Okay, to make a long complicated story short....things have not been going well for me lately, culminating in an ambulance ride last Friday to emerg and now a relatively serious surgery at the end of March. (Andrew has been a HERO through all this too, I might add!)
Sooooo, b/c of the long recovery time, and some serious burnout, I am closing my home daycare. Sure, it kind of left parents in the lurch since I had to give notice....but I gave notice AS SOON as I knew about what was going on, and (much to Andrew's anger) I took a later surgery date to allow dcparents some time to find someone new.
I have apologized to them, told them the situation etc, and yet EVERY FREAKING TIME I speak to them, some parents have to bring up how HARD this has been for them! Excuse me, I have to have major, life changing, unexpected surgery in the near future; I am quitting my job which is financially difficult; my family is being affected too.....I am SO SORRY that you need to find another dcp! Okay, I get that this is hard on the kids (I love the little critters, I will miss them!), I get that this is difficult....but sheesh!
It's going to be a hard couple of weeks facing these people every morning
And the wierdest thing about it all is that the dcmom I THOUGHT would be the most difficult about all this is being the nicest! Go figure, eh?
Okay, rant over LOL>
Sooooo, b/c of the long recovery time, and some serious burnout, I am closing my home daycare. Sure, it kind of left parents in the lurch since I had to give notice....but I gave notice AS SOON as I knew about what was going on, and (much to Andrew's anger) I took a later surgery date to allow dcparents some time to find someone new.
I have apologized to them, told them the situation etc, and yet EVERY FREAKING TIME I speak to them, some parents have to bring up how HARD this has been for them! Excuse me, I have to have major, life changing, unexpected surgery in the near future; I am quitting my job which is financially difficult; my family is being affected too.....I am SO SORRY that you need to find another dcp! Okay, I get that this is hard on the kids (I love the little critters, I will miss them!), I get that this is difficult....but sheesh!
It's going to be a hard couple of weeks facing these people every morning
And the wierdest thing about it all is that the dcmom I THOUGHT would be the most difficult about all this is being the nicest! Go figure, eh?
Okay, rant over LOL>