A Day In The Life of a Single Mom

Being a mother today I believe is just as challenging and difficult as it was in yester years, the only twist it seems is that as a single mom, we've upped the anti by doing everything ourselves.

There is no man in the house to help us with even the simplest of things like taking the garbage out (which was lovely when I had that luxury). We learn very quickly that we have to pull up our boot straps and get it all done ourselves or it simply doesn't get done at all.

Looking back at my day today, I'm amazed that so much has been done and that so much has been accomplished. Multi-tasking has a whole new definition for me! For me, this is just what a typical day looks like.

The goal for me is to try to put in some down time for 'me'. I don't get a lot of it these days and I know I need to soon or I'll crash. Sadly, I think this is the case for most single mom's out there. So, here's what a typical day looks like for me!

I woke up late this morning (probably from still being sore from playing football with my nephews after Thanksgiving dinner). Took the dog for a walk, get my son up (always fun never a chore) prepared breakfast for the two of us (most days it's a hot meal, today because of time it was just cereal), made my son's lunch, drove him to school, drove to get a well deserved coffee! Back home and start work (I work from home, thank God!).

While being glued to my desk working on my computer, I managed to take short breaks in between and finished off 4 loads of laundry (2 before lunch, 2 after), had lunch (consisting of a bowl of soup within 15 minutes) back to my computer for work until 4:30, then; vacuumed the main floor, prepared dinner, picked up grocery essentials (milk, cheese, bread); picked up my son from school, cooked and ate dinner, help my son with his homework, take the dog for a walk, wash dishes, changed bed sheets, vacuumed my son's room, drove my son to hip-hop class, drove back and took out the garbage and recycling, responded to some emails, listened to voice mails and left messages; picked up my son from dance class; showered; checked emails and responded to remaining emails, bedtime story with my son before he goes off to sleep; take out food in freezer for tomorrow's dinner.

Now it's shortly after 11pm and I'm finally in bed writing this article and looking forward to a good night's rest. No complaints here. If anything, I get a rush from accomplishing so much in one day; but my one question is, if had a man in my life, where the heck would he fit in my life???!!

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This article was written by Shawn Wilson, who is part of the customer support team at Datepad, an Internet Dating website.

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