Today we solidified that will be doubling my work hours at WG. And I was offered 40 hrs a week, and turned that down stating that my kids are little and I can't do that much.
And I really want to do more than 10 hours of work a week, I'd really rather do 20.
20 would be ideal.
But then I would have to find Childcare, with a capital C. Which would mean the kids would be with a stranger and not a high-paid stranger at that. There's a very real possibility that that stranger would be a better caregiver than me. Who knows?
But I am considering bumping it up to 20 hours a week in a year's time. Now, whether I can call that shot, I have no idea.
And I know that if they said "if you can't do X amt of hours then we'll have to give this job to someone else," I would freak out and would make drastic choices to be able to hang on to it.
I left the conversation with "if I knew solid numbers (meaning payment) I could figure out whether I would be working just to pay for childcare."
I always feel like I'm the type of mom that should be a working mom, and this is my dream job. But all the stuff that comes with sick kids, and doing what is best for them (which for many often *is* putting them in childcare with "professionals")
Decsions...
Now I have to go make Jello Pudding with Kid C...
Happy 18th Birthday, Alayna!
1 year ago
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anyone in your playgroup have someone you could use for childcare?...e.g., aunt or grandmother?
Maybe I could nanny for you since I can't seem to find a job that can actually afford to pay me...
I like that you wanted solid figures! We can definitely explore your options when I come in Aug. You know God is going to set it all up Perfectly!
WG is blessed to have you. We finally hired a graphics designer *almost* of your caliber at SHV out here. WHAT a huge difference. I still think you get that post-post modern thing better than most people in the collective church though.
Food for though since EK was / will be again doing the 20ish hours thing. You could think of it as a way to pay for preschool. C is almost old enough, R will be soon. Around your area Campbell Christian was the most reasonable and actually taught stuff (a LOOOOOOOOOOT of preschools teach them a letter a day and that's it. If they don't definitively answer you on curriculum, it's really daycare).
working is the easy part. mothering is the hard part. go with your bad self.
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