About
He's not always that cute - usually destroys some items of interest...
It’s really difficult to write something about myself. How can you press a whole person into a little text which will not leave you napping away at the third paragraph? Which aspects of my life could you maybe be interested in?
Well, I’m nearing my midthirties. I don’t know shit about being single or couple ’cause I got my first child as soon as I passed final school graduation in 1995. So there’s always been one or another version of ‘family’ the term I would describe my social situation with.
That’s me today
My 3 girls are 13, 6 and nearly 2 years old. Most of the day I try to match their problems within my mind ’cause each age brings a totally new challenge. To lessen my husband’s feeling of being outnumbered (we also have a female rabbit and a kitty) we’ve decided to get a (male) puppy some weeks ago. Fred (puppy) and Emily (toddler) accompany myself most of the day. Sometimes I don’t know where I forgot my brain and often they’re so mingled up that I don’t know anymore who’s who…
Dogfights are to begin soon...
I’m about to finish my postgraduate studies next year. I’m a student of education (including psychology, sociology, media and health) which brings a lot of new ideas and thoughts in one’s mind. As my hubby gets glassy eyes the moment I just suck in air BEFORE starting to talk, I decided time has come to find somebody else to talk with. So here’s waiting for your opinions. 
Often I think my everyday life is a great challenge, sometimes I’m into deep depressions, but many situations are just really funny (if you recall them later…). So I just want to share stories, make you laugh, think or maybe get angry. You’re very welcome to give me your opinion.
Go on reading if you like, leave me comments or send me an email. I’ll be glad to hear from you, whereever you may be. Also you can of course follow me on twitter.
How I managed to get into this deep shit
When Sophia, my eldest, was 1y, I became a singleparenting mom. As I was fulltime-student, too, I had to rejoin my parents, who raised the child (alternating with the other grandparents) mainly. After graduation I could pay for my own rent but still had to work fulltime until I met my will-be husband in 1999. Hurray! More family time, cause I could rely on his money, too. So we decided a parttime job would be the right thing for me and I suddenly had to keep an eye on a 3year-old whirlwind. That’s been the hardest thing of my life. Usually parents are growing togehter with their children, to me everything was absolutely new.
Therefore I decided to stay at home for some time when I gave birth to Johanna in 2002. This year was wonderful and I had the chances to build up a helpful social network. I think that’s the most important thing to mothers by far, being able to communicate fears and successes with like-minded people. One good point for starting this blog.
In Germany mommys may stay at home for 3 years, then have to continue their work or quit officially. As my interests shifted meanwhile and I was more interested in people than in machines, I decided to start over. Since 2005 I’m no longer programming computers but studying education. It’s been a hard way, especially since Emily enriched our lifes in 2007. But now I can see light at the end of the tunnel, only 1 exam and the final thesis are to pass. Afterwards? We’ll see.