A few months ago a couple I know asked me to babysit for them and I happily accepted. I live at home with my aging mother and on the morning I was due to go babysitting, I was getting ready and my mother turned on a vile episode of a tantrum that made no sense really. I went babysitting and I thought it would be great just to get away for the day too. It was on a Sunday. I used to do a lot of babysitting when I was younger, I like children and I get on well with them. However on this day, these two children had energy that was a little bit too bold. But they were children and it's what they do.
Anyways all in all from that day from my mother's tantrums to the children's tantrums - I just got a bad headache or migraine that lasted me three days.
So anyways last week I got a message from the couple again asking me would I be free. I declined giving them an excuse. I know myself, I can't really do it when there is a lot of other stuff in the background for me. I declined and they replied asking for the following weekend and would I be free.
The following weekend is even worse for me because it is on the front door of the Easter holidays and I know my work will be 10 fold for those two weeks of the Easter holidays. 50/60 hours a week for those two weeks would be a guess. But then right after the Easter holidays, there is more stuff to come in relation to work and it's going to be a tough few weeks.
So babysitting, I will technically be free for the weekend that they requested but I don't want to give up one of my free days especially when there is so much looming and it's just not worth it either. Due to aging parents issues and then babysitting the young children and just the only bonus I will get is a migraine.
I didn't reply back to their message yet but what do you think? Will I decline or just ignore it or what. I am free on the weekend that they are asking me for but I can't babysit for to so much crap hitting me. Simple as that.