The Past Few Weeks.....

The past few weeks have been a couple of the most stressful ever!!! The week after we moved to Holloman I started looking for child care. It is so incredibly hard to find only part time care for kids! All facilities want the money from a full time child to fill their slots. I thought I had childcare for all three kids a few weeks before I finalized my classes. AFTER I finished registration I went back to verify and give my hours for childcare. I found out I had no childcare!!! This was a little over a week until classes started. The race was on......I must have made over 150 phone calls, and spent one of my kids college accounts on gas running around trying to find care.

NOAH----I had a decent daycare all set up. Then, they informed me they put me on the waiting list only because if they had full time children they would get his spot!!! I was not happy. I went back and forth with them. They said they couldn't give me an answer until the Monday school started!!!! Who in their right mind would agree to that! So the search began again to find another center. Phone call after phone call..."Sorry....Sorry....Sorry..." Then, I thought I found the PERFECT place! NOOOO!! I was willing to pay the outrageous fee for my precious little Weebo. I went to sign him up...in Las Cruces. I packed up Noah to find a center that barely (I say none...) had air conditioning, nasty dusty carpet, 60's decor, weeds everywhere, paint chipping, and a tiny little room for the price of a 4 star resort. I was really crying. I could not leave my sweet baby there. I decided to get some school business done and on the third trip back to Las Cruces decided to stop by the original daycare center. I guess going back in person did the trick...It was the Friday before school started, I was on my last mental leg, and they held a conference with the director, ...HE WAS IN!!! One down, two to go....

TEA & MADISON----I had been to the Youth Center on base numerous times gettting information and sign up packets. Everything was set. I decided to check back in the week before school started after the mess finding Noah care. And wuddya know?? Tea and Madison have been kicked off the list as well. They weren't even on the list!!!! You do not know my mental state at this point. I didn't either. I got a little firm with the receptionist as to why there is no childcare available on base after going home and calling every person on base that has after school care and calling ALL the childcare centers downtown...including The Boys and Girls Club of America. Alamogordo does not service the base. I even called the licensing bureau to see if I missed anything. One person on base had no idea that you had to have a car seat for your kids!!!! Everyone else was full. I called the Youth Center again. They LOVE me....:) The main person there said to bring them on Monday!!!! It was unbelievable. I had childcare for all three kids!!!!

Monday I went to school, Noah went to his school, and the girls went to the Youth Center. I had the biggest sense of relief. It was sooo short lived. The bill for T &M was over 400.00!! I was confused....Two hours, twice a week...She thought they were, all of a sudden, for some reason full time. I told her no, so she said they had no room for parttime and they couldn't go there!!!! I can't even tell you how I felt. Mental ward was looking like a possibility.... Actually, a sure thing. I really felt so utterly defeated. But I have found some really good friends here and they now watch Tea and Madison for me after school. I provide snack for all the kids and they play until I get home. God REALLY REALLY likes to keep me on my toes.

The situation with Kerry is another story.....I'll have to write about that one when its not after midnight and my adrenaline is back down. Just to raise it again.....

Well, tomorrow starts another week, and after church I may be ready for it!! I need some sleep. I have some pictures of our trip to Cloudcroft with Bob for tomorrow....