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Does anyone else feel SO overwhelmed right now? BECAUSE I DO! School is so close to coming to an end, I'm in over my head with that, on top of it theres laundry, dishes, a messy house, cooking, and not to mention a little two-year old who seems to get into everything and make a mess of anything! I cannot wait until December 9th when I am FREEEEE! But then, the real stress begins because I have yet to find a job, and we all know with subsidy you get your three months and then bam that's it, see ya later! If I lose my daycare I will be SCREWED because apparently, once they pass into the preschool age (Akeira will be there in a couple months), there is VERY limited funding and spaces, so I'm scared.  Not to mention we're thinking about moving, and then I have to look into new daycares, as well as new apartments, and I dont even want to keep talking about this because my head is spinning.
Has anyone ever had trouble with their daycares? My bf and I were TWO F-ING minutes late the other day picking up baby girl (and I called to warn them), yet we were force to pay a whopping FIFTEEN DOLLARS. how ridiculous is that? When i know MANY of my friends and a daycare centre I used to volunteer at that dont enforce late fees at all, like really TWO MINUTES? Still VERY upset over that, if it was easy to change daycares believe me I would up and leave that one in a SECOND.
My friend also told me a story the other day about how she sent her son with his brand new winter coat to daycare, and the staff managed to break the zipper on the first day. I mean COME ON!! We dont need MORE expenses to pay on top of what we already have to pay in our lives... This is a serious rant Im just pissed and my school work is making my head hurt right now so this may not even make any sense. Back to school stuff, a bunch of my classes are literally falling apart (one was a complete mishap with a sick prof and then the TA trying to put the class back together again after that and after department and institutional barriers for our course), but another is just pure nonsense, the prof not having any idea about anything, the students all confused, no one has learned anything and this was a course i had heard great things about when it was taught by other people.  This is my last semester of undergrad and I guess i had high expectations, but then all of my classes seem to be managing to piss me off - with date changes, assignment changes and etc at the last minute - this is NOT fair to us.
ANYWAYS, that was a lot, but everyone feel free to add or comment if you have similar piss-off things on your mind!

Balancing Act

How many young moms and dads are trying to juggle way too many things at once?  Kids, taking care of your home, school, work, friends, family, etc etc and the list goes on and on.. I find it EXTREMELY hard to set aside time for myself, I find myself neglecting me very often.  However, there is still that negative connotation of young parents as being lazy, that horrible term "welfare mommies", bad parents , neglectful, and always out partying/drinking rather than taking care of their kids.  I resent these views SO much, being a mom who is trying to juggle so many things at once, I hate that I always have to deal with those negative stereotypes and comments I've heard in the past here and there.  I work hard, I am tired ALL the time, I never get to "pamper" myself anymore, buy myself nice clothes, or even hang out with friends.  Between my daughter, school, and housework, I am constantly busy, over loaded with work, and exhausted.  Not to mention the lack of social service programs there are out there for young parents or single parents, it's really hard to find adequate support that we so greatly need.  Speaking of which though, there is a sign outside my daycare saying they are opening this "Jane Street Hub" not too far from me, which will apparently be a drop-in center for parents in the area, doctors/dentists etc, play area, counselling, and all other sorts of great resources.  THIS is what I am talking about.  I was so happy to see this poster up.  Anyways, thats what I'm thinking right now.  Any thoughts?

First Rant - CHILDCARE!

How many of you have had to/are currently dealing with subsidy or daycare issues?  Subsidy is ridicously hard to come by; not to mention all of the cuts they made this past summer - there is a serious issue with lack of funding, especially in areas of Toronto that need it most.  I know of too many mothers who are trying to start school, or work, but who can't get subsidy, or are told their child is so old that there is a two year wait, or who can't find a spot in a decent daycare.  This should not be happening! A lot of us may be young mothers, single mothers, whatever the case may be, and access to childcare and funding is what we need in order to succeed, get off of government assistance for those on it, get out of public housing, build equity, and just build a future for us and our children.  Why can the government not see it like that?  This is what I don't get - they WANT all of the mothers to get off welfare, but then they don't offer enough funding for subsidy (not to mention the strict rules - you must be working for 2 weeks to get subsidy, how the hell can you do that if you dont have childcare????, or the letters that keep getting sent to my daycare threatening to remove my child from subsidy because I'm a DAY LATE in sending in my proof of enrollement, like really??), so therefore, if there isn't enough funding for susbsidy, thousands of moms are forced to remain on welfare until their child is school age so that they can go to school finally.  How does this make sense - I don't think the government has thought about their subsidy cuts in this way.  Not to mention the fact that once you are in daycare and have funding, if you are a minute late, at most daycares, thats gonna cost you a dollar! And what if you have to be at work at 7am, but your daycare doesn't open till then, or what if you have to work until 6pm but that's when your daycare closes?  In our city, there are VERY few daycares that are available evenings or weekends, they have extremely long waitlists, and most do not accept subsidy.  Why is it becoming so impossible for young mothers, or fathers, to work, or complete their school? There is a serious need for more government attention on daycare availability, and subsidy funding!!