Well, it's just good to know that when the chips are down and things look grim you'll feed off the girl who loves you to save your own ass!

Xander ,'Chosen'


Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Ginger - Aug 06, 2008 1:12:09 pm PDT #1541 of 10003
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

I did not mean to say "fucking" to the repair person, but he was supposed to be here Monday afternoon and when I finally called him at the end of the day, he said, "Oh, I thought it was Tuesday." Uh, no. Then yesterday he got here at the end of the day, worked for a while, then said he needed a new part and he'd come back this afternoon. I just called him and he said he was running late, and besides, he didn't have the part. That's when I said I couldn't wait for him every fucking afternoon. Oops.


Burrell - Aug 06, 2008 1:16:15 pm PDT #1542 of 10003
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Yeah meagan, per month.


Kat - Aug 06, 2008 1:19:10 pm PDT #1543 of 10003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Well for two kids, yes it is about the same as an au pair or at least a full day nanny (cheapest nanny rate I've seen is $15/hour and $20/hour is more common).

Childcare is such an interesting thing. On the one hand, I think it's vitally important and should be compensated in a way that shows the importance. On the other, if I could afford to, I would stay home because I like being with N and G and if I compensated a daycare provider the way I know they should be compensated it would be with a salary similar to what I make. Or at least what I net. But why pay that, even though I emotionally know it's deserved, when I could just stay at home if I could afford to do so?

At the end of the day, it's why I feel blessed to have found C, the woman that N adores. In fact, when we get there, the other kids who are at daycare all come to the fence hoping it's their mom or dad. But N? He crawls right back to C hoping to stay and play a little bit longer. I am so thankful that he loves her so much.

It's a weird conundrum. I wonder if I'll feel the same when we get to schooling about which I have even stronger opinions (and better skills than I have for early childhood stuff).


Tamara - Aug 06, 2008 1:19:43 pm PDT #1544 of 10003
You know, we could experiment and cancel football.

But totally understandable, Ginger.


Kat - Aug 06, 2008 1:24:36 pm PDT #1545 of 10003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Ginger, I'm surprised you just said fucking afternoon and not "Fuck you, asshat!"


Sophia Brooks - Aug 06, 2008 1:33:52 pm PDT #1546 of 10003
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Wow- my coworker is moving her 2 children to an actual daycare from a woman in a house, and it is going to actually be $1700 a month, and that appears to be the "cheap daycare. And we are in upstate NY, and I don't think my cowworker makes more than a couple of hundred more than that a month. She doesn't even like her job, but she and her husband feel they can't get along without that extra per month. Frankly, I am pretty sure they could, but it would mean huge lifestyle changes.


msbelle - Aug 06, 2008 1:44:33 pm PDT #1547 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Came home to plaster chunks and dirt all over the bathroom. I am not dealing well.


Sophia Brooks - Aug 06, 2008 1:46:58 pm PDT #1548 of 10003
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Oh no! What is it from?


Theodosia - Aug 06, 2008 1:53:16 pm PDT #1549 of 10003
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

I seem to remember msbelle mentioning a drippy ceiling?

I just made my plane reservation, so I'm actually indeed going to Vividcon next week. I'm finishing up one course, I'm starting to look for permanent employment, and dammit, I need a Reward, so this is going to be it.

ION, my desktop computer is still at the repair place. SIGH


Jesse - Aug 06, 2008 1:53:49 pm PDT #1550 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Oh dear.