Waiting to ovulate - thinking it will be tonight or tomorrow. Follicle was over 2cm this morning...from me, when I RARELY grow follicles.
SR is so cute at daycare drop off now....she says "shut the door (gate)...bye bye" and goes and plays - of course after we've had a million huggies and kisses. But she doesn't cry anymore at drop off...I'm relieved. And at pick up she always smiles and runs to me saying "Mommy come back" (as in, mommy, you said you would come back and you did). Then she says "Out the door" so we can go home.
But this quick post (b/c I'm exhausted and should have been in bed ages ago) is about the fact that my parents, who do everything to help me, have planned a trip to visit my brother and his family in Israel. That's great!
But, I just read in my school newsletter to the parents the date of our "curriculum night"...it is while they are away and it is over the dinner/getting ready for bed time.
I have no one to babysit...and I wouldn't leave her with just anyone....she is too sensitive to being with people she does not feel comfortable with.
And I could bring her, but she would become very clingy...and even if I could put her in front of the tv to watch Dora, what is to stop her from wandering around my room (or getting out) and falling and hurting herself...or worse...someone grabbing her when I'm not looking.
I've had my evaluation...I can't be fired....and the options are a) bring her or b) don't go to the night.
I've emailed a work friend who does not have a classroom, who SR knows well, if she would sit and watch her in my classroom if she does not have curriculum night commitments of her own that night.
Another friend suggested that I ask a friend who I am comfortable with, to come and spend the evening just watching her watch Dora or playing at my school in my classroom.
I don't think my principal will go for this, but she may if the alternative is that I don't come.
Look, when push comes to shove, my family is more important than this night (which technically is voluntary). I don't think I can be fired for not having a babysitter...I have a union - but I've already stated before that I'm not going to talk politics.
I need to sleep. This week has been LONG. In other quick news, my class is shaping up....I think they have potential.
I don't think the public has any idea how much time we commit to teaching. My school is having Open House next tuesday until 8:30 p.m. i don't understand why it is so late this year. By the time I pick up Isaac from my parents (this will only be the 2nd time they have babysat him) and drive home it will probably be around 9:30. I try to have Isaac in bed by 8:30. Just like you, it is "voluntary" but we both know that really translates to you-better-be-a-team-player-and-attend-though-we-won't-pay-you-for-this-time!
ReplyDeleteI had a similar situation just last week. I know exactly what you are talking about both from a single mom perspective and a classroom teacher perspective. The next best thing to babysitter that SR is very familiar with is to leave her in a setting where she is very familiar. Do any of the daycare teachers babysit on the side (and would they be willing to come to your home that night?) My good friend has worked at a center for 14 years. She is often asked to (and occasionally does) babysit for some of the parents. Just a thought...
ReplyDeleteAlso, do any of your colleagues have old kids who babysit--maybe their moms could pick them up after you are both done with Curriculum Night.