Too Late

So on top of being a full time Early Childhood Educator and part time server at a Country Club, I also occasionally babysit to make a little spending cash.

So last night I was super excited to babysit for a little girl I had in my class at my old preschool and her new little brother. That's right, a 3 1/2 year old and  a 3 month old... CHALLENGE ACCEPTED! Now I anticipated that the parents would leave a little later than expected because I am only the second person to watch said new little baby and I was far warned that he can be a little cranky and comes with a "Witching" hour...AWESOME!

I arrived promptly at 5pm and was given the basics again (it had been a while since I had babysat for them). Met the new little guy, solo incredibly cute, no surprise there considering Mom and Dad are Red Carpet ready at any time of day. Then the "Witching" began and the fussing and there is nothing worse than a Mother watching you trying to comfort her baby. Needless to say they didn't leave for another hour...

Then bedtime began, he put up a little fight at first, but that's when *my natural instincts* kick in. The shushing and butt/back tapping works 90% of the time, I KID YOU NOT! As a woman in my 3year in the field and 12year of babysitting, I give you this free advice on the house, your welcome :).

Baby was OUT! (insert angels singing) and it was time to play with the 3year old; small board games, a HUGE whiteboard on the wall (WHAT?!!! ~SCORE!), and then 30mins into our time little man wakes up -_- ok sorry gotta go check and what do you know, we're hungry... force a little 2 1/2 ounces (he is not a great eater), change our diaper, and pat the butt back to sleep. Now he's got 3, count them three spots to sleep in, so I changed it up and moved him to another spot cuz the last one didn't work out. Down for the count for the second time now.

Thank goodness it was getting late and time for the 3yr old to get ready for bed and she was getting teary eyed so I knew she was going down quickly. Read book, cuddle, and she was out. Time to celebrate right?                WRONG!

Baby's up again and this time it's a good 20mins of walking around, back and butt patting, and all the shushing possible. Finally both kids down and it's after 9, fabulous...another 2 or 3 hours and I'll be heading home and sleeping myself...or so I thought. Now this family had a few other couples over before heading out and one of the couples came home early and informed me it was just them and that everyone else was "rallying" it up... this was at Midnight...ok so I'll be here a while later than expected.

Now I love my sleep and falling asleep in front of the t.v. is even better. In and out of sleep for over 3hrs though, not ideal. I either woke because I heard a noise, child scurrying about (oh did I mention the girl woke at about 12:30 and I had to lay with her again?), a need to check on the sleeping children- I do this quite often when babysitting because I don't trust monitors haha. Rolling around to just after 1am and they finally roll in...Drunk as all hell and informing me the McDonald's is now open 24hrs a day and that the apple pie was all his, thanks for the info! haha

Now I knew this family from the child care center I worked at previously, so I knew there would be some questions after a bit of alcohol influence, no big deal. Then there was the search for cash around the house to pay me. And the neighbor who stopped in and was asked to spend the night, "Let's watch Lone Survivor! You know Marky Mark. Call your wife, you're sleeping over!" ~late 30s father here. HAHA that made staying up till almost 2 worth my while.

Finally got home where I was even more excited about the now time change because my Niece was also sleeping over my parents house. Set the alarm to get up to play with her and hit the hay :)





*Not to pat myself on the back too much, but sometimes I even impress myself with the skills I pull out of a hat in order to get kids to eat or sleep*

Review

So, I can't even apologize for not blogging because its hard and I have a freaking life....



No, not a very busy life, but a life at that. This life includes working not one, but two jobs and occasionally babysitting on the side. and excuse me if I'd rather veg out on the couch whether napping or actually watching a show instead of tediously writing to my future self. Well I mean, thats really why we all blog right? Share our moments, but to save said moments so we can relive them later?

That's why Time hop has recently become a new sensation because you are able to review your life on any giving day via Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram! For us old folks who have been on social media for more than our preteen years, there are hilarious stories to look back on. And admittedly, shame yourself on. I mean, did I HAVE to write that on Facebook?? such a drama queen....although I never have regrets on Twitter since I hardly let anyone follow me because that is my outlet, much like this blog started out to be. It's secretly enough, yet publicly out there for someone to someday read. You could say I love twitter....




Well this was an ADD blog if I ever did write one...

I'm a bad blogger

Yea, whatever...at least I can admit it right?


I've neglected my blog once again and honestly it's hard work to make my ADD self sit and write complete thoughts for others to read. I was also in the process of a HUGE trip to Sweden and London at the time, so please forgive me.

I've been back for about a month now and the socially life is calming down a bit, so I thought why not write to my invisible follows and readers :).

So far my summer has been fabulous!

• I have a good friend that I go to the beach with almost every Sunday and while I mostly burn each time we go, I've gotten compliments on how tan I've been looking. ME! the palest person in every social group I've ever been a part of. 
• My little niece turned 1 and is such a big girl now. She gives a handful of attitude and lets you know what she wants/on her mind. 
• I'm planning on a concert or two in August that would UNBELIEVABLE to attend (both, not just one!) and NO I will not reveal who the concerts would be in fear of it not coming true...I'm a big believer in not jinxing fun times because that usually leads to failure in my records.
• I'm making VERY good headway on my Netflix account
• Big Brother has started for the summer!! (I've been a huge fan since it started, just like Survivor and you can judge me all you want-cuz I LOVE IT)

Until next time!

Why I'm a Teacher

I wanna start by saying I AM A FREAKING TEACHER. I went to school to be able to teach YOUNG children. This has been my dream for a while and now that I am actually in the field, I love it!

I love that little spark of comprehension when a child understands or uses something that I taught them, is simply AMAZING! There are other moments too; such as a child seeking me out for comfort when upset, a smile on their face when they see me in the morning, and a blown kiss at the end of a night...those moments make the harder times and the exhausting days all worth while.


Now once a year (this past week) is Teacher Week! A week when parents, children, other staff members say an extra THANK YOU at the beginning and end of the day/week. Honestly it feels amazing to simply get an extra thank you by an appreciative parent.

What does make me feel extra special about being a teacher and about where I work is all the stuff!!! HAHA I'm a hoarder at heart and any extra stuff I can get, the more I love! So what did I get you asked? Well...

Flowers for my co-teacher and I from our Administrators and a note they wrote from our children (it was adorable, about how they don't always use walking feet in the hallway and thanked us for our reminders) 

A gift card to a local coffee shop and thank you card from my supervisor

Home cooked breakfast from my Boss

Four cards

Two gift cards from two of my children

A HUGE breakfast and luncheon made by parents (that was SOOOOOoooo unbelievably good!)

AND

Countless "thank yous" for taking care and caring about their child.

Again, it truly is just SOOOOOOoooooo nice to get an extra thank you or acknowledgement for all the work and crap I put up with. 

Don't forget to Thank a teacher you may know!! 

Serves You Right

Well my rule for my future children: "If you can't keep track of your cell phone then you won't be deserving of one."**

My brother constantly breaks this rule. Just a quick recap; my sister and I did not receive cell phones until high school. We both could have used them in Middle school because we were both doing sports constantly and either waiting for our parents to arrive, asking for a ride from fellow teammates, or making our parents wait. All of which never went over well with us or my parents. So in my freshman year of high school, I got my first ever cell phone!

But oh, my brother he got one of those "indestructible-never-gonna-break-even-if-dropped" phones. Well he dropped it and broke it within one of his warrantees. So now he uses my Dad's old phone and NEVER has it on him, NEVER replies, pretty much doesn't use it, like a normal person would. IT ANNOYS me to say the least. Well Saturday it served him right for not having it on him or ready to reply because this is what happened:

Serves him right....

Too bad and soooo sad for him because I left them at a friend's house and said her boyfriend could have them because the bro never got back to me!




**They will also only be getting a cell at the earliest in Middle school and only IF they are playing a sport to keep in contact with, if not than High school it is!

Short & Sweet

It's Friday and I've got Saturday morning training at work tomorrow...ya it sucks, but I honestly LOVE my co-workers (or most of them) and don't mind seeing them because we generally have a fun time at said meetings.

Last night I was babysitting with my new BFF from work Heather (no picture sorry, you would have one if my iPhone/blogger hadn't erased or had an "error" while saving/posting). Any way We had worked a full day at work and then went over to said babysitting gig for a fellow co-worker. It was great, the kids were a blast and Heather and I have soooo much together. It kinda sucked to get home a little after 11pm only having to get up at 5:40 the next morning.

Uh, needless to say when the alarm went off at 5:40am, I was NOT a happy camper. I got up anyway knowing I was getting out of work at 1pm and I would have to deal with it. I sucked it up; showered, dressed, fed, and out the door I went. To my surprised I walked to my car with my head looking down and found a heads up penny. Now normally this would just be nice, but ever since my Grampy T passed away I like to think that the pennies and coins I find are a little gift from him. Even better than finding one penny on the ground from Grampy, was finding 5 more pennies!!!! I picked them ALL up, cuz CLEARLY they were left there for me :) Thanks Grampy <3.

In BIG news, I Abby purchased my first size 6 dress in over 4years today. Granted, it's a loose fitting dress.... i.e. no fancy restricting zippers or clips, but DAMMIT I'M F*&%$ing PROUD OF MYSELF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SO in love with the dress and how it fits and feels!! 

P.S. Sorry it didn't end up being short and sweet like the title...oh well....Until next time!

Confession Time

SO it's in the title of my blog, so that means I have to make time to confess to my readers right??

I thought so!

So I'd like to confess first that on my drive home tonight, I may have sort of ran into the curb on the turn that I ALWAYS take. Ooops, (or WHOOPS from my FAV movie!) I was being a little ADD and not paying attention and maybe a little blonde moment, but it was a little scary. Not just because of the push the curb gave my car, but because of the thought that if the bump caused any trouble toward my car or left a mark that I'd have to tell my father...and I'm not as good about telling him bad news. Even if it's not big, like my wipers need replacing and the service light has been coming on for a bit now...and that's just little things with my car. 

Well luckily there's no mark, dent, or flat tire due to my stupidity/hair color by default.