return to my teacher training (I was on the course when I fell pregnant back in 2011) so both of us are returning to education in September after completing our degrees more than 6 years ago and I therefore am also retuning to work after being a stay home mum since my son was born. T will be doing his course full time in one year whereas I am going to do mine part time over two years as J is only little still really and in my eyes he still needs me lots! We are therefore amidst a period of huge change in our household and it is coming with a mixture of emotions for me ranging from scary to exciting to even guilt about starting to leave J for longer periods of time when it is not essential for me to be returning to work but right now lI feel I need to start being me again now, at least on a part time basis, not just J's mum.

So that's a little intro into our life as it currently stands, as I said I am not sure where this will end up going but please stick around and wait and see!! I intend this to be a honest blog so over time aspects of myself and my life will be revealed and it is only to give a true account of my life not to cause offence or upset. I would go into further detail now but I think this has quite simply been long enough!

Thank you for getting this far and please feel free to comment with anything you fancy - positive criticisms always welcome, I am used to them having a 3 yr old trust me!

A xx
(J's mum, fiancée, friend, sister, daughter, about to be teacher)