Ugh. Those awful phone calls where "your services are no longer required" are just down right butt kicking! I know EXACTLY how you feel, skysue - last Monday, I had one person schedule an interview on the following Sunday. She was going to be PERFECT - exactly what I needed - a teacher's child, with amazing hours, older girl to fit my ratio and then only got a voicemail standing me up on Friday morning and doesn't want to reschedule. Its a feeling like someone kicked you in the stomach because you get so excited and happy about it only to have the rug pulled out from under you and feel blue again. So, yes, I totally feel for you and know how you feel. It takes about a day or so to pass and you will remember its their loss, not yours.

I need one more child not only to complete the daycare but to pay for my youngest daughter's morning program for SK - I felt she was not only being aggressive with the dck but didn't meet all her academic checklists for JK and needs some extra help and stimulation of being around kids her own age. But its killing me financially to keep her in the program and I just see my line of credit increasing !! Arrrrgh! You definitely don't get rich doing daycare!!

However, today, I got two phone calls - one that I had to say no to - they wanted much longer hours and only two days a week (don't any of these people read my ads with my stated hours in it?....lol, but I digress!) and the second is sort of promising....but the main problem is that they have two children and I only have one spot. However, its again good hours and it sounds like a reliable family here and they still want to interview with me.

But now, I am in the tough position bc if I want these two children, it means I would have to terminate one family (been thinking about it for awhile to do so) who is late picking up (they work far away), has the latest hours (until 5:30pm while all my other dck are gone by 4:00-5:00) but has given me other perks like nice christmas and birthday gifts and are really nice people overall. Its a tough decision for me to terminate a steady but late family, but then again, who knows, this new family may back out but I think I will still interview with them.

Sorry for the long post! I hear you Sue, things will pick up....they HAVE TO!!