Daycare mom is bringing her younger child to me starting in Feb. Next week, she's asked me to take her for one day as she has an appointment. Her 2 yo son already comes here part time, and has since July, so she knows me and has confidence in my provider abilities.

She's just texted me and asked if she and her daughter (10 months) could come tomorrow before her son's pick up for an hour to play, so her daughter can get used to the daycare.

I am SO uncomfortable with this. I can't even tell you. For one, I find talking to her REALLY awkward. We are very different as far as people go, and to be totally honest, I don't care much for her. She is the mom who threw the envelope at me, and whose husband was rude to me.

I am socially awkward to begin with, and normally limit my social interactions with people I don't know well to casual conversations at playgrounds/play groups outside of my home. I'd also feel like I was under a microscope as far as my caregiver abilities/house cleanliness etc.

I can't really use the excuse that I don't have strangers around the other dck's, because all the families already know her, as do the dck's, so that would be a thinly veiled excuse.

What should I say to her? I am seriously panicking, thinking about hanging out with her for an hour.