I think I did not communicate very effectively in my last mail. The issue at hand is that I need to get back to work. I am unable to do so for the following reasons:
· My daughter aged 4 is currently in nursery. The school hours are only till 12.
· Her summer vacations begin in a week and will be on till mid-June. Putting her in day care at this point will mean that she will have to spend at least 6 hours there all of a sudden
· I do not have immediate or distant family staying even within a 10 km radius of my home.
· I do not have a live-in maid. An option I am not particularly fond of. I have a good maid but she has young kids at home.
· There are no professional daycare centers in Hyderabad. I have visited several and they function very badly. The children, I observed are dirty and crying and in the hands of untrained maids. Most times the only recreation the kids have is TV.
· My in-laws (wonderful people) stay 25km away in a place that do not have good schools and is home to only Telugu-speaking people. I am not that comfortable with the language and getting good maids is definitely a problem. Moving there will be the beginning of other problems.
· It is difficult for my in-laws to move in with us because they are comfortable amongst their own set of relatives there and my FIL needs a lot of care health-wise.
My earlier blog mentioned about a certain set of people who somehow have all favorable conditions in place that allows them to earn. And I am surrounded by a lot of them, in apartment complex we stay in. I really need to start working to get a few things in order but nothing around me seem to favor it and I am getting infuriated. Emotionally, I seem to be always at battle with myself looking for that one option that will allow me to do what I need to.
3 comments:
hi ,
cliched though it might sound,but i believe "when theres a will there IS A WAY'.c one thing is for sure u cant have the cake an eat it too.there will have to be some sacrifices made,u have to just gauge your priorities and take the plunge.its like 'nothing ventured nothing gained'
first of all be very sure that u do want to work at this point of time,once the decision is made,do things to make it happen,its only u who has to decide for herself.
chio then,
pratibha
Pratibha has put across the point very effectively. and even HM's comments in the previous post made a lot of sense.
I know u as a person & so can tell u that u have a hard time trusting somebody else to handle ur daughter (yes, i knw u have enoff reasons for that:-D).
Every journey begins with a small step. Take it one at a time. Like HM said, put Neha in a Daycare for a few weeks & see how it goes. For all u knw she may just love it. Or isnt there anybody in ur neighbourhood who'll look after her for a fee. Just ASK and see. This kind of an arrangement works out really well.
I've posted a story from my life, when I was faced with decisions like these. Enjoy!
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