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I started my own day care this year. I was be friend by another owner who lives in the next town over. Anyway, at first, I thought she was a bit needy and the friendship was a bit one sided with me being the better friend. For example, I would give her ideas or materials. She had more experience and gave GREAT advice. I put up with her less desirable traits. It was also nice to have someone to talk to and go out with who gets it. We're both certified teachers. She got fired from her job. I used to work at a private school, but quit because I would make more money working from home. Well, this year she got a job in a different public school. She will be making slightly more than me, but will doing a lot better because she has free health insurance. I have to pay for mine and my daughter's because DH's job will only pay for my daughter's and mine if I work less than a certain amount of hours. We can't get by like that. She kept boosting about it. I told her the last time I saw her face to face, "I'm very glad you got a job, because I could tell you didn't enjoy doing daycare (she never told me this and it WAS NOT a did. I could just tell). Not everyone can land a job with free health benefits". She seemed ok. We kept having a good time. Then, I talked to her on the phone a few weeks later. She seemed quiet, but I think she was stressed she had lot of things to do for her job. This was in August. She asked me about a child I had. More so about the mom. I knew why she ask, because she's a teacher in the school she was going to be working at. I played the dumb card. She said 'Tell me as much as you can about Jane Smith (not her real name), because she's going to be the nice principal". I said "I wish I could, but I don't know much about her". She kept trying to get me to answer things I knew, but didn't want to due to confidentiality but played it off like I didn't know. I called her this Thursday to wish her good luck on her first day. It said the number was disconnected. She either changed her number or blocked me. I had a friend call her day care line and it's still in service. My friend asked her about enrolling a child and she said she doesn't do that anymore. My friend asked if she knew any other centers, as she had said she would refer people to me, and she said no. 
I'm very tempted to call her number. I'm not sure if I should or what I should say. I also have her email.
I'm very tempted to call her number. I'm not sure if I should or what I should say. I also have her email.
....this!
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