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So this past week has been totally exhausting. Izzie is moving in 4 days so her mom has been running on empty and I've had too many 12 hour days with that kid. Last Thursday we had that crazy ass storm and had to chill in her basement b/c everyone kept calling us freaking out to see if we were okay. Her fuckin trashy ass dad (theyre divorced) was calling me and being SOOO dramatic "GET IN THE BASEMENT NOW..TAKE HER IN THE BASEMENT"..."Dennis, I'm already in the basement, we're playing with her toys."..."OMIGOD, it's going to be right over the house in THIRTY SECODS GET IN THE BASEMENT."....."Dennis, I said I'm already there. We're gonna play now, bye.". SOOOO ANNOYING. I cannot STAND that man. He's totally disgusting and he makes things SO damn difficult for me. He has visitation rights with Izzie a few nights a week and he is supposed to pick her up from the house...but as the summer has gone on, he has gotten lazier and lazier and makes ME drive her OUT OF MY WAY to drop her off at his fuckin gross ass apartment. I am sad that Izzie is going to be moving but I really can't handle the drama of her dad another day. OH so...last Wednesday Izzie's mom told me that I'd be done babysitting at 4pm b/c Dennis would be picking her up for the night. Three pm rolls around and Dennis calls saying he has "car trouble" and can't come and get her. UMM FUCK! What people I babysit for NEVER understand that when they tell me I'm done babysitting is when I start making plans for my normal LIFE...so on that day I was supposed to leave at 4pm and drive with my brother to the VW dealership to drop off my old leased Bug b/c my lease ended that day. Bonnie, Izzie's mom, calls and says "oh well I guess she's just going to have to go with you to the car dealership."....I LOVE Bonnie, but it's totally unacceptable to tell someone they will be done at 4 and then just assume that it's okay if the kid tags along with me for another 3 hours. I know Bonnie tried everything to make sure she didn't have to come with me and I know that sometimes things happen and I can for sure be flexible, but it just gets out of hand sometimes... it turns out Dennis didn't even have car trouble. His girlfriend found emails that he was sending to hookers on the internet trying to have sex with randoms and she kicked him out of the house....THAT'S why I had to be inconvenienced...b/c he is a fucking dirt ball. UGH!
Sadly, it's not only Bonnie and Dennis that make things hard for me, it's every family I babysit for. I can't tell you how many times I have turned down babysitting for one kid b/c I already had made plans to sit for another kid and then have them cancel a few hours before I'm supposed to be there. Do you know how much money I lose because of that?!?!?! I make anywhere from $7-$12 an hour...that's A LOT of money, considering it's tax free. And 9 out of 10 times, the parents are late coming home....and 5 out of 10 times they are more than an hour late! It's soooooo inconsiderate. I realize that I LET people take advantage of me but I'm having an issue dealing with everything... I don't know how to tell them it can't happen anymore without being obnoxious...You know the saying "Don't bite the hand that feeds you."... and that's exactly how I feel. I think I'm going to have a sit down with each family I sit for and just say "I understand things come up and problems arise and I can definetly be flexible, within reason. I sit for a lot of families and lately, I've been missing out on plans with my family and friends b/c parents are late without telling me and I end up missing out on my life with my friends and fam."...... if it doesn't stop I'm going to have to start charging overtime for when families are late....I'm going to have to do something like if you are late then you pay me time and a half for every hour you are late and if a family cancels with 24 hours or less notice then they must pay me for at least half of the time I would have been there before I sit for them again b/c I miss up on other work when families cancel. It is seriously ridiculous. The people I sit for are SOOO nice but I've let people think I don't have a life or something b/c they just walk all over me. Sad :(
Okay, so after Thursdays fiasco with Izzie and the storm my weekend finally started. On Friday I went to Vanis and got my eyebrows done and they seriously look way better than usual. I know it's weird but I keep staring at them hahha. On Saturday I woke up around 9:30am, took a shower and got ready, drove downtown, checked into my hotel on Michigan Ave and then met Alix and Kelsey for lunch at California Pizza Kitchen. We had a good lunch but I had to leave a little early b/c I had so many appts at the Red Door. So I got my mani, pedi, haircut and hair dyed, and my makeup done. I finally got back to the hotel around 7pm and then me, Aub, Maigan, Kaleigh, and Courtney all got ready for the night out. Now, I'm really glad I got my hair done and all of that but I was done getting ready WAY earlier than everyone else so I was SO bored and I kept over analyzing how I looked and fixing things like every 5 seconds. Obnoxious. Anyway, we drank martini's in the hotel and ended up going to 4 bars (Enclave, Bar Chicago, Spy Bar, and John Barleycorn). However, I was super bitter b/c the night was only supposed to be us 5 girls and it would have been a great mix, but someone invite these other two girls, Amber and Jill, who are REALLY nice but they are like....dictators. They live in NW Indiana like the rest of us but for some reason feel like they know EVERYTHING about going out in the city...they ACTUALLY said you can't go out in the city before 1am. GIVE ME A BREAK! What idiots. Then they took us to places that were only playing techno, which is okay SOMETIMES, but the group we were in wasn't into that at all. All we wanted was a place to chill out and then dance...hence our final choice (and my suggestion) of John Barleycorn. We actually left Jill and Amber at Spy Bar and I think they were pissed that we left but SERIOUSLY that place SUCKED! Anyway, it just sucked that those two came b/c it made the group have a really weird dynamic and I was really annoyed that they were so high and mighty about the city, saying we couldn't go out until 1am. Stupid. It really kinda ruined my night and I didn't even really drink that much and I ended up leaving by myself once we got to Barleycorn. All in all, it was a fun night b/c I was with Aub, Mai and Kaleigh but I just really wish it all had gone down a little differently. Oh and I let this one girl borrow my fake eyelashes from MAC that are like 15$ and she freaking didn't give them back. I'm so pissed. Oh well, anyway, I think I would go back to Bar Chicago but I'd make sure I was wasted before I got there...it reminded me sooo much of Cancun haha which can be fun sometimes. I wish we had stayed at Enclave though, they were playing awesome music and it was just an overall good vibe. Oh well. Can't re-do the night now.
The next morning I woke up and packed my stuff and then drove to Soldier Field where Mount Carmel was having a football game vs. Joliet Catholic. I met my dad and brothers there and the game was actually really amazing. I'm glad I went. After the game we went to the Shedd Aquarium and ate lunch and then walked around a bit. While we were there, though, Michael got super sick and by the time we got home he had a 103.4 fever! I felt so bad for him! Once we got home I passed out and didn't wake up until 11pm and then went back to bed at 1. I don't know what's with me but I'm so f'in tired all the time. Oh and I'm a total idiot and I left my keys in my car ALL day in Chicago. SO DUMB! I couldn't believe it! My new car is keyless, so I really never touch my keys b/c I don't need them to unlock my car, or start it...my car "sense" they are in my purse and unlocks my car when I put my hand on the door handle. SO b/c I valeted my car the night before the driver handed me my keys in the morning and instead of putting them in my purse I just put them on my lap and forgot about it..got out of my car and went to the game. I couldn't believe no one stole the car. My keys were just CHILLEN on the seat for 8 hours. Soooo dumb!
Umm let's see....I think that's about it.... on Saturday I'm going back downtwon to go to Barleycorn for Erin's 23rd birthday party. I'm excited, it should be a great time! YAY! Alex's Birthday weekend is the next weekend so that's fun too.... BUT I really need to study the GRE though... eek!