I'm feeling burnt out. Been sick, ok not horribly so, but unwell for 2 months now. I am homeschooling and running a home business AND running kids to sports etc.
Something will need to change. I love homeschooling. I love the sports. I am NOT loving the daycare right now.
We can't afford to quit, not right now. BUT... I have a plan.
Now, if I can do it..lol... dh will be wondrous. I want to take a year off of working next year. I don't qualify for any ei or anything like that.
We can cover the basics on dh wage, no problem. BUT the extras would hurt. I don't want to accrue debt to do it.
I have my FFEF about where I need it. I don't want to touch that. It would cover 6 mo of bare necessities if needed.
So I'm building my vacation fund . I'm calculating everything we need for the extras next year. Sport fees, team budgets, tournament travel fees. Classes, education programs, gift budgets. And I'm dumping money into that fund asap. If I have that saved, and all cc are clear(which they are), then I should be able to take the time off.
I am always working. I work 11 hour days, 5 days a week. I'm always planning, cleaning, wear and tear on the house.
I just want a break! I had planned on dumping money onto the mortgage and get rid of it. But I REALLY need a break from the daycare. Today I had to walk away as I was going to lose it.
A little guy, 3yo is potty trained, but is in pull ups at nap. He refused to pee before we left the house, I knew it was going to be a problem. SO I was proactive and put him in a pull up. He over flowed it 15 minutes later soaking the carseat...arghh! Ok, whatever.
Get home, change him, new pull up at nap time. After nap he comes up stair to go potty as is routine. BUT, he's dirty, I didn't know, he hasn't had a bowel movement here for over a year(his cycle is weird). So before I get up there, I was waking another little one, he's taken off the pull up, dumped the mess on the floor, stepped in it, smeared it around the bathroom. This is about 45 seconds time. So I go in, tell him, next time he needs to wait for help if he's dirty. I start to lift him onto the toilet, and he pees all over me.
I sat him on the potty told him he was NOT to move(as there was poop all the way down his legs, on his socks) and I walked away. I don't paid enough for this. I'm tired of it. He's a good little guy over all... but REALLY?
So.... I'm planning a daycare hiatus, where I can take the year enjoy teaching my girls and JUST be mom and not worry constantly about finances. Then we'll see how it goes.... maybe we'll find another way after that.
So operation Vacation is on the way
Something will need to change. I love homeschooling. I love the sports. I am NOT loving the daycare right now.
We can't afford to quit, not right now. BUT... I have a plan.
Now, if I can do it..lol... dh will be wondrous. I want to take a year off of working next year. I don't qualify for any ei or anything like that.
We can cover the basics on dh wage, no problem. BUT the extras would hurt. I don't want to accrue debt to do it.
I have my FFEF about where I need it. I don't want to touch that. It would cover 6 mo of bare necessities if needed.
So I'm building my vacation fund . I'm calculating everything we need for the extras next year. Sport fees, team budgets, tournament travel fees. Classes, education programs, gift budgets. And I'm dumping money into that fund asap. If I have that saved, and all cc are clear(which they are), then I should be able to take the time off.
I am always working. I work 11 hour days, 5 days a week. I'm always planning, cleaning, wear and tear on the house.
I just want a break! I had planned on dumping money onto the mortgage and get rid of it. But I REALLY need a break from the daycare. Today I had to walk away as I was going to lose it.
A little guy, 3yo is potty trained, but is in pull ups at nap. He refused to pee before we left the house, I knew it was going to be a problem. SO I was proactive and put him in a pull up. He over flowed it 15 minutes later soaking the carseat...arghh! Ok, whatever.
Get home, change him, new pull up at nap time. After nap he comes up stair to go potty as is routine. BUT, he's dirty, I didn't know, he hasn't had a bowel movement here for over a year(his cycle is weird). So before I get up there, I was waking another little one, he's taken off the pull up, dumped the mess on the floor, stepped in it, smeared it around the bathroom. This is about 45 seconds time. So I go in, tell him, next time he needs to wait for help if he's dirty. I start to lift him onto the toilet, and he pees all over me.
I sat him on the potty told him he was NOT to move(as there was poop all the way down his legs, on his socks) and I walked away. I don't paid enough for this. I'm tired of it. He's a good little guy over all... but REALLY?
So.... I'm planning a daycare hiatus, where I can take the year enjoy teaching my girls and JUST be mom and not worry constantly about finances. Then we'll see how it goes.... maybe we'll find another way after that.
So operation Vacation is on the way