Who in this Forum is in a "Closing Countdown"?

[Play Care]

It sounds like the right choice for you. Good luck!

I have chosen a retirement date of June 6 as that is when my license is due to be renewed and it is the last day of school here and I have a teacher's child so it will be a good day to retire. (how was that for a run on sentence? :Haven't told parents yet.

Laurel

I'll be sad! I feel like I've known you for years!:: (counting when I started out at Punky's ) But good for you! Will you still watch your grand kids on occasion?

[Laurel]

I'll be sad! I feel like I've known you for years!:: (counting when I started out at Punky's ) But good for you! Will you still watch your grand kids on occasion?

Awww, that is so sweet. Thank you! Yes, I feel like I've known you for years too!

So far I plan to watch my grandson two days a week still. He is three so my daughter is planning to put him in a Montessori preschool 3 days a week. But now on the two days I watch him I can do things I couldn't do while I was watching others. I never transported but now my grandson and I can go out in the community and do things. He also doesn't have to share his grandma.

Laurel

[Unregistered]

Logged out for privacy on this one. I was in the planning stages of ending my home daycare career. 25+ years. I was looking forward to maybe doing something part time outside of the home. My current part time assistant is my 25 year old single daughter. She is a nanny on the other days. She was planning on moving back home in August when her current lease on her apartment is over. Finances are really tight for her and student loans are killing her. She has recently informed me that I am going to be a grandmother. Ugh. Now there is no way for me to stop now. She needs this job so she can spend as much time with the baby as she can. And even if she were able to find another job, she wouldn't be able to afford child care. I am tired.

[Msdunny]

I have decided after four short years to close at the end of the month when my license expires. I feel a little bad because I feel like the families that I have now would stick with me until their kids went to school. (years!) But, mostly, I just feel relief. I have been so stressed out with my own family, and grown kids, that I feel like I've totally lost sight of why I started doing daycare in the first place. I just want to go to a job....and come home...and not have to discipline, change, feed, clean up after....children that aren't my own. I haven't decided where I will go to work but the thought of doing something different makes me feel so happy that it has to be the right choice. happyface

This is me, almost to a 't', but I did put in my application with our local school system over the weekend. If I an get an Assistant or support staff position, I will be closing this summer.

[craftymissbeth]

I'll be closing at the end of May. I'm still going to have my nephews, though, since I can operate unlicensed with related children. I may reapply later in the year, but for now I'm just done.

I think I'm going to self publish a novel... I've always loved writing.

[Blackcat31]

I'll be closing at the end of May. I'm still going to have my nephews, though, since I can operate unlicensed with related children. I may reapply later in the year, but for now I'm just done.

I think I'm going to self publish a novel... I've always loved writing.

Wait..... weren't you just applying for a group license?

Now you are quitting???? :confused:

[craftymissbeth]

Wait..... weren't you just applying for a group license?

Now you are quitting???? :confused:

Yeah my licensor and the state are sticking to their story... I either have to hire an assistant or get rid of all children younger than 2 1/2 which would be two out of my three dck's. Neither works for me so it's time to move on.

Apparently just keeping my regular license isn't an option for some reason.

I might reapply for a license at some point in the future, but for now I'm just done with the people in this town.

[Blackcat31]

Yeah my licensor and the state are sticking to their story... I either have to hire an assistant or get rid of all children younger than 2 1/2 which would be two out of my three dck's. Neither works for me so it's time to move on.

Apparently just keeping my regular license isn't an option for some reason.

I might reapply for a license at some point in the future, but for now I'm just done with the people in this town.

Aw, I'm sorry.

Hoping new opportunities arise from this.

[Laurel]

I am retiring on June 6th. Probably will be watching 2 grandchildren till school starts in September though. Not sure about that though.

Laurel

[mrsp'slilpeeps]

Well the decision has been made. I will be closing my day home August 31, 2015.

It has been a very hard year for me, and I can honestly say that my heart truly isn't in it any more.

I have applied to go back to school, to train as a hospital unit clerk and I can start studying any time. Some of it is online and some of it is in the class room. happyface

I have 48 Days (not including the weekends!!) left to go.