Oh my goodness. This month has barely started and I am already feeling worn out. I had about a four day break after school ended before I began nanny-ing for my former high school teachers. It is harder work that it seems; kids like to run around ALL day, and it the job of the nanny to make sure they clean up after themselves, don't run off, eat healthy food before eating not-so-healthy food, etc. It makes me wonder what is harder: being a nanny, or being a parent. I don't really know anything about being a parent, obviously, but being a nanny has difficulties that parenting does not. For instance, the children you are watching do not know you or how you operate (if you are lenient or not), so they test you and push your limits to see how far they can go. Which is probably the same for parents.
Anyway, that was kind of a tangent, but I do that from 6:45am to 3 or 4pm. That has been going on for a week and a half, and sometimes my job is right afterward. So then I am up at 5:30/5:45 and don't get home until 10ish, and get to bed around 10:45, which means that quite a few times, I have been operating 17 hour days on 7 hours of sleep. Yuck.
I am super excited for next week when I begin interning at a MN Institute for Talented Youth (MITY) program called ExplorSchool. Then I can wake up at 7am instead of 5:30am! That is whole extra 1.5 hours of sleep!!! YAY!
Besides nanny-ing and working, not much has happened except the trip that I just got back from yesterday. That was a much-needed break, and super fun. I don't think I have ever been to the cabin with everyone on my mom's side of the family before, and definitely not all at one time. But it was super fun! The occasion was my Grandma and Grandpa's 50th Anniversary!!!!! I am so happy for them! I love you guys, and congratulations! The weekend was a lot of fun and super relaxed; I think that everyone had a great time and enjoyed themselves. We had professional photos taken of all of us outside of a great restaurant; it was fun to see the pictures a few days later - there were two of my youngest cousin and many of the entire family that were phenomenal.
Apart from celebrating with my Grandparents and the family, my favorite parts of the weekend were when my other two cousins and I played a variety of card games: garbage, kings in the corners, speed, and my favorite: perpetual commotion. Those were times I had a lot of fun. I don't see them very often because they live in a different state, so I like to spend lots of time with them when they visit. They are coming back soon for the youngest cousin's birthday, and we are planning a Valley Fair trip because they have NEVER been. I was appalled when I heard that, and I want to tag along when they go for the first time!
That's about it for now; I will post again soon!
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