OMGoodness!!!This December is setting the record for most crap being dealt out to me!

[Wonderwiper]

Bright Sparks...I'm so sorry all the crap is hitting you all at once! Hopefully that's it, now onwards and upwards! So awesome about hubby's new job! I'm with Reggio...I could never be as happy in this job with the pressure of 'needing' the money to feed my family! This allows me to be very selective in who I accept and the luxury of waiting until I find the right people. Obviously we all do what we have to do but I am very grateful that we are ok with just hubby's income. Since I have been on mat leave with no income, we are used to not having my income and plan to save as much as we can to build a better 'if the s%#t hits the fan' fund! I wish you a very happy holiday, enjoy time with family and in the new year a new family will come along and be thankful that they found you and appreciate all you do for their children!!

[Spixie33]

Well...that all sucks. Deep breaths.
The good news is that 2013 has to get better -right? It is always that everything seems to happen at once.

Financial stress can be devastating. I went through a time where I would fall asleep crunching numbers and wake up with that same panicked feeling to somehow make the numbers work. It has to be one of the worst burdens.

I hope you get some great interviews in January.

IA with Reggio and the others -- ideally I would recommend daycare as a backup or secondary income but I would never recommend it to someone who NEEDS to make a certain amount to get by. Luckily I am in a position where my income is just to do extra and to use for savings or repayment of loans rather than needing it to get by month to month. I am lucky because I get to be very picky on families and what hours etc I want to do.

Wishing you better times ahead

[angelina]

sorry to hear this bright sparks, and this happened on the month when we have extra expenses|? oh dear!

sending you good cheers and happiness.

i'm pretty sure the client will follow.

angie