No point to this post...

[flowerchild]

...except to just get this off my chest.

I decided to have my clients resign contracts in January, as I change/make adjustments throughout the year and it's easier to have everyone on the same contract otherwise I can't remember who has the old contract and who has the new one etc.

I got a text from a parent tonight asking for clarification of full payments on stat holidays and if that was new (it was) and was I OK with having less than two weeks notice for days off (contract says two weeks notice or full payment - not new).

I texted back that the stat payment part was new and that they were welcome for last minute days off but that they still had to pay because I had already planned for their child to attend/bought food/etc. I didn't even get into the fact that I need to be able to have a predictable schedule to be able to pay my own bills.

I have a hard time standing up for myself, so I'm proud of myself for sticking to my contract. I just hate feeling like I need to justify being paid. It would have been so easy to just say "oh, it's fine, don't worry about it." But I need to feed my family too and I can't afford have an unplanned reduction in income just because they have a light work day and decided to take a day off, you know?

I also feel a bit undervalued. It also didn't help that two of three parents were late today too.