Apr 22, 2009 12:51
I interviewed to babysit a little girl named Elli. The mother reminds me of Olivia's except she's working, more talkative and possibly equally neurotic. The poor girl is in kindergarten and she has abacus lessons, gardening, yoga, piano, swimming. That's all I can remember off the top of my head. Elli's a sweetheart and she's energetic, which I like. There's never a problem with the kids. Their parents are hard to win over though. I think I may come off as quiet when adults first meet me. This leads them to believe that I can't handle their children, which is completely untrue. I've been stuck in the nursery by myself with over twenty kids ages 1-9 so I can handle one so-called "wild" child. Anyway, I don't want to get my hopes up. Babysitting jobs are scarce these days. I wish I could get more hours watching the kids from the nursery. I took the job thinking it would be temporary and having a bias against it since it was for a church. However, I've fallen in love with the kids and I can't leave.
The point of the story is I'm in desperate need of a job. Summer is approaching quickly and I don't really know what I'm doing yet. My dad wants me to get a job, an internship, volunteer, take classes. I definitely need some kind of income. I'd like to get some experience interning. I don't need to take classes. He's so set on me taking Calculus again, which is unnecessary because I AM ABSOLUTELY NOT DOING PRE-MED ANYMORE. I swear he's in denial. I still don't know if I'm going on this road trip, but I continue to save up for it anyway. I highly doubt the tutoring thing will work out. I've been doing paid econ experiments left and right. I even brought back all these clothes from home to sell at beacon's closet. When classes are over, I'll sell my books too. Money's not really that important to me. I just want to go to California.