haha!! I could write it! I am trained in writing after all lol

I am so emotionally exhausted from this whole thing. It's become a power struggle, and I know I am a little bit to blame. I ended up sending a letter last night, giving them a final notice - that if the behaviour continued, I would be letting them go. She did NOT like that. Her exact words were "Going forward, I advise you to act respectfully and rationally." WHAT!? Who the f**k does she think she is??

I cried myself to sleep last night. I realize it's not WHAT she's doing, it's HOW she's doing it - demanding things, not listening to my explainations and demands and the way she TALKS to me. I HATE IT!! There is no reason to be so condescending. That is a sign of disrespect to me, and I can't stand it.

Last week was so great! I really thought this daycare thing would be a good thing, but now I'm looking for full time evening jobs because I just don't think I can do this anymore. Whereas last week, I had enough kids to pay my bills, come end of September, I don't. This kid is definitely on his way out and another one is going part time because mom is having a baby.

Kidlove, how did you handle that?? The minute someone starts disrespecting me and not following my rules, the hair on my back goes up. I can't stand it when people don't do as I ask. This is MY business, and I don't work for them!! I know it's a control thing on my part, and I'm trying to work on it. But like I said, if she had had a calm, rational conversation with me about what she wanted to do, I would have been okay with it all. Every family is different, and I can't expect one thing that is easy for one family to be easy for another. It's just the way this all played out - it was bad and this definitely won't end well! I just need to decide when is the appropriate time to end it.