My daycare dilemma is solved and I feel confident that we have found someone great. After a few quick visits, I dropped Ives off for her first day yesterday and she didn't even bat an eye as I walked away. She is the only girl amongst four little boys and apparently they are smitten with her. What's not to love!!!
Although I feel great about our new home, I am dealing with some garbage from the last. Here are the details of the situation and then I'll tell you where I take issue.
-We were given two weeks notice of her shutting her doors, but we were expected to give a months notice or lose our money.
-When we signed our contract she wanted a ten month commitment from us, and in that 10 months she was to take one week of vacation (paid).
-Last week, the week that she quit, she informed me that this week I would have to pick Ivy up at 4:30 not 5 because she had swimming lessons with her boys. Her hours are 7-5. Plus last Thursday, she shut her doors at noon, only telling us the day before.
-The list goes on as far as me keeping Ivy home when she(Jasmine) was sick, numerous early pick ups putting us in a pinch, and times when her MIL would watch the kids for an hour here or there so that she could go to appointments.
I feel like I was more than accommodating on more than one occasion, always kind, and never demanding.
Now here's what's happening. She gave me two and a half weeks notice last Wednesday (Aug.3rd) and Ivy continued there for the remainder of that week while I frantically tried to solve the problem. On Saturday morning (Aug.6th) I called her and told her that Ivy would not be returning on the 8th, but that I was sad about it. Unfortunately, I would lose this spot if I didn't take it immediately. I set up a time to come get all of Ivy's supplies which was last night after work. When I got there we made small talk and then I asked what we were going to do about the cheque for the month of August that she had cashed ($700). She said that she would refund the last 8 days of the month, but she was open till the 19th so she was keeping my money (as if Ives was there) until that date. So technically, there is $300 in question. I know it's not that much money, but where I take issue is that she just took her week of holidays and then quit on me the very next day. So really, it is $450 (or 3 weeks) that she won't have Ivy. Plus, I feel like if you expect a month out of me, then I expect a month out of you.
An even longer story short is that it got ugly between the two of us last night. At first she told me that she doesn't have to start her new job until a week later, so she is extending her notice date by a week (I don't think so). Then she told me that if I wanted a month notice, she's telling me now and that she'll start her job later (BS). Plus she told me that she didn't have to give me any notice if she didn't want to, which really pissed me off. I did use some choice words that I regret today, but honestly, I'm pretty ticked. The kicker was that she wouldn't let me see the contract that I signed for her. I demanded that she have a copy of it for me after work today. I'm sending my hubby there to deal with it. I wanted her to meet me in the middle. I'll pay you for one more week that Ivy will not be attending, and you refund me the rest. She said NO.
Believe me, I can walk away from the $300 without shedding a tear, but she is fully screwing me and that's what makes me mad. Where do you stand on this situation? Maybe I'm being the crazy one.