Melissa
Present
Today has been a day. The daycare I send Charlie to is closing because they can't afford to keep operating and every other daycare within a thirty minute drive has wait lists for months, years in some cases. I have no idea what I'm going to do, I know I can ask Liz to help out a little but she also has a pretty full plate and there's no way she's going to be able to watch Charlie as often as I need her to. S.hit this is really bad. Maybe I can cut my hours back at the cafe, but if I do that I don't know if I'll be able to afford my rent. Plus, the stipend I was getting from the shelter was a grant for the specific daycare, and that means I might end up having to pay for it now and there's no way I could afford that if I cut back hours.
I was lost in my thoughts when my
