Time is not on my side

You just don't realize how much time you waste until you are keeping track of every minute of your day. I was emailing back and forth with the agency today, and I swear it took 15 minutes every time. Which added up to quite a bit of time I wasn't billing for.

So, yeah, I am dumping the agency. They simply couldn't manage to find a childcare provider who could find time to meet me before they picked up my kids on Thursday. It is shocking to me that anyone would agree to such a scenario, and I told them as much. I also told them that my primary need was for back-up care in similar situations, and that if they couldn't arrange for me to meet childcare providers beforehand, then their agency wasn't going to work for me. So now I am back to square one, and scrambling to cover for the end of this week.

The agency did come through with sitters for DH's party Saturday night and next Friday when our nanny will be unavailable again. I gave them an out, since I told them I would definitely not be joining and paying their membership fee, but they had already booked the girls, so at least those days are covered.

I think I will just tell work that I have an appointment Thursday afternoon and need to leave early. I don't think it will be a problem, and it's not really a fib. I do have an appointment--to pick up my kids from school. No need to go into details unless they ask. I'm supposed to be off early on Friday anyway, so hopefully everything will work out there. This is the part where it really sucks to have no family within 350 miles. (Although honestly, its worth the trade-off to keep my family 350 miles away!)

Now I need to go proof some memos that I drafted today. I had a raging headache (I think from dealing with the placement agency) and I left early. And by early I mean I left at 5:00.