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FILENAME:	2479_1231_1096
TOPIC#:		323
DATE:		910406
TRANSCRIBER:	SK
UTT_CODER:	mlg
DIFFICULTY:	4
TOPICALITY:	1
NATURALNESS:	1
ECHO_FROM_B:	2
ECHO_FROM_A:	3
STATIC_ON_A:	1
STATIC_ON_B:	4
BACKGROUND_A:	1
BACKGROUND_B:	4
REMARKS:  	This conversation was difficult to transcribe due to heavy
static and or echo throughout conversation during dialogue.  There were,
at points during dialogue, a great deal of background noise which sometimes 
prevented clear speech interpretation.

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o          A.1 utt1: Okay,  /
qy          A.1 utt2: do you have <static>. -/  

qy^c          B.2 utt1:   Are you there? /  

ny          A.3 utt1:  Yeah. /  

bk          B.4 utt1:  Okay <laughter>. /  

o          A.5 utt1:  There, okay. /  

b          B.6 utt1:  Okay. /  

sd          @A.7 utt1:  Had to mess with my phone here.  /
qy          @A.7 utt2:  {F Um, } do you have children? /  

ny          B.8 utt1:  Yes,  /
sd^e          B.8 utt2: I have one. /  

bk          A.9 utt1:  {F Oh, } okay. /  

qo          B.10 utt1:  How about you? /  

sd          A.11 utt1:  I have three. /  

ba          B.12 utt1:  {F Oh, } my goodness <laughter>. /  

b          A.13 utt1:  Yeah <laughter>.  /
b^r          A.13 utt2:  Yeah,  /
qy          A.13 utt3: {F  uh, } do you work? /  

ny          B.14 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd^e          B.14 utt2: I do. /  

 bk         A.15 utt1:  # Okay. # /  

sd^r          B.16 utt1:  # I do,  /
sd          B.16 utt2: # I work  /
sd          B.16 utt3: [ {C and, } + {C and, } ]  {F uh, } Brian's in a day care center.  /
sd          B.16 utt4: [  He's + {F uh, } he ] was two in December, /  

b          A.17 utt1:  Oh. /  

sd          B.18 utt1:  {C so } he's not quite two  and a half yet. /  

b          A.19 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

%          B.20 utt1:  He, - /
sd          B.20 utt2: {F uh, } I put him, - /
sd          B.20 utt3: I'm kind of had [ different, + different ] ideas from what probably the majority of people have, /  

b          A.21 utt1:  # Uh-huh. # /  

sd          B.22 utt1:  # I put # him in a day care center from the very beginning.  /
sd          B.22 utt2:  He started in day care when he was eight weeks old. /  

ba          A.23 utt1:  {F Oh, } no kidding. /  

%          B.24 utt1:  {C And } I just, - /
h          B.24 utt2: I don't know,  /
sd          B.24 utt3: I have kind of the opposite opinion of most people, /  

b          A.25 utt1:  Really. /  

sd          B.26 utt1:  I have had this real problem <children> with [ a, + a ] private individual.  /
sd          B.26 utt2:  {E I mean } [ I, + I ] kind of looked at it like if you take him to a home [ with a, + with ] private individual, <child> when the door shuts,   

b          A.27 utt1:  # Yeah. # /  

+          B.28 utt1:  # that # one person has total control, /  

 b         A.29 utt1:  # Yeah. # /  

sd          B.30 utt1:  # {C and } I # always figured at least in a day care center there are other people around, /  

b          A.31 utt1:  # Yeah. # /  

sd          B.32 utt1:  # {C and } if # you get one bad apple, there's are at least other people that can see it. /  

b          A.33 utt1:  # Yeah. # /  

sd          B.34 utt1:  # They # can watch,  /
sv          B.34 utt2: {C and } --   

b          A.35 utt1:  Yeah,  /
b^r          A.35 utt2: yeah. /  

+          B.36 utt1:  -- I just kind of always felt that the chances of something happening were less. /  

b          A.37 utt1:  Uh-huh.  /
 %         A.37 utt2:  # Because there's, # -/  

qy^d          B.38 utt1:  # {D You know, } how can you help # depending on the day care center, {D you know, } /  

ny          A.39 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sv          B.40 utt1:  you got to when you hear about all the horrible things that happen in day care centers,  /
qy^d          B.40 utt2: have you ever noticed they're always {D like } a family owned center where the mother and the daughter and the son run it, {D you know, } # kind of thing. # /  

^2          A.41 utt1:  # It's {D like } a # family thing. /  

aa          B.42 utt1:  Yeah,  /
aa^r          B.42 utt2: yeah.  /
sd          B.42 utt3: You never hear about it really in the big ones. /  

b          A.43 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          B.44 utt1:  {C So, }  that's what I did  /
sd          B.44 utt2: {C and } I have had just excellent luck. /  

ba          A.45 utt1:  # {F Oh, } good. # /  

sd          B.46 utt1:  # I have been just # so happy.  /
%          B.46 utt2:  He's, -/  

ba          A.47 utt1:  {F Oh, } good.  /
sd          A.47 utt2: I was just going to ask you [ how it, +  {D you know, } if ] you liked [ the, + the, ] - /
sd          A.47 utt3: {C but } obviously you do or you wouldn't have him there,  <laughter> I know,  /
%          A.47 utt4: {C but, } -/  

b          B.48 utt1:  Right.  /
b^r          B.48 utt2:  Right.  /
sd          B.48 utt3: {D Well } [ he was in, + he was in ] the same center [ for two years, +   

b          A.49 utt1:  <Sniffing> Uh-huh. /  

+          B.50 utt1:  for the first two ] years,  /
sd          B.50 utt2: {C and, }  {F uh, } it was wonderful,  /
sd          B.50 utt3: {C and } I loved it,  /
sd          B.50 utt4: {C and } I was so happy there  /
sd          B.50 utt5: {C and } the woman who owned it sold it. /  

ba          A.51 utt1:  {F Oh, } # gosh. # /  

sd          B.52 utt1:  # {C But, }  I # thought okay,  I'm going to keep an open mind here, /  

b          A.53 utt1:  Right. /  

 sd         B.54 utt1:  {C and } the people who came in, [ it just wasn't, + it,   

^2          A.55 utt1:  # Wasn't the same. # /  

+          B.56 utt1:  # just wasn't ] the same #  /
sd          B.56 utt2: {C and } [ their, +   

b          A.57 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.58 utt1:  their ] attitude and philosophy was just completely,   

b          A.59 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.60 utt1:  opposite from mine,  /
sd          B.60 utt2: {C and } I left him there for about a month and just decided I can't do this anymore,  /
sd          B.60 utt3: {C and } I,   

b          A.61 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.62 utt1:  moved him, which was an extremely traumatic experience  /
sd          B.62 utt2: [ {C but. } +   

bh          A.63 utt1:  Was it?   /
b          A.63 utt2: Yeah. /  

+          B.64 utt1:  {C but, } ]  he's done well,  /
sd          B.64 utt2: he's been there,   

ba          A.65 utt1:  # Good. # /  

+          B.66 utt1:  # a couple # of months now,  /
sd          B.66 utt2: {C and } I just feel so lucky. /  

ba          A.67 utt1:  {F Oh, } good. /  

b          B.68 utt1:  Yeah. /  

ba          A.69 utt1:  That's great,  /
ba          A.69 utt2: that's good. /  

qo          B.70 utt1:  How about you?  /
qy          B.70 utt2: Do you work  /
qrr          B.70 utt3: {C or } do you get to stay home with them? /  

sd          A.71 utt1:  {D Well, } I got to stay home with my kids for the first ten years.  /
sd          A.71 utt2:  My oldest one is ten and a half now,   

ba          B.72 utt1:  # Wonderful. # /  

+          A.73 utt1:  # {E or } she's, # I guess,  /
b          A.73 utt2: yeah,  /
%          A.73 utt3: it's, - /
sd          A.73 utt4: was about ten years.  /
sd          A.73 utt5: {C So } [ [ I, + {D yeah, } I, ] + I ] was really happy that I was able to do that.  /
%          A.73 utt6:  {C But, }  I, - /
sd          A.73 utt7: that's what I wanted to, because [ I, + {F uh, } {D you know } I ] just couldn't wait to have kids  /
%          A.73 utt8:    {C and so, } if I was, - /
sd          A.73 utt9: I was so anxious to have them  /
sd          A.73 utt10: {C and } I couldn't wait to have them it would be kind of silly, {D you know, } to go back to work as soon # as I had them,  /
%          A.73 utt11: {C so, }  # -/  

b          B.74 utt1:  # Right.  /
 b^r         B.74 utt2:  Right. # /  

sd          A.75 utt1:  {C so, } [ [ [ it, + it, ] + it, ] + it ] was really great.  /
sd          A.75 utt2:  By the end of the ten years I was really ready <laughter>,   

b          B.76 utt1:  Yeah.  /
ba          B.76 utt2: I bet <laughter>. /  

+          A.77 utt1:  to go back to work,  /
sd          A.77 utt2: {C and } my youngest was only, {F uh, } two and a half <sniffing>. /  

b          B.78 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.79 utt1:  {E I mean } she was already two and a half, /  

b          B.80 utt1:  # Uh-huh. # /  

sd          A.81 utt1:  # {C so } [ it wasn't, + # {D you know, } # she wasn't ] an infant. # /  

^2          B.82 utt1:  # A baby. # /  

aa          A.83 utt1:  Yeah. /  

b          B.84 utt1:  Yeah <child>. /  

b          A.85 utt1:  Yeah.  /
 b^r         A.85 utt2:  Yeah,  /
sd          A.85 utt3: {C so, }  I felt real good about that,  /
sd          A.85 utt4: {C but, }  {F uh, } boy, I tell you with summer coming up I'm just pulling my hair out, in terms of what I'm going to do,  /
sd          A.85 utt5: [ I, + I ] guess I,   

x          B.86 utt1:  <Child>.   

+          A.87 utt1:  went back to work about a year and a half ago  /
sd          A.87 utt2: {C and, }  {F uh, } I worked full time all last year  /
sd          A.87 utt3: {C and } now I'm going to school part time  and, {F uh, } <lipsmack> graduate school,  /
sd          A.87 utt4: {C and } I'm working part time <lipsmack>.  /
%          A.87 utt5:  # {C And, so } I'm still, # -/  

sd          B.88 utt1:  # I know how that goes # <laughter>. /  

b          A.89 utt1:  Yeah.  /
sd          A.89 utt2:  I'm still going full time,  /
sd          A.89 utt3: {C but } I only  have half time salary, /  

b          B.90 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.91 utt1:  {C and, }  {F uh, } when school lets out, [ [ I just don't, +   

x          B.92 utt1:  <Child>.   

+          A.93 utt1:  I haven't, ] + I have ] no idea what I'm going to do,   

x          B.94 utt1:  <Child>.   

+          A.95 utt1:  because I certainly can't afford what we did last year <sniffing> --   

b          B.96 utt1:  Right,  /
b^r          B.96 utt2: right. /  

+          A.97 utt1:  -- which was, -/  

qy          B.98 utt1:  Did you have them in a center or something  last summer? /  

na          A.99 utt1:  {D Well, } we did,  /
sd          A.99 utt2: [ we tried, + we had ] all different things,  /
sd          A.99 utt3: we sent them to camp.  /
%          A.99 utt4:  One, - /
sd          A.99 utt5: first month, in June, they went to summer school, then the second month they, - /
%          A.99 utt6: {F uh, } one, - /
sd          A.99 utt7: my daughter went home to visit my Mom for a while and my son, {F uh, } went to camp  /
sd          A.99 utt8: {C and } there we had, {F uh, } I don't know some, - /
^h          A.99 utt9: forget what else we did  /
sd          A.99 utt10: {C but } it was all, {F uh, } really expensive <laughter>. /  

b          B.100 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          B.100 utt2: that stuff is expensive.  /
sd          B.100 utt3:  It really is. /  

sd          A.101 utt1:  {C So, }  now they're a year older, /  

x          B.102 utt1:  <Noise>.   

%          A.103 utt1:  {C and } I, - /
sd          A.103 utt2: my daughter's [  eleven, + going to be eleven ] this summer  /
sd          A.103 utt3: {C and } my son will be,   

x          B.104 utt1:  <Noise>.   

+          A.105 utt1:  nine and a half.  /
%          A.105 utt2:  <Lipsmack> {C And so, }    

x          B.106 utt1:  <Child>.   

+          A.107 utt1:  I'm not, - /
sd          A.107 utt2: I think I can leave them home, /  

x          B.108 utt1:  <Child>.   

%          A.109 utt1:   for a, - /
sd          A.109 utt2: if I can work part of the day, {D you know, } # I'm going to leave them home. # /  

b          B.110 utt1:  # Yeah,  /
b^r          B.110 utt2: yeah.  /
sd          B.110 utt3:  I was going to say they're getting to the age # where,   

b          A.111 utt1:  Right. /  

+          B.112 utt1:  you should be able to trust that a little bit,  /
b          B.112 utt2: yeah. /  

b          A.113 utt1:  Yeah.  /
b          A.113 utt2:  Yes,  /
sd          A.113 utt3: in fact I'm  doing that right now with their afternoons, when they get home before I do.  {D You know, } /  

x          B.114 utt1:  <Child>.   

sd          A.115 utt1:  that's okay.  /
sd          A.115 utt2: {C But, }  the four year old {D now } [ [ I hav-, + I have ] had her  since  I went back to work, + {E or } before I went back to work ] really, in a home day care situation, /  

b          B.116 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.117 utt1:  {C and, }  {F uh, } we've just been really thrilled,    

 x         B.118 utt1:  <Child>.   

 +         A.119 utt1:  with it too.  /
 sd         A.119 utt2:  We were what, - /
%          A.119 utt3: actually we, - /
sd          A.119 utt4: it took us two or three different people to find, -/  

^2          B.120 utt1:  To find the right one, /  

aa          A.121 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          B.122 utt1:  that's what we have to do though. /  

b          A.123 utt1:  Right.  /
sd          A.123 utt2: {C But, }  I wasn't embarrassed to shop around {D you know, } <laughter> -- /  

aa          B.124 utt1:  # No. # /  

sd          A.125 utt1:  -- # {C so, }  # [ the, + the ] person we found it through  the, - /
sd          A.125 utt2: there's an association here in town of professional home,   

x          B.126 utt1:  <Child>.   

+          A.127 utt1:  care providers or # something like that. # /  

qw          B.128 utt1:  # [ Where do, + where do ] you # live? /  

sd          A.129 utt1:  In Plano. /  

qy^d          B.130 utt1:  Plano? /  

ny          A.131 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd^e          A.131 utt2: {C and } they have a number you can call  /
sd          A.131 utt3: {C and } all these people are registered with their association  /
sd          A.131 utt4: {C and, } {D you know, } go like [ our, + our, ] {F uh, } - /
sd          A.131 utt5:  <lipsmack> I don't want to call her a baby-sitter,  /
sd          A.131 utt6: she's doesn't like,    

x          B.132 utt1:  </Child>.   

+          A.133 utt1:  to be called that,  /
sd          A.133 utt2: <laughter> care provider. -/  

b^m          B.134 utt1:  <Laughter> Care provider. /  

aa          A.135 utt1:  Right.  /
sd          A.135 utt2:  She goes to seminars  /
%          A.135 utt3: {C and, }  {F uh, } -/  

ba          B.136 utt1:  # {F Oh, } that's wonderful. # /  

sd          A.137 utt1:  # she gets home visitations # by the [ s-, + ]  ((   ))  I don't know, the state boards, I guess, some of them and then some by the association,  /
sd          A.137 utt2: {C and } they have weekly meetings and everything  /
sd          A.137 utt3: {C and, so } it's just really, really well regulated. /  

ba          B.138 utt1:  That's great. /  

sd          A.139 utt1:  {C And, }  she's just great.  /
sd          A.139 utt2:  In fact, {F uh, } she's all upset because Galen is going to go to kindergarten next fall  /
sd(^q)          A.139 utt3: {C and } she says this is it,  /
^q          A.139 utt4: <throat_clearing> {D you know, } I'm not going to have her anymore  /
sd(^q)          A.139 utt5: {C and } I said, {F Oh, } no, don't count on that <laughter>. /  

x          B.140 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

sd          A.141 utt1:  After noon classes she's going to be here because she's going to morning kindergarten. /  

b          B.142 utt1:  Right,  /
b^r          B.142 utt2: # right. # /  

sd          A.143 utt1:  # [ {C So, } + # {C but, } ] [ [ we, + we've  tried, ] + we've tried ] everything  /
sd          A.143 utt2: {C and } one year, I guess last year when I went back to work I had - /
sd          A.143 utt3: my son was eight at the time, just barely eight,  /
sd          A.143 utt4: {C and, }  {F uh, } we put him in Amrein's Day Care, [ after. +   

b          B.144 utt1:  Uh-huh,  /
sd          B.144 utt2: I've heard that,    

+          A.145 utt1:  After, ] -/  

+          B.146 utt1:  they were very good. /  

sd          A.147 utt1:  {D Well, } <lipsmack> that's why we picked it, because they [ were, + were ] supposed to be real great,  /
sd          A.147 utt2: {C and, } {D you know, } I think they were fine,  /
sd          A.147 utt3:  {C but } the thing is he was in school all day,   

b          B.148 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.149 utt1:  in second grade,  /
sd          A.149 utt2: [ in, + in ] Plano, it's open classroom situation where they don't have walls, /  

b          B.150 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.151 utt1:  {C so } there is like a hundred and twenty second graders <laughter>,   

b          B.152 utt1:  <Laughter> Oh. /  

+          A.153 utt1:  in the same area with no walls.  /
sd          A.153 utt2: [ {C And, } +  {F uh, } {C and then } ] he'd get on the Amrein's Bus to go to Amrein's  /
sd          A.153 utt3: {C and then } there would be a whole ton of other kids, all in the same room, {D you know, } /  

b          B.154 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.155 utt1:  {D you know } what fun they had with these computer games  /
sd          A.155 utt2: {C and then } they'd go outside for awhile,  /
sd          A.155 utt3: they had snacks and story time and everything.  /
sd          A.155 utt4:  {C But, }  it was just like going to school until five thirty at night instead of # being able to get home at two thirty. # /  

bf          B.156 utt1:  # Poor kid was in school all day.  /
b          B.156 utt2:  Yeah. # /  

aa          A.157 utt1:  Yeah. /  

b          B.158 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.159 utt1:  Because he was always around with a crowd of kids  [ and + ] he just really missed being able to be by himself,    

b          B.160 utt1:  # Uh-huh. # /  

+          A.161 utt1:  # and having # some <children> peace and quiet  /
%          A.161 utt2: # {C or, } {D you know. } # -/  

b          B.162 utt1:  # Uh-huh. #  /
sv          B.162 utt2: Even at that age they need that time, /  

b          A.163 utt1:  Yes. /  

sv          B.164 utt1:  we all need that time,    

b          A.165 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.166 utt1:  just some quiet time to wind down from the day. /  

 b         A.167 utt1:  Right.  /
 aa         A.167 utt2:  That's exactly it.  /
sd          A.167 utt3:  {C So, }  another thing that we tried to do, - /
sd          A.167 utt4: [ I, + I ] know your son's too young right now,  /
sd          A.167 utt5: {C but } [ we're trying,, + we tried ] to sign him up for after school scouts and,    

b          B.168 utt1:  Yeah,  /
b^r          B.168 utt2: yeah. /  

+          A.169 utt1:  stuff like that  /
%          A.169 utt2: {C and, } -/  

sv          B.170 utt1:  I think that's really important, /  

b          A.171 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          B.172 utt1:  {C and } we've already started about, - /
qh          B.172 utt2: {D you know, } {E I mean, } how young can they start T-Ball and soccer?  <Laughter>. /  

b          A.173 utt1:  Right <laughter>. /  

%          B.174 utt1:  {D You know, } {E I mean, } I just, - /
 sd         B.174 utt2: {D you know, } we both think of [ that + that  ] as just so  important,   

aa          A.175 utt1:  # It is. # /  

 +         B.176 utt1:  # to get # him involved in stuff like that  /
 sd         B.176 utt2: {C and, }   

aa          A.177 utt1:  It is.  /
%          A.177 utt2:  # {C And, }  # -/  

+          B.178 utt1:  # you # could hardly wait,  /
sd          B.178 utt2: {E I mean, } [ he's, + he's ] so much fun now, /  

b          A.179 utt1:  # Yeah. # /  

sd          B.180 utt1:  # [ he's really, + # he's really ] starting to get lots of fun  /
sd          B.180 utt2: {C and } I can't wait until stuff like that starts happening -- /  

ba          A.181 utt1:  # I bet,  /
b          A.181 utt2: yeah. # /  

sd          B.182 utt1:  -- # {D you know, } {C and, }  # {D you know, } we did the Easter egg hunts,   

b          A.183 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.184 utt1:  which was really the first year he was really able to  -- -/  

%          A.185 utt1: [ Un-, + understand. ] -/  

sd          B.186 utt1:  -- {C and } to [ know what we wan-, + know what he was ] doing --     

b          A.187 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.188 utt1:  -- {D you know, } and enjoy it, - /
sd          B.188 utt2: {C and } it was so much fun  /
sd          B.188 utt3: {C and } {D gosh } he went a couple of weekends ago  and rode an elephant  /
sd          B.188 utt4: {C and, }  God --   

ba          A.189 utt1:  # {F Oh, } my gosh.  /
ba          A.189 utt2:  You're kidding. # /  

+          B.190 utt1:  -- # he got up on this elephant all by himself #  /
sd          B.190 utt2: {C and } Lord, I couldn't believe it. /  

ba          A.191 utt1:  # You're kidding. # /  

 sd         B.192 utt1:  # They had so much fun. #  <Laughter>. /  

 ba         A.193 utt1:  {F Oh, } that's great. /  

sd          B.194 utt1:  I bought us tickets and stood there in line  /
sd          B.194 utt2: {C and } I thought, I'm going to end up on this elephant with him <laughter>,   

x          A.195 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

 +         B.196 utt1:  {D you know, } <laughter>.  /
sd          B.196 utt2:  He did it by himself, /  

ba          A.197 utt1:  <Laughter>.  # {D Well, } good for him. # /  

sd          B.198 utt1:  # {C so } stuff like that is # starting to come along where it's really,   

b          A.199 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.200 utt1:  getting fun,   

b          A.201 utt1:  # Uh-huh. # /  

+          B.202 utt1:  # {D you know. } # -/  

b          A.203 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          B.204 utt1:  Day care has just done just incredible stuff with him  /
sd          B.204 utt2: {C and } he {D like } comes home with something new everyday, # {D you know }  /
sd          B.204 utt3: {C and so, } #   

ba          A.205 utt1:  # {D Well, } that's great.  /
ba          A.205 utt2: #  # That's so good. # /  

+          B.206 utt1:  # [ I know, + # I know ] they're working with him  /
sd          B.206 utt2: {C and } he's excited to get there in the morning,   

b          A.207 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.208 utt1:  and just doesn't even want to kiss me good-bye.  /
sd(^q)          B.208 utt2:  It's just like # bye,  /
sd          B.208 utt3: {C and } he goes running, #    

^2          A.209 utt1:  # He's out of there. # /  

+          B.210 utt1:  {D you know, }  /
sd          B.210 utt2: {C and } he's always having fun when I pick him up  /
%          B.210 utt3: {C so, } {D you know. } Yeah,  /
sd          B.210 utt4: [ this, + this ] day care [ is, + is, ] -/  

b          A.211 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd         B.212 utt1:  it's Bright Steps in Lewisville.  /
%          B.212 utt2:  {C And, } -/  

b          A.213 utt1:  # Uh-huh. # /  

sd(^q)          B.214 utt1:  # whenever # you say Bright Steps, everybody goes, {F oh, } I've heard that's the best day care in town, {D you know, } /  

bh          A.215 utt1:  Yeah?  /
ba          A.215 utt2:  # Good. # /  

sd          B.216 utt1:  # {C and } [ it's, + # it's ] one of those that's very hard to get into. /  

b          A.217 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

 sd         B.218 utt1:  {C and } [ they have, + [ [ this, + this, ] + this ] woman owns  ] three day cares, two in Lewisville and one in Irving. /  

b          A.219 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.220 utt1:  {C and } she had to open the second one up in Lewisville because,   

b          A.221 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.222 utt1:  her waiting list was just {D like, } {D you know, } {D like } a year old,  /
sd          B.222 utt2: # it was ridiculous. # /  

ba          A.223 utt1:  # {F Oh, } my gosh. # /  

sd          B.224 utt1:  {C And, } she's got two day cares within {D like } three blocks of each other. /  

ba          A.225 utt1:  No kidding. /  

b          B.226 utt1:  Yes,  /
%          B.226 utt2: {C so }  its, -/  

sd          A.227 utt1:  She knows something right, that she  ((   )) - /
%          A.227 utt2: {C and, } -/  

sd          B.228 utt1:  She knows what she's doing,  /
sd          B.228 utt2: [ all the teachers, + {D like } about half the teachers  ] are degreed teachers. /  

b          A.229 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sv          A.229 utt2: that makes such a # difference. # /  

sv          B.230 utt1:  # {F Oh, } # it makes a huge # difference. # /  

sd        A.231 utt1:  # That's the way # it is at my daughter's nursery school too. /  

b         B.232 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sv        A.233 utt1:  {C And } I think that really makes a difference. /  

b          B.234 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.235 utt1:  They're in it because it's a profession,   

ba          B.236 utt1:  # That's right.  /
ba^r          B.236 utt2:  That's right. # /  

+          A.237 utt1:  # not because it's a job they could get # because they didn't qualify for anything else, # {D you know } # . /  

ba          B.238 utt1:  # That's right. #  /
sd          B.238 utt2:  {C And, }  his old day care as much as I loved it, {D you know, } -/  

b          A.239 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.240 utt1:  {C and } the owner, I really liked her  /
sd          B.240 utt2: {C and } she worked really hard to get good people,  /
sd          B.240 utt3: {C but } the people that she got --   

b          A.241 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.242 utt1:  -- were there because they weren't qualified to do anything else --   

b          A.243 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.244 utt1:  -- {D you know. } /  

b          A.245 utt1:  Right. /  

sd          B.246 utt1: [  {C And, } +  {C and } ] I got lucky  /
sd          B.246 utt2: {C and } all of his teachers were,   

%          A.247 utt1:  <Laughter> [ Because, + because, ] -/  

+          B.248 utt1:  very good. /  

b          A.249 utt1:  Right.  /
sv          A.249 utt2: [  Some, + sometimes ] that's fine,  /
ba          A.249 utt3: that's great, # {D you know. } # /  

b          B.250 utt1:  # Yeah,  /
%          B.250 utt2: # {C but } then sometimes, # {D you know, } # -/  

 ^2         A.251 utt1:  # Sometimes it isn't. #  /
%          A.251 utt2:  You just have to. -/  

b          B.252 utt1:  Yeah. /  

qy          A.253 utt1:  {D Well, } is it real expensive then? /  

no          B.254 utt1:  {F Um, } it just went up the first of this month.  /
sd          B.254 utt2:  I'm paying,   

b          A.255 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.256 utt1:  {F uh, } seventy nine dollars a week for now.  /
%          B.256 utt2:  # {C So, }  # -/  

ba          A.257 utt1:  # Wow. # /  

sd          B.258 utt1:  It's a little high, /  

b          A.259 utt1:  # Yeah. # /  

sd          B.260 utt1:  # [ {C but, } + {C but } ] # [ it's, + {D you know, } it's ] like where he was before I was only paying sixty three,  /
sd          B.260 utt2: {C so } there's quite a little jump # there, # /  

b          A.261 utt1:  # Right. #  /
b^r          A.261 utt2: Right. /  

sd          B.262 utt1:  {C but, }  I looked all over Lewisville,  /
sd          B.262 utt2: I looked in every day care there was --   

b          A.263 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.264 utt1:  -- in Lewisville,  /
sd          B.264 utt2: [ {C and, } +   

b          A.265 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.266 utt1:  {D you know, } {C and } ] there were places that were cheaper,  /
%          B.266 utt2: {C but } # is it, # -/  

aa          A.267 utt1:  # No. # /  

sv          B.268 utt1:  {D you know, } your peace of mind is worth a little bit of # money, #   

b          A.269 utt1:  # Yeah. # /  

+          B.270 utt1:  {D you know, }  /
sd          B.270 utt2: {C and } I have peace of mind,   

x          A.271 utt1:  <Noise>.   

+          B.272 utt1:  where he is -- /  

b          A.273 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.274 utt1:  -- {C and } some of those other places I wouldn't have. /  

ba          A.275 utt1:  That's exactly it.  /
sd          A.275 utt2:  {D See, } we do the same thing,  /
sd          A.275 utt3: since Galen goes to nursery school,   

x          B.276 utt1:  <Child>.   

+          A.277 utt1:  we pay [ [ our, + our ] home care provider, + for our day care provider,  ] full time for a whole week,  /
sd          A.277 utt2: {C but } [ she, + she's ] gone three mornings.  /
sd          A.277 utt3: Galen just doesn't go there three # mornings a week. # /  

b          B.278 utt1:  # Yeah,  /
b^r          B.278 utt2: # yeah. /  

sd(^q)          A.279 utt1:  {C But, }  I said to her, I said, {D you know, } it doesn't matter if for whatever re-, - /
sd          A.279 utt2: when school holidays come around, I used to have such a problem with that. /  

b          B.280 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.281 utt1:  They wouldn't have anything to do.  /
sd          A.281 utt2:  I'd either have to <<voices fade>>, -/ 
