Well, so, now what!?
My cell phone has sucked for months. MONTHS. It goes from 5 bars to none, and I cannot even TELL you the last time I successfully had a phone call, not even to voice mail. I need to cancel it, so I charged it up and decided to see if it worked at all, and managed to (miraculously, seriously) connect to the voice mail, where there were 11 messages for the chick who had my number last, apparently (collection agency or something) and ONE from the uni childcare center. From YESTERDAY. They have a slot.
It’s $125/week, but it’s on campus, essentially, and the farthest flung of all we’ve applied to. If we don’t take it, we get bumped to the bottom of the list, which if you remember, I signed up on THIS list over a year ago, and I think I may technically not even be allowed on the priority list, since technically I’m not a student anymore. But whatever, I’m still finishing my degree, so let’snot get too deep into semantics.
Since this call, there’s been a flurry of email and phone calls: Dave is worried about the expense, BUT, if I have childcare in the daytime towork on shit, that means I can take more shifts at night, AND they say that it’s going to be all the work you want in a few weeks. My parents think that I should do it, if even for two weeks, just to get school DONE, and then my dad called back to remind me that anything I pay in childcare can be deducted on my taxes, so to consider the tax benefit as well. And, while it IS the farthest away from our house, I can work on campus, get shit done, and not have the commute be doubled (by then going home, or to a ‘job’ that is ‘someplace else.’) At this point, Dave wouldn’t ever have to pick her up or drop her off, so that’s not a concern. it would be more of one if we both were working here, and childcare was way the hell up THERE. Also, Ingrid’s Scary Dragon Friend goes to one of the 2 infant programs up there (and now I’m dying to know WHICH ONE: N, this opening is at infant/toddler in the UP housing) and I’ve heard good things from them.
Argh. Now I need to call, to meet the program director to tour the place. But, Internet, is it stupid to take the slot, even though I might cancel the arrangement in a month or so, and use it only part time?
I would take the slot, get your school work FINISHED and work a bunch of holiday shifts. Definitely worth it and I bet Ingrid would love the interaction with other kids. Even if you use it for just a little while and then leave, I think it would be worth it.
Take it! You will use the time very wisely, finish all that you’ve been trying to finish, Miss I will get to play with other kids, I think it’s great. Even if you only use it part time, or even for a month or so. And, like you said, if you get all of the school stuff done, that means more shifts at the Bean and you can replenish some funds!
Take it!
So how exactly would it be stupid to take advantage of the chance to finish up your degree and pick up some extra shifts and give the little cutie pie some social time with other kids?
Take it! (sounding like broken record, huh?).
Take it and don’t think too far ahead. Take it and get the stuff done you need to get done, work the extra shifts and worry about next month when next month comes.