I'd had enough. Things have been getting more strained between us and our childminder over recent weeks and I feel like i'm treading on eggshells.
I was forced to give up work due to a back problem, I had a huge cut in my DLA and then tax credits made an error which I am waiting for a resolution to. As a consequence i've spent 4 weeks chasing clients for work and payment. The CM knows all of this but is being really impatient.
Last week I booked a last minute holiday because I have no work on (trip in caravan) and was talking about it to a friend at school. next minute i get a text from childminder demanding to know what is going on because she'd heard through the grapevine i was going away. I text back but she gets the wrong end of the stick and i get accused of changing arrangments (please note this is why i wanted to tell her the plans in person). I then thought i'd be able to pay her for this week and the week after on friday but because of my back problem I couldn't get to the bank and of course my card has a withdrawl limit. She then says it would be best for her to stop having the girls as of that day because it's getting silly. I text back and agree. That I thought was the end of it - we had ended the contract there and then by mutual agreement.
On Saturday my husband gets a text from her saying that she would work the notice period. The girls have school and hospital visits over the next few weeks and i've had enough of being accused of messing her around and quite frankly the mutual agreement to terminate suited us just fine.
Just wondering where we stand now. it's a ncma contract
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