Superstitious? Did two black cats make my week good or bad?

[Lynard69]

I was never a big believer in superstition but now I totally am.  It's been one hell of a week. 

Saturday night on my way home from my midnight CVS trip I had two black kittens run out infront of me.  OMG!   Yeah, I was so hoping that the second one cancelled out the first.  Ummm...I can tell you for sure, NO!  It don't work that way.

Everything after Saturday was just horrible.  I work four days a week.  I have three kids.  My sitter has three kids.  We arranged it so that she would only have to watch them for two days and I found someone else for the other two.  I can totally understand that six kids for four days is a bit too much for one person to handle.  During the school year, both of our youngest go to the same preschool, so she has always watched my youngest for me when I work.  

My neighbor's daughter was supposed to watch the kids Thursday and Friday, but we found out that the high school already started.  I asked a friend to do it, she said she would but wasn't all to sure about it.  After seeing my Aunt Sunday to drop off her Pampered Chef stuff, the kids wanted to spend the night with her.  So she agreed to keep them Thursday and Friday and over night since she lives an hour away.  She's a substitute school teacher so I told her that I would pay her the missed pay she would get if she had worked.  So, Thursday and Friday are now taken care of and I don't have to worry about my friend's sureness.  Being family she refused to take the full amount, so I made her take most of it.  I don't feel right letting her watch them when she could be working.  Her main purpose of working is for extra Christmas money.   

This week I had a meeting on my day off, which my normal sitter took them for that hour and a half, in additon to Monday and Tuesday.    When I dropped them off she told me she is going to be looking for a part time job and might have an interview Monday or Tuesday, if that's the case I will need to find someone else for the day.  Ok, totally understable.  When I picked them up, I asked if she wanted my schedule in case she didn't have an interview.  "What if I told you I can't watch them next week?"  Ummm, well I don't know.  I can call around, but I don't have family close by.  If nothing else I would have to take the days off.   She also said the last two days were too much for her.  She says that having been an only child and she's not used to so many kids.   

A part of me feels for her and I do understand.  She had no problems at the beginning of the summer when she watched them before the summer program started.  Here is what happened, they have a trampoline and she didn't want the neighbor kids to come over and want to play on it.  So, you tell everyone No Trampoline!  No exceptions!   So instead she opted to keep six kids inside of a three bedroom ranch for two days.  I don't mean to sound like a bitch or anything, but in my opinion, that's just asking for trouble. 

I called my friend to see if she would do it.  She says she don't know if she will be back from her trip in time.  This is the same friend who was unsure and I found out this day that she was going to leave Friday, one of the days she might have been watching them had I not found alternate arrangements. I can't wait until the last minute to call off work if she's not back in time (I have since found out that she is not going at all).    I tried calling my sister-in-law, but she never answered.  When she called DH later,  I answered his phone.  She's not doing anything but she can't watch them.  Her son just started Kindergarden and now she has some free time and don't want to be bothered.  There are only two more days next week before school starts.  It's not like I'm asking her to take them the entire week.  I always try to give her money when she does watch them, but she usually won't take it.

So now I'm totally in tears. I asked for more hours at work and I just got them and I have no one to watch the kids.  I spoke to my sitter before I asked about this and she was ok with it.   All day long, I cried Wednesday.  Then I realize, if my sitter is getting a job it means I need to find alternate arrangements for my youngest after preschool.  I never asked if she was still going to take him after school starts until she found a job, but there is no reason to put him into one school and have to take him to another if I can't find someone.  I talked to one of my co-workers who sends her kids to a different preschool which offers daycare afterwards.   I heard about the place, but had heard it was really expensive.  After speaking to her, it's not as expensive as everyone was telling me. 

She picked up their brochure along with the enrollment forms and brought them into work Thursday.  I had to request off Monday and Tuesday.  My boss is so cool, she was able to work with me and get it covered.  My friend from work is going to work on her day off for me and I'm working my day off for her.  This works out for her to, since she has some doctors appointments for her kids that day.  So it works out great for both of us!   And I'll still be out of there in time to take my oldest to his OT and Speech therapy on Wednesday. 

I filled out the paperwork and took it in Friday before work.  I got lucky and the administrator was the one in the office when I walked in.  He said we could start Monday if we wanted.  I declined because I am taking him for his physical they require.  So, I'll go in there with him on Tuesday and tour the place.  I'll leave him to see how he does.  At least if there is a problem and I'm home I can come and get him if necessary. 

This place even offer days off and after school care.   Which means if the public school closes for whatever reason or has a half a day they will watch my other two for a small fee.  OMG this is totally awesome!  I am always stuck taking off work when they do that.  Right now the kids do after school care at the school.  This place also offers that for the school kids as well.  This part DH and I have to talk more indepth about since it's a bit more costly than the school program for two kids. 

Where the black cats, bad luck or good?  It caused me to find alternate care for my youngest.  In a much better preschool.  Don't get me wrong, the one he was in is great.  I've heard that this other one has most of the kids reading before kindergarden.  I've always wanted to put my kids in there, but thought it was really expensive.  I suppose for three kids it would be to expensive.   This new place relieves me of having to take off work or trying to find someone to watch the other kids when school gets cancelled.  And now I don't have to worry about my son being made to wear dresses and lip gloss for the amusement of the sitter's bossy daughter.  I just hope he was not permanently damaged mentally by it. 

Bad luck yes, it all feel apart, but it was a God sent in the long run.