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[quote=Anonymous]Originally I was asked to work on NYE for the family that I work for PT and live with. I wasn't sure that I wanted to work that night, and before I gave an answer, they found another person to take care of the kids for the night. Problem solved, or so I thought.

I just got an email asking if I was available for tomorrow night. I wasn't planning on staying out late as I have been very tired lately and was just going to go out for a few hours early on then come home and enjoy the rest of the night with no one home. I actually worked last night, and the one child that was here was a pain to get to go to sleep. I would not be looking forward to doing that AGAIN tomorrow night, nor deal with the other child that would want to stay up later due to it being NYE (and sometimes his mom just lets him stay up late anyways).

So I am unsure of what to do. The part of the evening with the kids I wouldn't mind would be the hours that I want to go out. Or if I could go out and then come home once they were already heading to bed, I would be fine to take over from that time on. BUT, the reason the mom needs me is she is going out to a concert and would need someone from about 6pm-3am the earliest. If I turn down working for her, then that means she can't go at all anymore, and I would feel like crap coming home at 10pm. It is not a situation where I can lie about how long I am going to be gone for since I live with them and she will hear when I come home. I think if I hadn't just done the late night with the one kid last night, that I wouldn't have had a problem doing NYE, as my plans are not really that important.

So what should I say to her about tomorrow night? Should I just say that I plan on being out until around midnight, but then just come home earlier saying that I was too tired to stay out later? I hate lying, but I know that she will be disappointed to not go to the concert tomorrow night if I can't work. She has had tickets for months now, and had a really big night planned.[/quote]

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