I agree it is at least $5 an hour extra above your daily rate which is what I would charge for late hours if it was prenegotiated such as a teacher with a parent meeting. I would also charge the lady a flat fee for the week that is non-negotiable if she wants less than $70 a day so for instance $60 x 5 is $300. She pays that amount for the week just because she booked you early. Otherwise you will likely find there are some days that she comes later and will then argue she doens't have to pay the extra even though you got up as scheduled. I know you want to get your first family into care and I don't know what it is like in your area in terms of you may find that commuters require those kind of hours but it wouldn't be wrong to say no to the woman and to hold out a bit longer of if you do take her and a few months from now you find you just can't do those hours to ask her to find a different placement for January. The biggest concern is are you going to be able to go to bed early enough each evening to get enough sleep to do that early a wake up each day and how will the late pickup time effect family time - basically you will only have a few hours and that is it between pickup and bedtime.

































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