Infant care closer in (as in, practical for us daycare) looks to be running between $330-$370 a week.

I keep hoping we'll get lucky and have a spot magically open at the on campus daycare. I should have Paul call again and see if they're still thinking 18-24 months until they have an opening.

Also, they provide breakfast, lunch, and snack, which is a plus.

Goodness me, yes. Our center provides those meals as well, although generally I just feed Frances her breakfast at home. But once it becomes two breakfasts, I may opt to just arrive at daycare earlier and let them take care of that one.

My one big issue with the Salvation Army is the whole deal where they got special permission from the government to be able to discriminate in their hiring practices. But that's just me.

What's important is that you like the space and you like the care givers. If you got a good feel from the caregivers, I'm sure that Annabel is going to be happy.

My one big issue with the Salvation Army is the whole deal where they got special permission from the government to be able to discriminate in their hiring practices. But that's just me.

I'd forgotten about that. But right now it's a reasonably affordable daycare with immediate openings five minutes from my house whose programs, staff, and facilities I feel good about. I'll be more virtuous and consistent when my life settles down a bit.

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OK, that's cool. Thanks, Perkins.

Betsy, I am so sorry that Will is having a tough time in band. I hope hope hope that you all can get the teacher on your side. Man. Parenthood is so very hard.

Had a fun night last night- it was a long day(conference+class) but we went to a very nice place in Central Square where my friend works and we ate delicious food and toddled back to the hotel and watched the end of Lost.

My right eye is all bloodshot to the extreme again (this happened again, to the same eye, about a month ago)so I guess I have to call the doctor and make sure I don't have a brain disease or something.

Blahhhhhhhhh.

Good news: no work tomorrow!

But right now it's a reasonably affordable daycare with immediate openings five minutes from my house whose programs, staff, and facilities I feel good about.

Yeah, at this stage, I thinnk you have to make some compromises, hard as it would be.

I am just agog at the cost. I don't know how single parents do it, I swear. I mean, I make reasonable money, and I couldn't swing that at all. In a two parent/two income situation it would be different, but that's still a serious chunk of money.

Good luck to Will, I hope you and he and band teacher find a way to turn things around.

Betsy, my heart just aches for Will. I hope you guys are able to work something out with the teacher.

Susan, I'm so thrilled for you that everything is falling into place with this job and daycare and everything. It's gonna be tough...especially at the beginning, but you SO can do this.

I am feeling a little better this morning. Hopefully it will last long enough for me to get some things accomplished.

This will be my life for the forseeable future--working, writing, and trying to be a decent wife and mother.

You know, it sounds like a pretty good life to me. I'm glad everything worked out about the job. Susan.

Yay for solid food for Lily! Nora's eye should instantly get better and vw's asthma should return to the space-time dimension from which it came.

Poor Will. Hell is other children, but a teacher should recognize that.

I'm back in my hobbit hole, and my mother and sister are 250 miles away.

Welcome back, Ginger!