Waaaaaaaaah! Yelp Elite woes.

[kyrielle]

Aka "first world problems."

Last year I was invited to become an Elite at yelp.com, which surprised me, but sure, why not, it's free and it's a nice badge and there are events.

One problem: the events are RSVP only (no big deal) and 21+ only (big deal) - all of them have spirits/alcohol served, apparently. You can bring guests to some/many, so I could take Scott, but not Drew and now not Ian either of course. Which means I'd have to find child care to go to them.

I've been thinking for a while that in February, as Ian starts day care, I might be able to go to one if there's one of the lunch ones (evening/weekend is more common) and he's in day care. It's not likely. I'll probably not go to such an event this year unless it lands on a Friday or something. Which is okay; I didn't start writing reviews to get to go to the events. Though a lot of them sound neat and I *wish* I'd gone to some.

Today's whine: there is a Moonstruck Chocolate cafe event. In the evening, on a Monday, this month. In no way does it meet the criteria for something I can make it to, unless I want to leave Scott with both boys, which I do not. But ... chocolate tasting!

Oh well. I'll survive missing it. :)

Comments

[erisiansaint]

You could try getting a babysitter?

[kyrielle]

I could, except that I *will not* leave Ian with a babysitter. Drew I might. A less-than-two-month breastfed baby?

...yeah, that would not be something I'd be comfortable with.

Though I might could do it in 2-3 months when he is older. I wouldn't have been with Drew at that age because there were no candidates I knew well enough and could hire (the day care workers can't accept childcare work from day care clients outside of the day care, by their work policies). Now there's a woman who used to work in the baby room at their day care and was EXCELLENT with Drew, who has made it clear she'd be happy to babysit for us, as long as it doesn't interfere with her work schedule, which is mostly office-hours I believe.

[erisiansaint]

I actually meant 'in addition to Scott, so he's not doing it all alone,' which might make both of you feel better. :) But I do understand, I'm picky about who I let watch my son.

[kyrielle]

*facepalm* I so totally didn't catch that. Yes, that might work - though I'd feel bad about leaving Scott even so - but it might work nicely.

Interesting. I find I'm not willing to do it for the chocolate tasting: neat as it sounds, it's not worth it. And now missing it bugs me less than it did. Huh.

Thank you. That was useful, if not precisely in a linear fashion yet. :)

[erisiansaint]

Probably because I forget that people can't read my mind, don't feel bad.

But it's ok missing some things if you find you have a workable solution if there IS something you want to do. Sometimes, it's not the event, it's the freedom to enjoy it, and if you feel free to do something, whether you do it or not is not important.

[kyrielle]

I do wish some of the events didn't have alcohol, though. I'm not going to drink anyway (not only am I breastfeeding Ian, but I simply don't *like* the stuff). So it's not like I benefit from it in any way. :P