It’s times like this that I wish I was rich. Heck, I don’t even need to be filthy rich. Just average rich would be outstanding. I’ve heard people say that rich people just have a different set of problems. Well, I’m ready to try those out for awhile. If I could just find a way to work my way in to that economic demographic.
Lately we’ve been really anguishing over our daughter being in daycare. She’s only been in there about 2 months or so, but I can tell you that they haven’t been our favorite 2 months. Between the extra driving to drop her off and pick her up, the endless colds/sicknesses she’s had since we put her in there and the crappy care she’s received at the daycare, we are really taking a hard look at whether it’s worth it.
We originally put her in daycare and had my wife go back to work so that we would have the cash to finish the lake house that we bought a couple months ago. We really didn’t want to take on any extra debt to finish it so the only real solution we could come up with was having my wife work. Having the extra money has made a huge difference in our ability to work on the house. We have roofed it, built the deck, installed garage doors and a bunch of other stuff. All this has been done with cash. It’s a great feeling to see the place come together and see our debt (money we borrowed to buy the place) go down. Since we don’t have any other debt other than our mortgage/equity line debt, it hasn’t been a problem paying for the second house on one salary. We just needed her money to buy the materials.
Well, all that is in question now. We are considering having my wife stay home and we’ll just take a lot longer finishing the place. Now that the roof is on, we really just need to get the siding done and we can slow waaaay down.
Through all of this, I find myself wanting to thank my daughter a whole bunch. She has been such a good sport about it all. She has had to adjust to being in a daycare, deal with being sick almost continually, and her whole routine has been turned completely upside down. I don’t think she has smiled any less than she did before though. She has taken it like a champ.
So, as you can see. It’s been kind of a stressful experience at our house. The next few weeks should be interesting as we explore other options.