Originally Posted by CountryRoads:
While I try to focus on the positives on this job, it's easy to just see the negatives.
My son starts an activity next week, and I'm unable to drop him off or pick him up. My kids miss out on swimming lessons this year...again. They are missing out on every summer sport activity. I have no clue how I'm going to get our 4 year old to and from preschool next year.
Just in a funk, I guess. Can't wait for the day I don't need to care for other peoples kids and I can have a little bit of freedom.
It's definitely a drawback when you cannot find another way to get your own kiddos somewhere.
Definitely search and see if you can find some alternative transportation for your own so they can engage in summer activities too.
It used to bother me when dcps would take their vacations, rave about the glorious places they went and fun things their kids got to do, while we stayed home and my own kids had another summer in dc.
That was before I started charging 52 weeks a year.
Operating a dc definitely has its pros and cons, much like any other job.