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[quote=Anonymous]Our nanny suffered a sudden death in her family so called today to tell us she's leaving the country for 6 weeks.  We are working on interim arrangements, and have an agency we can use etc...  But I'm doing the math and this is going to be really hard.  We plan to maintain the nanny's salary even though she only has leave for about a third of the time she'll be away, so we have our regular expenses there, on top of which we'll be paying a temporary nanny a full 50 hours a week, taxes on that nanny as well since we'll exceed the annual compensation, and daily agency fees.

It's going to be a financial strain for sure, and an emotional/logistical one also.  So I guess I'm just venting a bit -  I don't really have a question.  Maintaining our nanny's salary is something we really want to do for her - she doesn't have a big financial cushion and she's been with us for more than 2 years, but when my husband and I immediately agreed that this is what we wanted to do we hadn't fully grasped the extent of the financials.  And I also know that no matter who we find to fill the gap it will be a tremendous amount more work for me - you can just step into the shoes of someone who's been in a job for 2 years.  So I'm feeling a little overwhelmed, and I'm ashamed to say that I'm also feeling a little bit sorry for myself - which is awful given the loss she experienced.  But 6 weeks on a couple of hours notice is tough to manage with as much grace as I'd like to be able to show.

But hey, if I'm going to show my worst then where better than DCUM right?!  (Is there an emoticon for "weak smile"?)

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