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judecorpToday was such a waste of a day for my productivity. Because of the holiday, only ONE CHILD showed up for my playgroup this morning. Out of nine. Playgroup runs for 2.5 hours, with about 45 minutes of set up and clean up before and after. So it's a HUGE billing suck. With nine kids in a group, I can bill for 7 of them (they are in the Early Intervention program) and 2 of them pay out of pocket from the community. So billing-wise, I bill 7 kids at 2.5 hours each - but for the purposes of my personal productivity, I have to multiply that amount by 0.3. Considering that it takes about 3.5 hours total to do group, I actually have to have at least 4 EI children show up to get as much productivity as I actually spend doing group. Usually that isn't a problem.
Because I only had one child, the school decided it would be better to put him into someone else's group so he wouldn't be playing all by himself. So all of a sudden I had NO kids, and three hours to kill. On top of that, I missed playgroup on Tuesday because I had to go to a mandatory training.
The bottom line of all of this is that group nets me about 9 hours a week of productivity. So I'm automatically out 9 hours (out of a required 24/week). AND I had an assessment on Monday that no-showed (2-2.6 hours, depending). My productivity is going to be SOOO bad this week.
I thought I was in pretty good shape to make my productivity quota and get a $500 bonus after the holidays, but I think this week is going to set me back in ways I cannot possibly make up. Which sucks, because I could really use that money to pay off holiday bills. Le sigh.
I really wish everything wasn't about money. I wish I could do my job and help families without worrying about billing, I wish I could look for jobs without worrying about paychecks, and I wish I could have babies with wild abandon without worrying about how to pay for their care. I just want to get things done, not worry about the FINANCES of it all!
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In other news, I went to visit the little privately-run gym (for women) that is near my work (and therefore a mile from my apartment). It looks like a pretty neat place, but really I just want to take the classes (aerobics, cardiokickboxing, yoga). It's $99 to sign up and then $35/month - no contract. I'm trying to decide if a) we can afford it, and b) I would actually show up and therefore make it worth my while. Thoughts?
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We made a quite delicious dinner tonight. I love love LOVE Bob Evans's Wildfire Barbecue sauce. But now we are ALL OUT. Will someone in Cbus go to Bob's and mail me some? I will pay you! Otherwise I will totally go through Wildfire withdrawal!
Because I only had one child, the school decided it would be better to put him into someone else's group so he wouldn't be playing all by himself. So all of a sudden I had NO kids, and three hours to kill. On top of that, I missed playgroup on Tuesday because I had to go to a mandatory training.
The bottom line of all of this is that group nets me about 9 hours a week of productivity. So I'm automatically out 9 hours (out of a required 24/week). AND I had an assessment on Monday that no-showed (2-2.6 hours, depending). My productivity is going to be SOOO bad this week.
I thought I was in pretty good shape to make my productivity quota and get a $500 bonus after the holidays, but I think this week is going to set me back in ways I cannot possibly make up. Which sucks, because I could really use that money to pay off holiday bills. Le sigh.
I really wish everything wasn't about money. I wish I could do my job and help families without worrying about billing, I wish I could look for jobs without worrying about paychecks, and I wish I could have babies with wild abandon without worrying about how to pay for their care. I just want to get things done, not worry about the FINANCES of it all!
~//~
In other news, I went to visit the little privately-run gym (for women) that is near my work (and therefore a mile from my apartment). It looks like a pretty neat place, but really I just want to take the classes (aerobics, cardiokickboxing, yoga). It's $99 to sign up and then $35/month - no contract. I'm trying to decide if a) we can afford it, and b) I would actually show up and therefore make it worth my while. Thoughts?
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We made a quite delicious dinner tonight. I love love LOVE Bob Evans's Wildfire Barbecue sauce. But now we are ALL OUT. Will someone in Cbus go to Bob's and mail me some? I will pay you! Otherwise I will totally go through Wildfire withdrawal!
