Nothing could just be easy.

 Which is fine, really… usually things that are easy to get, aren’t worth getting.

But for goodness’ sakes. If I could just catch a break once, in SOME area of my life, EVER, that’d be great. 

I found a daycare for Milo, I know three of the employees either from Open Arms or through friends, and I’m familiar with the building because I worked there when Kasin was a baby, but it was owned and operated by someone else at the time. I wouldn’t have put him there if it was still the same person. HA! 

Anyways, I need to go in and reserve his spot, I have to fill out papers, copy his immunization records, and pay the $50 registration fee. They also need an authorization from CCA, which is the state program that helps pay for daycare when you’re in school or if you’re poor as hell, we qualify for both of those. Haha! And so, I submitted a million documents proving my schedule and my need for the care to be covered, etc, but they are saying I need NEW documents on UAF letter head, and I need the official schedules ALTERED JUST FOR ME, or they wont count, because the times/dates for the classes say TBA. That’s because they vary, it’s not like "Mon and Wed we have class at 1045am" it’s just a few nights each month for a few hours.

So I had to email my advisor at UAF and beg her to make me a letter that lists each class and the times of the meetings for each one, as well as stating ON LETTER HEAD, that I am REQUIRED to complete this internship for my degree and that I will be expected to be at my intern school from 830-4 every day of the week, including teacher work days and inservices. 

Mind you, I already turned in a letter that states all of this, but it’s not on official UAF letter head. For crying out LOUD.

Also, Job is going to be going home to Washington a week early. That means I’m losing out on another $150. Actually, $175, because she shorted me for this week because he won’t be here on Friday. Fabulous.

On the up, I ended up getting Kalli for two weeks, and Im really glad Job is leaving, because he drives me INSANE. I’m getting $200 for Kalli to hang out, 4 days a week for 2 weeks. AND I love her! 

But, total in loss of income for July, $650.00 between Jackson and Job. ARGH.

Also the RHCP concert/road trip is coming up, and I’m having a hell of a time finding anyone to watch Milo, because everyone has jobs. I was hoping to have him set up for daycare by the time the concert happened, but if Ross works late he won’t be able to get him on time, and now Ross is talking about taking Tue and Wed off that week (the concert is on Tues, ridiculous.) which would probably mean losing about 18 hours on his paycheck. Eff that. The whole reason he didnt get a ticket for the concert was he didnt want to take the time off work, but now it sounds like he DOES want to take the time off and spend it with Milo, so that’s… nice, except we really need the money.

I’m meeting my mentor teacher on Friday. Did I mention this part? Her name is Mrs. Thurman, and she works at a school that is nowhere near my house, and she teaches 6th grade. That means I’ll be teaching 6th grade for a whole year. Which is the OPPOSITE of what I wanted and asked for. A bunch of interns from last year told me that they tend to give you the opposite of what you ask for, because they want to take you out of your comfort zone and give you a challenge. UHMM.. eff you. I hate it. I don’t want 6th graders. SIGH.. whatever, I’ve heard that Mrs. T is a GREAT teacher, although one of the interns from last year told me she’s reallllly intense and expects her interns to basically be shown something one time and then do it themselves for the rest of the year.. like, she’ll show you how to teach the math lessons, and then you teach the math lessons for the rest of the year. This is just HER idea, not what UAF requires, but I have to just do what she says cuz she’s my mentor. So, that sounds exciting…. and slightly horrifying. 

It also sounds like I am not going to get Milo into HeadStart, the free preschool program we applied for. They have a bit of a wait list, and the start date when kids will move up out of the Early HeadStart into the PreK program and open up spots for him is Sept4th, which is not in time for me. So. Scratch that.

It sounds like our daycare co-pay with CCA will be about $200-$250. They’re counting Corey’s 6 child support checks and averaging them out, saying we get like, $350/mo.. which we dont. But okay. I havent gotten anything since the beginning of June, but since we got checks for two months in a row, they are counting it like we always get them. Which we genuinely dont. She said if I go a whole month without any checks, I can call and they will adjust the average. sSiiiigggHh. 

Alright, I should go, I’m stressing so hard right now. Milo has been sleeping like crap, waking up and crying for me, saying his tummy hurts, asking for books or water in the middle of the night, etc. I thought we were over this waking-up-at-night crap. UGH… Im hating it. At least it keeps him from peeing his bed, because once he’s up he asks to go potty. He got up at basically 5:05am this morning. I’m wiped. I didn’t fall asleep till close to 2 and he started waking up at 4. I need a nap.

I also need to write a two page essay explaining my teaching philosophy, to give to my mentor teacher when we meet on Friday. I’m also supposed to prepare questions for her, but I have no idea what to ask.. God help me. OH, one more thing, the mentor teacher’s oldest child will be in our class. UHM… really? YEAH, really. Eff.

~Me