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![]() My entire life seems to be my job. I dream about it every night. :rolleyes: |
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![]() Anyone else doing a "Spring Break" this year? We usually only close for Good Friday, but this year we decided we needed a freaking break! We're off from the 1st through the 5th and I am taking a MUCH... |
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![]() Got my second Pfizer dose yesterday, and let me tell you, I feel like I got hit by a bus today. I had a dull headache that started about 3 hours after the injection and got worse throughout last... |
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![]() Ever since my last term, the remaining parents have been SUPER appreciative over everything. Guess word travels fast when most of them work together :lol: |
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![]() My family is Irish. DCF's probably not so much but we'll take any reason to celebrate here! |
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![]() For the first year ever, EVERY kid in our center showed up in green today for our St. Patty's party!! happyface They are all so excited and sweet today. |
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![]() Yeah, they're kind of the types that like to milk things though so not sure if they were actually as dramatically sick as they made it sound lol. Neither of them told me symptoms. Just that they were... |
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![]() I got my first dose on feb 25th, earlier than my two coworkers, who just got theirs this past Friday. They were apparently both sick allll weekend. Nothing happened to me with mine though. I do wish... |
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![]() This week has gone by so fast... how is it already Thursday? Not ~really~ complaining about it almost being the weekend, but I feel like I have accomplished like NOTHING this week. |
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![]() My arm is sore as heck today, and it happens to be my baby carrying arm-so thats fun, but 2 of my 4 babies are leaving early today so that works out! happyface Other than the sore arm, I have no... |
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![]() Just got my first dose at 12:30! Funniest thing about it was when I got to my appointment, and it was my turn, I ended up being vaccinated by a working DCM! :lol: I can't escape work anywhere. |
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![]() My first dose is officially scheduled for tomorrow! happyface |
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![]() Oh, I simply responded "I apologize for the misunderstanding and if I made you feel any type of way, that wasn't my intention at all! Best of luck in your search, I hope you find the perfect place... |
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![]() Messaged a potential DCM this morning at 8am attempting to confirm that she was still coming for her tour today, like I always do. She read the message and it showed that she read it, but no... |
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![]() It's -2* here today and actually feels like -2* and not less! It's supposed to be no colder than -6* all week and moving up into the 30's next week! |
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![]() Not trying to make fun of this situation, but I'm in North Dakota and we haven't even gotten a snow day this year! I can't believe the southern states are taking our nasty weather from us! We've... |
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![]() I had said way earlier in this thread (I think :confused: ) that I should be able to get the vaccine in a couple weeks time... here we are probably a month or so later (I'm not gonna look at when I... |
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![]() I spent up until an hour ago thinking it was Friday somehow?? Ugh :rolleyes: |
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CenterTeacher20
![]() Weird! In North Dakota, childcare staff are prioritized BEFORE K12. I'm only 24, but I'm getting it asap. |
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CenterTeacher20
![]() Yep, we follow public schools as well. If they are closed, so are we! If they close early, we close early. Send those kiddos home asap! :hug: |
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![]() I use CBD for anxiety and body pain. The only thing I look out for is making sure I'm using marijuana-derived CBD rather than hemp-derived CBD. Everything CBD you find outside of a dispensary will be... |
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![]() I'm seriously crossing my fingers for a snow day tomorrow. I need it |
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CenterTeacher20
![]() And repping Essentia Health! Wooo! Love to see it! |
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CenterTeacher20
![]() My go-to drink is fireball and angry orchard, never realized it was called "Angry Balls" :lol: I drink my bottle of angry orchard down to the base of the neck and fill to the top with fireball lol |
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![]() One week from today will be my last day of work before a 6 day break. I am so ready for it. |
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![]() Waaaaait- like a daycare forum secret santa?! Let me know if it happens! That sounds awesome! |
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CenterTeacher20
![]() We have a grant in ND called the CEOG, basically they pay you a certain amount per child per your max capacity that you are allowed for children in your care. We're allowed in our space with our... |
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![]() My update! - Still open! - We've had multiple kids out due to positive exposures, who received negative tests after being excluded, only 2 five-day closures due to direct positives in our center... |
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![]() You guys... I termed my problem family today. Unruly kids, and the most entitled parents ever. I'm washed with relief right now! |
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![]() He tested negative! happyface So its more than likely just his asthma and another bug. He has improved dramatically and will more than likely be back tomorrow! :) |
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![]() Nothing for sure yet, he did end up with a little fever last night which he didn't have initially, but with multiple nebulizer treatments he has been able to stay home and been improving a bit... |
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![]() Oh, btw this fam isn't an essential healthcare worker. According to her fake letter, she is considered an "essential off-site employee, who serves as an emergency back-up Public Information Officer... |
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![]() Luckily the rules are actually mine to make as director, anyone awaiting test results do have to stay home thankfully, but according to licensing we cant notify families when somebody is out awaiting... |
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![]() My full time kindergartener distance learner has asthma. Its something that he has always dealt with. He was totally fine yesterday. Got a text from his mom last night at 12:15 letting me know that... |
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CenterTeacher20
![]() Following for answers, but in my case, its a 2 year old. She turned 2 in September. |
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![]() Ugh our food catering service's menu items are getting more and more bland. Gonna have to live with it though, since we don't have a kitchen :rolleyes: |
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![]() The burnout is REAL. In my state when a parent tests positive, we still have to wait for the kids result to come back before we can close. I'm worried with this one. This is one of the kids who is... |
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![]() I may not be a Trump supporter, but I didn't mention him at all. Not sure why that was warranted. |
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CenterTeacher20
![]() If we do not have an opening for the specific age of the child of the family interested, we are not offering tours (interviews). If we are trying to fill a spot, we offer tours (interviews) after... |
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![]() I mean, there are multiple situations at this point where people have contracted it a second time. I'm sure its because the virus is mutating. I don't see large immunity happening until there is a... |
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![]() Oh, I forgot to mention, on top of the poorly handled COVID in our state, all of our schools (in my county anyway, the county with the highest case count) are moving from 2 days a week hybrid with... |
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![]() The governor of my state just announced that our hospitals are at 100% capacity, yet won't issue a mask mandate. He also called off contact tracing, and told us that it is now the positive... |
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![]() North Dakota here, numbers also surging like crazy. I agree with everyone, I'm nervous. Sooner or later my center will have a shutdown from COVID and I'm gonna be so upset if its because people... |
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![]() Oh! And now that we have school agers at school during some days each week and here on other days, we have no idea who the heck they've been exposed to and were already hesitant on letting them come... |
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![]() No, we aren't. However, 90% of our daycare parents are working on the frontlines of this pandemic and are screeners at testing events, working in the COVID units at hospitals, etc... we take temps... |
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![]() Thank you guys! I didn't even realize I could use it on other parts of the body :lol: |
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![]() Has anyone else been having issues with their no-touch thermometers since the weather has been getting colder? Now, kids either come in with hats on and their temp initially is above 100 just because... |
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![]() Annual re-licensing is done for the year!!!! happyface |
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![]() Same to ALL of this. Only difference is I'm in frigid ND. Hey neighbor! :lol: |
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![]() I cant today. I just cant. My coworker who was not due to give birth until 2 weeks from now, gave birth while I was sleeping on the one night I happened to go to sleep early for once.... so I didn't... |
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![]() Me to a group of 3 to 5yos: Are you all so excited for Halloween? All of them: YEAAAHHH! DCB4yo: Halloween is a holiday I know that Freshly-turned 3yo: Ya its a merry christmas :lol: |
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![]() Did I miss something?! What's going on with BlackCat?! :( |
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![]() I watched the whole thing and the after-show that happened on CNN and all of it just left me frustrated. |
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![]() We ask each family 4 screening questions verbally at the door each morning as well as temp checks. We aren't required to. But we are a small center full of healthcare workers children so I'd rather... |
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![]() Bad storm. Power's been out at our center since 10:30, sent out a text asking people who can to please come pick up their kids but we are staying open through nap time without power... we had already... |
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![]() In my state we are required to have a copy OR initial that we verified and looked at the original birth certificate during the enrollment process. Totally didn't realize that wasn't normal everywhere! |
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![]() Half-full bottle of vodka about ten years ago back when we were a drop-in only center. That mom was a complete sh*tshow and we already knew it before that happened. Thaey never came back after that... |
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![]() I've actively engaged in protests in my city but have been wearing a mask and keeping 6 feet from people not in my group... I'd say it is up to you. Minneapolis is definitely a whole different story... |
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![]() Same here, the two days the sun was out this past week, it'd been so sticky icky humid. I've slightly woken up, but only because one of our DCM's brought us donuts. Little sugar to start the day.... |
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![]() Is anyone else just incapable of waking up today? I've been awake since 6am, working since 7:30 and its now 9:10 and I am seriously having a hard time energizing. Coffee isn't even working :confused: |
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![]() The day has come! Our last day of distance learning! Yay! |
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![]() I'm just seriously sick of trying to stay organized and keep up with zoom meetings for 5 kids who are all in different grades :rolleyes: the distance learning is annoying enough when each kid has... |
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![]() Last week of distance learning with our school agers! I already feel relieved and its only Monday. Looking forward to a much-earned 3-day weekend coming up! And then one more week of "school" for... |
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![]() Is the weather in anyone else's area being insanely bipolar? Mid-April we had a snowstorm (after we had cleared out whole playground of snow :rolleyes: ), then the weather warmed up into the 60's and... |
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![]() My mind is just not in it this week. I'm sick of distance-learning and school agers. :dislike: Two more weeks of this. |
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CenterTeacher20
![]() Yeah I live in the big metro area in my state, there are going to be new guidelines for physical distancing. I just hope everyone's smart about it. |
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![]() Our governor is allowing bars, restaurants, stores, etc. to open this weekend. :confused::eek: My state is NOT ready for this!!! |
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CenterTeacher20
![]() yes just clicked it and thats exactly who i thought it was. chris mann is HILARIOUS! :lol: |
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![]() sorry didn't click it. is it the one by chris mann?? he's put up so many funny videos including an allanis morrisette video called "thank you frontline" that made me BAWL!! but was so good |
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![]() This is mine and my mom's (she owns the center that I direct) biggest pet peeve too!!! Outside of business hours, whenever we are at each others' places and one of us asks the other person to help... |
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![]() What's everyone doing to celebrate today while social-distancing? I made egg-bakes and banana bread (spiced cream cheese AND nutella swirl) and dropped them off at my parents doorstep and boyfriend's... |
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![]() We close Good Friday and Easter Monday since none of us ever close for vacation. It's in our handbook though so no one gets upset about it. |
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![]() First scare currently happening- a DCG (18 most) dad's coworker tested positive, so dad had to get tested yesterday evening in one of the drive-thru testing places. So she's currently excluded until... |
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![]() It's been a quiet and relaxing day, so its not all bad. :) |
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![]() We stayed open and I got my car stuck at a stoplight 5 minutes from work. :rolleyes: Just for only 4 families to show up for the day! Bleh |
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![]() I'm so exhausted from putting together at-home structure/learning plans and staying after closing to explain them and go over them with families every day this week, one family each day so they can... |
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![]() The school-agers here are officially going stir-crazy. How come school agers cant seem to entertain themselves no matter how many options they have?! I've started telling them to go read their books... |