Yeah meagan, per month.
Buffy: How was school today? Dawn: The usual. A big square building filled with boredom and despair.
Buffy: Just how I remember it.
'The Killer In Me'
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.
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!
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.
Nilly - Aug 06, 2008 2:01:17 pm PDT #1551 of 10003
Swouncing
Ginger, I'm sorry the situation that person put you through was so annoying that it required using harsh language.
msbelle, I'm so sorry you have to deal with this. Fingers crossed that the damage is minimal and things are sorted out as easily and quickly as possible.