First Post!

I should write a bit about myself and why I decided to write a blog, although this isn't the first blog I've ever begun to write.

My name is Laura, and I'm a kitchen assistant and mother. I have a daughter who is 18 months old, her name is Alexia, and a loving boyfriend who is 25 years old, his name is Paul.

I have worked in the same job for nearly four years now, although it was meant to be a temporary measure after being made redundant from an office job a couple of months before. I don't want to work in a kitchen and I really don't give this job my all, in fact it bores me to tears, but it's close to home and the hours are perfect for looking after a baby. I can't afford to train at the moment, and I don't think I can find a job this close to home with these hours, which means paying more for childcare and I can't afford that either. I would go to college or university or something, but only if I was sure that I was doing something I like and that I would stick to for a long time, otherwise it's not worth getting into debt only to give in and go back to kitchen work or something equally as dead-end and dull.

My problem is that I don't know what kind of work I want to do long term, so I'm creating a blog. I don't know where that's going to get me, but at least I can record what I enjoy or hate doing on here. For the record, I don't want to work in a kitchen!

Sorry if I seem whingy, I won't always be posting about work.