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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here and thank you so much, everyone!  I do need to check my diet and I could focus on losing a couple pounds.  I do take my charge to two morning story times at the library, one Parent & Me class and a Music Together class.  We go to the park every afternoon (weather permitting).  So we are busy but maybe it is getting too routine for both of us.  I was thinking about switching one of them out for a gym class for him - I think he would enjoy it and it would be a nice change for me.

I will also look into a weekend away. [b] I hate to take any of my PTO just because my employers have no one else to cover for me.  [/b]

Again, thank you all so much for the suggestions!  I actually feel better just admitting that I am getting worn down a bit.  [/quote]

I just wanted to comment on this (I'm the pp MB who supported the mental health day concept.)   As an employer, I so appreciate the thoughtfulness about how tough it is to arrange backup coverage.  However, you have vacation and sick leave for a reason and your employers need to be prepared to allow you to use it.  Presumably they have leave also, even if they don't have other back-up care options.

Planning for the nanny to be out is infinitely easier when there is time to plan.  Try this, talk w/ your employers and say  "I'm going to plan a couple of things using a couple of my days off, but I want to try to schedule that so it's as manageable as possible for you.  What I'd like to do is use 2 or 3 of my vacation days in the next two months to create a couple of long weekends.  I'm flexible on dates so if you let me know which days/weekends would be easiest for you I will plan around that."

If they can't manage that then they are not doing their job as employers.  If you took that approach w/ me I would so happy to support you, and so appreciative that you were making it easy for me.[/quote]

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