Hello ladies, need your advice again please...
I had a 9 yr old a few times during the summer hols and have now been asked to collect after school (Tues, Wed & Thurs) and to have her full time during the hols. Since she started back at school, I have been collecting her Mon - Fri as her after school clubs for Mon & Fri haven't started yet. I have just been informed by her mum that one of the activities is changing from Friday's to Thursday's which is my problem.
The reason this bothers me is because after all 4 mindee's contracts changed, I'd decided that I would finish at 2.30pm on Friday's, giving me time to catch up with the work on my other businesses. This was going to be fine as mindee 1 is going to be Mon - Thurs 8.30 - 6.30 and mindee 2 is Mon - Fri (9 - 2.30, but til 5.30 on Tuesday's - including older brother after school). Although I have the numbers to have 1 more full time on a Friday, after careful consideration, we'd decided I would leave it as the way my new contracts stand, I have the income I need with a nice short Friday.
Well.......if I still do the school run but swap these days, I will still be working til 5pm on Friday's which isn't what I want
No contracts have been signed yet as we were waiting for the club letters from her school.
I really really want my Friday afternoons as I'd started planning what I would do in that time. HOWEVER, I really don't want to let the mum down. What would you do??? (would be ok if she decided to attend another club on the Friday too!)
The other thing is that if I loose this contract altogether, I will miss out on the extra income in the school hols. As much as I'd love this extra income, I really don't want to work Friday afternoons.
Anyone had similar situation. I feel so bad for the mum I just don't know what to do!!
What would you do?