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[anomalousmoi]

there are days when i wish that i could be gently prosaic like Meg Ryan in You've Got Mail. I love that movie, and I just think that Meg Ryan is the epitome of casual intelligent elegance. Or at least her character in this movie is. She cares about something--she is passionate about childrens books. Yesterday when I took little Freddy (the 14 month old that I babysit for) to the library, I was overwhelmed by how amazing children's books are. How inspiring they are to young minds, and how you really are what you read. I can already tell that Little Freddy is going to grow up with a sincere love of dogs and of books, because he picked out all of the books with dogs in them and at one point was so overtaken with the joy of his surroundings that he just ran around the room shouting "BOOKS! BOOKS!" in the most gleefull voice I have ever heard him use. Children are so innocent and sweet. Now that Freddy and I have had a summer apart, he's closer to me than ever. He hugs me and wants to cuddle with me, whereas before he only wanted to grab my leg and drool on it. He now imitates me. The other day we both sat on the couch in his apartment eating apples. The first time little freddy had an apple was with me last spring. I was eating a whole apple and was kneeling on the floor, and he came up to me, pointed to my apple, and then put his little mouth around it and with all of the might he could muster, forced his little teeth down and into the apple. We must have sat in that same position for about 25 minutes--me holding the apple out and kneeling on the floor, and him standing, using my arm for support, and munching on his first whole apple. Yesterday, we sat on the couch eating apples together. He sat next to me, because he's a big boy now and big boys don't need babysitter's laps when they aren't sad or cuddly, and he just looked up at me and smiled. It was just the perfect moment in my day. All of my friends have more relevant jobs: one of my roommates worked at the State Department this summer, others had internships on the Hill or at law offices and such, but in all honesty, I wouldn't trade jobs with any one of them. The time that I spend with Freddy is precious, in addition to the fact that its $12/hour. It doesn't even feel like work to me.

I'm going to go cook and watch You've Got Mail. My favorite part of that movie is....well, wouldn't you know. I don't have a favorite. I love the whole thing to pieces.

-lindsay