When's It Time to Walk Away?

Well, folks, I've been down this road before. I'm pretty sure everyone has been there numerous times before. I know I have. When is it time to walk away? As most of you know I work at a daycare, not saying where specifically, for hopefully obvious reasons. I've worked at daycares for as long as I can remember. Where I'm working right now I haven't even worked there a full year and I think the time has come to put all of this daycare stuff to rest. As much as I love working with children and getting to play 80% of my day...it's time for a new adult job.

What has brought on this sudden interest in change? The simple fact that I'm sick of it. I have these feelings from time to time, but it hit be like a brick yesterday, that this is it. This is my last stretch. It's time to put down this career choice and pick up a new one that may actually pay much better and allow me to use my degree. I've also been treated like everyone's bitch over the past week and a half. As much as I like being out of my own classroom from time to time to break things up, I don't like it every single day. Why am I lesson planning and cutting out art when I'm not even going to be with my own kids? And you put in the newbie instead of me? It isn't fair. But I can't sit here and complain about that, since it's really out of my control. As much as it sucks. Besides the fact that my hours are being cut. I have the opening shift, but most of the time I'm leaving by 1 instead of 2.Obviously, that's what hurts the most. I need the money, but I can't stay to get the hours. Today I was kitchen lady and that means, clean dishes, prepare lunch and snack. We also got a load of supplies in today which was a lot of boxes to open and product to put away. Of course I had to do it all alone. I also had to get a list of other random stuff done. This isn't what I signed up for. I also got a complaint from another teacher that the meatloaf was cold. I told her it was in for an hour I checked to make sure it was warm enough and it was. I apologized and asked her if she wanted me to take it back and heat it up some more. She said no I guess it will be fine. I honestly, don't understand whats happening these days at work, but I'm getting sick of being pushed out of my room. I shouldn't be the one who has to do it all the time. And so I've come to the conclusion...it's time to walk away.


Peace&Love
~L