I have a piss poor attitude today about doing daycare. I'm so freakin irritated...
I'm so sick of this stupid world where we pay porn stars and strippers SO much more than we pay the people who are raising our children for us, whether they are daycare providers or teachers, or nanny's.
Oh, sure. There are porn stars who actually like getting the hell f*cked out of them on camera. And there are strippers who get off on the fact that men are so shallow that all it takes are some tits to make their night, and they'll pay to see em. Pathetic, but apparently not THAT pathetic since we pay our teachers so desperately little. We're lucky anyone wants to teach. We're lucky anyone likes kids and wants to be with babies.
I'm irritated because I have put myself in a position- I understand how horribly expensive daycare feels. To have all 4 of mine in this past spring before I got to quit, it was $100/DAY, and that was SUPER CHEAP. So I get it. But I work 10 hour days, and not one family coming here is paying what they'd be paying elsewhere- MY OWN FAULT, I know. And more often than not at 5 oclock at least one kid is still here. That's rude, and I'm going to make it stop.
Here's the good news- it's got my wheels turning. I see opportunity here. Cullen is getting licensed with me because it costs the same and after a year we could take more kids if we wanted. Not everyone would do well working together all day long, but we actually do well together. I don't get sick of him and he doesn't get sick of me. We're pretty blessed that way. In the end, I COULD homeschool because Cullen would be here with the daycare kids. I could do a couple hours of teaching and we could swap or whatever. AND it makes me feel better because there is a need for daycare ANYWHERE which means I do NOT have to stay here. I CAN move to Northfield, onto my dream farm. Or SOUTH. I just have to make it for a little bit longer. And when that happens, or even after we get licensed, the kids we take- we can charge what SHOULD be charged. Even then do you feel like $4/hour is good pay?
And since I'm on it...can I just give a big ole SHOUT OUT to the parents who think they are doing me some kind of favor sending their kid with food? We are eating every 2 hours here as is, and then throw in some infants with their own schedule, and then let your kid bring their own food. they LOVE it when i tell them NO they can't eat it yet. Can you imagine what kind of non stop frenzy would go on if there were not structured eating times? WTF. If you have one or two kids, and that is how "you" ..."run" things in your house, by letting the kids eat whatever they want whenever they want, fine, but that shit does NOT work here.
Oh, and if I've gotten your child off of the bottle and you bring one for him, all you did was upset him because he isn't going to have it here. It spills and gets everywhere, and I already have enough slobber and stuff on my floor and furniture. I'll take the bottle away and put it in a cup and he doesn't care...unless he sees his bottle. Let's just not do that.
And how about the ones who send "special" instructions. Ya'll need a nanny. You're not giving your kids, or me, enough credit. Your kids, yes YOURS, can learn to swim with the rest of the school, and they do. Have a little faith.
Okay. I think my rant is over. I should have been a flippin stripper.
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