Laura Vegas

things have been much quieter around here the last few weeks. i had one of my daycare kids that just up and left. at least i’m assuming he left. they never said anything. never gave notice. but i havn’t heard from them in over a month. so i’m assuming that he’s gone. lol!

i have to say that in my 5 years of doing daycare … i really havn’t had any problems. not like you hear about. i did have one dad that used to get home from work and wouldn’t pick up his kid until a few hours later … they lived down the street so we’d see him doing stuff. his poor little boy was with me for over 11 hours a day. when i finally brought it up with him, he tells me … "oh yeah, he’s not coming any more anyways". what the heck?!?!

i’ve had a few that i have to haggle for payments. constantly writing up notes to remind them how far behind they were. i’ve had a few that don’t let me know when they’re coming late … or if they’re not coming at all. i like to know what’s going on schedule wise … always bugged me when kids showed up 3 or 4 hours late and threw off the rest of our day because i thought they weren’t coming.

i guess this last kid fell into several of those catagories. he was a good kid. had him moments when he could be really sweet and nice. we had some great conversations when he was in a good mood. the majority of the time he was moody though … liked to yell at me and run crazy all over the house doing things that he shouldn’t. but all in all, he was an ok little boy.

kindof sad to see him go. and yet i feel much more relaxed now that he’s gone. it’s just different without him here. of coarse it still gets to me when all the girls start getting too noisy … and when they get hyped up. but i’m able to ignore it more now.

i am a little pissed that they didn’t give me notice. after watching him for 2 years you’d think they could at least do that much for me. just picked him up one day … and never brought him back. and it sucks to lose another kid right now … money-wise. i really need to get another kid or two in here. i can’t afford to not work. but i just can’t go pick a kid out and sign him up. just have to wait and hope someone needs daycare … and doesn’t go to one of the other 6 daycares in our little neighborhood. lol!

in the meantime … it’s quieter. all the big girls went back to school yesterday after being off for 6 weeks. now it’s me and ady all day until they get out. and ariana one or two days a week. and of coarse ayana from across the street likes to come play with the girls. but still quiet.

have to say that i did absolutly nothing today. i’ve got a cold that i’ve had for a few days. although for some reason i’m not big on taking medicine … i guess that’s why i’m still not feeling good. i don’t know why i feel the need to tough it out. lol! i took 2 naps today … and just sat around. my head is so stuffed up and my nose won’t stop running.

so hopefully i’ll be more myself tomorrow. take advantage of this slow, quiet time to get some stuff done. and hopefully some cute little one will come knocking on my door soon looking for someone to watch them. hopefully a cute little baby! lol!   

it’s my first post of the new year … and i’m feeling some pressure to make it a great one. lol! i have to thank erika for a great idea for my new project … turning my blog into a hardcover bound book. never even heard of such a thing. but there is this cool site blurb that will take all of your posts and pictures and turn them into an actual book. she’s definately right in that it’s very time consuming … but not bad price-wise.

i’ve often thought about printing out all of my posts … but i think that would involve cutting, pasting, and printing. if i can put in some hours designing it the way i want … they can print it all for me. i decided to do each year seperate. so i started blogging in 2005 for the last six months of the year … got all of those already loaded up and down to 65 pages. i added in all of 2006 for a seperate book and ended up with 210 pages! still have to sort through it all and make it all cool looking.

so that’s why i feel the need to make this post exciting … although so far it’s pretty boring. lol! this will eventually be the first post in my 2007 book. oh well. i guess that’s what the introduction page is for.

some other things i want to blog about right now. changes going on here. daycare stuff and such. not great changes either … but nothing that i had control over at the same time. will post more about that tomorrow.