Child Care Blues

[judecorp]

I found a home day care near Jen's job that seems to be very nice and Punk could start right after we got back from Florida in April. Actually she could probably start tomorrow if I wanted it, but since we're going to Florida I think that's a phenomenally bad idea.

When all of this child care and going back to work talk was hypothetical, it seemed like a perfectly reasonable idea. We need money. I like working. Et cetera.

But now that it's like this actual probable reality, I am haaaaaating it. I had sort of fallen into the "oh, no child care centers have openings before October" notion and the idea of hanging with my cool kid for 7 more months was pretty stinking awesome... especially with spring and summer coming up.

I don't want someone to see my baby walk before I do! She may be nice but she's not going to wear my baby during the day and she isn't going to be able to rock her down to sleep when she has other kids to watch and it isn't going to be All About Punk. I am sad.

I wish I knew what to do. I could always continue draining the savings...

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[judecorp.livejournal.com]

We are fortunate in that we have a good amount of savings (because my dad died 2.5 years ago). The problem is that since most of the money came from my dad, it's not a renewable resource. (I am out of dads, you know?) So once it's gone, it's gone. And the more we spend, the less we have for emergencies, kid stuff along the way, etc.

And yes, it sucks ass to be away from my kid. Especially when I think about being away from her for 40+ hours/week. She isn't even awake all that long, you know?

[(Anonymous)]

i do know. i actually calculated how many hours per week jeb is awake so that i could get an idea of just what percentage i'm missing out on.

suck.