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[quote=Anonymous]I work for a wonderful family.
I've been with them for 2 years.

About a month ago my MB was planning to take the kids and visit her sister in another state for the weekend.
I was supposed to dog-sit and I got paid $150 in addition to my regular check. I was supposed to be there Friday - Sunday.
On Friday morning I had my wisdom teeth taken out and then I basically drove straight to work so I could relax and not having to drive on strong meds I was about to take.
MB's other sister also came from a different state and they were all going to go together after the kids came back from school.
Long story short, my MB was running late, they ordered dinner, it started raining really hard and they decided to go on Saturday morning instead.
To make it worse, their pump for the septic broke and they needed to replace it ASAP, so nobody could use water.
I stayed overnight because I was already on pain meds.
Saturday morning one of the kids got sick and my MB's sister (the one they were going to visit) decided they should postpone, because she just had a baby a few months ago and didn't want a sick child around.
So I drove home on Saturday morning, forgot the pay and none of us brought it up.

Fast forward to this weekend.
My MB is surprising her bf with a trip to Florida for his birthday and I'm dog-sitting starting today (Friday) until Monday. MB's boyfriend has a dog, so I'm taking care of 3 dogs total. Her bf's dog and one of my MB's dogs don't get along sometimes and bark all the time, so I said I wanted to be paid extra for that dog. I think she took it as a joke when I told her a few days ago, because when she was paying me today, she was taken aback when I told her (I only asked her for an extra $75).
It was so chaotic this morning, she forgot to leave me money to get food. The fridge is empty and I have the kids that I have to figure out dinner for - for tonight and Sunday night.

So I texted her and said I was going to the store to get some things since we both forgot about the cash and she responded asking if we could use the dog-sitting money that she paid me a month ago when they were supposed to go out of state but canceled.

I haven't said anything back to her, because honestly I don't know what to say.
I want to be fair and obviously I don't want to keep the money for the hours I didn't work, but at the same time I feel like they already "booked me" for that weekend and I was there ready to stay the entire weekend, even in pain. So it was a last minute cancellation on her part, not mine.

I think I'm going to use that money for groceries and keep extra cash for when we need it, so she gets her money back this time.

But what should I do in the future?
What is a good way to go about last minute cancellations like that? What's fair for both sides?

I guess I need some ideas so I can talk to my MB about it. We definitely need a plan for the future so there are no hard feelings.
I honestly feel bad that she never mentioned it. My wisdom teeth healing process lasted more than 2 weeks and I honestly forgot she paid me for it.
And since she brought it up now, it must have been on her mind. I wish she had told me before. And I can't help but think she brought it up because I asked to be paid extra for her bf's dog.

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