Breaking Up is Hard to Do!

Err...Where to start?

Yesterday I left work at like 4:57. I need to drop off some paper's at the boss's (my uncle's) house. No big deal. I left there at 5:05. I arrived at the babysitters at approximately 5:13. When I go inside Camden is sitting in the floor crying. Not a big deal.

Then the fun started. I can't remember that much from this point on. She tells me that she can't do after 5 o'clock and that she needed to leave 15 minutes ago to be somewhere. WTF!?! She also said that I told her I got off work at 4:30. Don't recall that. If I got off at 4:30 I would have been there at 4:35 EVERYDAY to pick him up. I'm the type of mom that wants to spend every second of every day with their child. I have been leaving work at 5 for the past 2 months to pick him up on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and now she decides she can't do after 5? I am speechless. I told her that I knew I had to have him picked up early on Thursdays when she kept him and that the 5 o'clock pick time had never been mentioned (nor a problem) for the prior 2 months. Not to mention the fact that when I picked him up on Tuesday the other kids she babysat were still there and that was at 5:15. As I was leaving she said see you tomorrow. I didn't say a word. (Those who know me well, know that it isn't easy for me to hide my anger.)

When I left I called my sister, and I was in tears. I feel like this babysitter has looked at Camden as a paycheck and has never really gotten that close to him. I had actually already been debating pulling him out of there as it was and this had pushed me over the edge. If I were to leave work 30 minutes early everyday that would take away enough money to pay for more than one day of babysitting.

When I had arrived home I had a message on my answering machine waiting. It was from the babysitter. She told me that she would watch Camden until the end of February to give me time to find a new babysitter and that she wasn't going to babysit on "tense" terms. If she continued to watch him I had to have him picked up by 5.

I made a few calls and found someone to watch Cam for me, so I called and left a message on her answering machine. I told her that I didn't need until the end of February, I had already found someone else and to let me know when I could come and get Camden's stuff. I still haven't heard anything.

Did I over react? It seems so hard to find babysitters that you genuinely like. I know Camden will be taken care of now, because a relative is watching him. The only downfall is that there are no other kids there, and he LOVES other kids. Last night was horrible. I cried, got a headache, and went to bed by 8:30. I just want him to be taken care of and loved. Perhaps I won't go back to work as planned when this temporary job is over.