How fiercely do you hang onto your day off?!
So I have finally managed to wangle a day off (Friday) after cutting down gradually the last few months. Now it works as I have one Lo Monday to Wednesday, one Monday to Thursday and one tues to thurs with a Lo ad hoc on days I can fit her in. Mum of mon to wed Lo came to me last week and asked if I would have a Thursday space in Jan which I will . Yesterday she came and said what was my day off as she wants to apply for a job which will be tues to Friday! I ended up saying sure go for it and we will see what we can work out (forgot the mantra of I will think about it and get back to you!) she is a social worker and there will be a panel so I am guessing if she gets the job it might not come up for a while.
Mum of the mon to thurs one will probably have to go back to five days in Jan so was hoping to maintain my day off at least that long, and I won't take on anyone who needs a Friday unless I need to do it for one of my existing parents
I know she may not get it but I am a bit put out don't really want to lose my day off! There is a possibility that the mon to thurs mum might be able to switch her day off so I can have Mondays off which would be ok too (not as good as Friday but a start!) so I am not going to get in a knot about it but it got me thinking how do you protect your day off?! I don't want to lose the child whose mum is applying for new job as he was very unsettled and has just now settled in beautifully (and mum says she wouldn't move him but of course she would if I couldn't do the days she needs!) plus he is one of my two main earners. Area is busy so prob could fill the space though . Sigh