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Today we visited a daycare near my aunt’s house. It’s another place on my way to work. Yippee!! A sign out front made it easy to find, not too busy of a street, parking in front. All a good start.

Jory and I walked in to find a house full of children of various ages. The daycare provider pointed out which ones were hers and which ones were her daycare children. She used her living room and dining room as the play areas. Nick Jr. was playing on the TV.

One seven-year-old boy, who is cared for after school, came right up to Jory and introduced himself. Unfortunately, Jory was pretending to be shy so he sort of whispered his name and I had to remind him to shake the little boy’s hand.

The woman and I talked about what I was looking for and what I was doing. Everything seemed kosher, but with her 12, 9, and 7-year-olds there. Along with her 3-year-old, the 16-month-old, and the 7-year-boy, she was watching, it made the space seem very small. She quoted me a price that was reasonable. She said she cooked all meals. Then I asked the question to which she responded, she had one outdoor dog in the backyard but the kids never go back there. Praise God, the right answer.

I wasn’t feeling her the way I was feeling the other daycare provider, but that could be because I was so happy to be at an affordable daycare with no animals that she now just has a special place in my heart.

So now I feel like I have two really viable options for Jory. Though the thought of taking him from the daycare he is at now makes me feel guilty. They’ve been very nice to us. They were willing to take us on when they had never done anything like that before. Ms Adina helps Jory with his work, makes sure he does it neatly. I feel bad that I might be taking away business from them simply because I don’t like animals, their cat scratched my son, and their house has smelled like animals the last few days.

Oh the search continues…