Princess Sara
16-07-2011, 03:16 PM
I started looking after a 6yo girl after school and all day in the holidays Thursday and Friday only. The mum has had problems with tax credits etc, and decided after a year that her older daughter was able to look after the 6yo after school as it was only a couple of hours and her eldest was very mature. 15/16yo I think?
I was fine with this, kind of knew it would happen eventually. Today I text checking she still needed me for the summer holidays, how many days and how much it would cost, and she texts back with the fact that she's got every Thursday and Friday off work for the holidays. Great, thanks for letting me know so I could fill the spot... That's over £300 that I won't be getting that I really could have done with. No point in chasing it for notice periods as I know she won't have it as that's the reason she's got the time off work, because childcare is too expensive. Oh well, I guess it's beans on toast a lot for the next few months!
Oh and just to turn this more into a rant, the CYPW Diploma want me to add almost £140 towards my course after telling me it will be fully funded. No idea where I'm going to get that from, especially now!
And after brushing my hair earlier I've decided I've got enough grey hair to be almost 40, not 25. Life sucks! Lol.
I was fine with this, kind of knew it would happen eventually. Today I text checking she still needed me for the summer holidays, how many days and how much it would cost, and she texts back with the fact that she's got every Thursday and Friday off work for the holidays. Great, thanks for letting me know so I could fill the spot... That's over £300 that I won't be getting that I really could have done with. No point in chasing it for notice periods as I know she won't have it as that's the reason she's got the time off work, because childcare is too expensive. Oh well, I guess it's beans on toast a lot for the next few months!
Oh and just to turn this more into a rant, the CYPW Diploma want me to add almost £140 towards my course after telling me it will be fully funded. No idea where I'm going to get that from, especially now!
And after brushing my hair earlier I've decided I've got enough grey hair to be almost 40, not 25. Life sucks! Lol.