I wouldn't say I was fired, I definitely resigned on my free will (even though my resignation letter had been thoughtfully typed up for me). It just wasn't working out as far as my sweet baby is concerned. I was told it was either work Monday through Friday 8 to 5 or "resign" which I couldn't do because of Nora. Back up 9 months ago when it was time to register Nora for MDO at Whitesburg. We decided to sign her up for part time childcare because we couldn't afford full time. We figured we had a while to work it out but unfortunately we never found any other childcare options. And NOW, there are no spots for full time (which is typical and I'm not surprised).
When I went back to work at the end of May our family came up and stayed a week or two at a time and kept Nora. This was not an ideal situation but it worked for the summer (even though constant house guests made for a long eleven weeks). So when Nora's MDO opened at the beginning of August the family left and I started taking her with me in the mornings then I would leave and take her to school then pick her up and finally have her with me at work for an hour and a half in the afternoons. It was exhausting. But it was all I knew to do. On top of that her MDO isn't open on Mondays so we still had family in town on Sunday nights and Mondays, which really wasn't bad.
Well, what do they say? One bad apple. One of the housekeepers at the church has a little boy a month older than Nora and she had brought him with her to work a few times even though she technically does have childcare. But they told her she couldn't bring him and something to the affect of, "If Lea Anne can bring her baby, why can't I bring mine"? came into play. If I weren't a kind person I could answer that question for her but I'll leave it to this, pushing a vacuum and typing don't exactly require the same amount of childcare. That plus another event led to our Operations Manager telling me that I could absolutely not bring Nora to work with me anymore after this week...chirp...cry...chirp...cry...meltdown.
So this all happened Wednesday, so Wednesday night I worked on my resume and I had a meeting planned with my boss today. Well, when I went in to talk to him this morning I was under the assumption that I would work this week and next but they told me that they would pay me through the end of the month so I might as well just leave and use that time to look for a new job. Which, I really do appreciate. So that was it, today was my last day. It was very shocking, especially for my ministers who had NO idea this was going on and all my friends, who by the way I'm going to miss terribly.
In conclusion, I serve a Mighty God. A God that has never let me fall to the waist side, a God who has carried me through ever trial in life with great love and mercy. And with that kind of tract record I will not worry but only press on with grace and dignity. I feel very at peace and a bit relieved that all the hustle and bustle is done with. I'm going to try to find a position at a church that has a full time childcare and start putting Nora's name on waiting lists in the mean time. I think even if I did have Nora in full time childcare and I could go back to my old job, I wouldn't. As much as I love the people I worked with I feel like I need more flexibility. Nora is going to stay where she is for now - I love her teachers dearly and I don't want to move her but of course, we'll do what we have to.
We're keeping our heads up at the Hardy household and looking forward to our beach trip next week. Nora has exactly 1 million cute new outfits to wear.
I'll leave you with how we handle problems in our house:
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Wow. I had no idea - wow. I knew I hadn't seen you around, but my days have been chaotic and eventful with my son having the flu and pneumonia. Best wishes, and maybe we can do lunch???
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