What’s my dilemma? Work! Work-smork-bork!
I’ve got to figure out what I’m going to do with my work schedule and soon.
Here’s the deal, my sitter has quite babysitting on Sundays. Andrew has been watching them every other Sunday and my mom the other. PooWee’s dad gets him every other Sunday afternoon until I get done with work. This is usually the Sunday Grandma has the boys.
Grandma is headed to Arizona for about 2 months in a few weeks. Andrew works the Sunday that he doesn’t get the boys. He also doesn’t commit to sitting until the Saturday before.
I’ve called way to many sitters to count. Either they have no openings or they don’t sit on Sundays. I do have one more number to call, however she is a 20 min drive the opposite direction. Last resort!
I also need to find someone/thing for Eli on Fridays. He needs to be taken to school and pick up and dealt with until I’m done with work. There is after school childcare, they won’t commit to just taking him on “just Fridays” until 2 weeks prior to the date I need them. What if they are full?
My current sitter keeps the boys until 1 hr prior to me being done at work. During the summer she agreed to keeping them longer. I’m worried she may not feel that way now, seeing she is already cutting her hours of sitting.
I need to work 24 hours of a weekend to maintain my extra pay as weekend only. Which is a large amount per hour.
I could….
1-Cut my hours from 36 to 24. Perhaps by not working Sundays. But still stuck with Eli’s situation on Fridays.
2-Go off of weekend only. Would have to work a day and a pm shift. Plus work every third weekend. New babysitter issues open up there. Not to mention that I despise the thought of my kids not being in their own beds at night.
Looks like no matter what I do I will be decreasing my budget dramatically. I will have the money that I pay my mother for sitting, but that doesn’t compare to the loss in wages.
I also work any and all holidays that fall on a weekend. Sure, this is nice for a few years, but starting this year it’s not that nice. I have to work Christmas and New Years day.
PooWee will go by his dad on Christmas day. I’m doubting they will take him as early as I would need them too though. Here too, he says, “we’ll talk when it gets closer.”
My heart breaks for Eli. As Eli really has no one. My niece did send the message through Grandma that she would take him if I didn’t find anything else. AWESOME offer, just feel that Eli may be uncomfortable. She’s the only person he would know as she will be with her “other” side of her family. I’ve threatened my mother that I was going to fly him to Arizona for Christmas! (She can’t get away that easy!) LOL
Andrew was more than willing to hang with Elijah until he got word that he too has to work.
I’m crossing my fingers that one girl at work will switch Thanksgiving for Christmas. Unfortunately, she is on Family Medical Leave for an undetermined amount of time.
It doesn’t look like Motrin will be taken out of my diet for a while. I’m sick of the headaches! SERIOUSLY, why does my head have to keep reminding me of everything going on?
I’m ready to say, “Screw it all! Watch out Coco here we come!!!” 
LOL!
Another thought was to look into dropping the hours and look at going to school again.
I guess only time will tell!
