Checked in some with my bookkeeper. She has offered to do some cleaning too. She is a wiz at bringing order to stuff...messes, financial and otherwise, so I'm excited.
I told the parents of the difficult child I would be willing to go three times a week. For 3.5 hours each time and the nanny would have to be here. I gave a quote for the highest figure I was comfortable asking and they accepted. I also stipulated that I needed a commitment through June 15 and I would only do this if I could count on the money regardless of cancellation, sickness, holidays, etc...
I just may be able to go to North Carolina for a four days or so. My mom would be driving and I could afford to put in money for food and a hotel.
I'm ok with working hard if I have something to look forward to at the end.
I'm setting aside Tuesday afternoons and Thursdays for tech writing. I may add Saturdays too.
I have those "friends" to still deal with. The friends who don't pay. I was tutoring their one son in math, but they haven't paid me a dime in February yet. I may need to let him go for my own sanity. I hate to do it. But I could earn $100 in the same amount of time I that I would earn about $5 with him. C'est la vie. And, then, there's D11's bestie (sister of the boy above) I've been teaching her a multitude of classes. AND, I've even picked her up these past weeks. Because the mom had some suspiciously (possibly) unnecessary surgery. But, I love the girl and I love helping her get outta the house. I need to re-configure my expectations with these two students. I really don't have the time. And, I'm being taken advantage of.
Today, they called off because it's President's Day. No one asked if I was still having classes, which I am. Seriously?
I can't be angry though because I'm asking for it.
I will need to get a really good heater for my classroom so I can keep the difficult boy away from my students.
Ok, this is helping. I need to keep sorting through all these feelings. I have a lot going on.
"You know, it's times like these when I realize what a superhero I am." Tony Stark/Iron Man
“Focus on what you can do, then do it with all your heart.” Lois Wilson
