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Today we had a hydrochloric acid spill down the road from our house. We didn't have to evacuate, but I think some of the houses a bit further down the road may have had to. Traffic was, however backed up a bit since the highway our house is on is a pretty major one, and the detour around the spill started right in front of the house. Traveling east from the house was easy enough - which is good cause I had to go watch A, T, and J again and thankfully the route I take was *away* from the spill - but the two west-bound lanes were a bit congested. Anyway, the spill got news coverage and everything (if you want to call it that). I'll have to check the story out on Channel 7 this evening to see if our house got any air time. :)
That said, I think I may have found myself a job for the rest of the summer! As I said in the previous few posts, I've been doing some in-home child care for a family in Point these last few days (every day since Monday, in fact). I wasn't sure it was going to be a regular thing, but P - the mother - has requested that I come back tomorrow. So far, she seems really really happy that I can take the kids off her hands and go swimming for a few hours so she can stay in the house and work uninterrupted, and today especially she got a lot done. Not that I wish any ill will or a delay in recovery for the family's previous kidsitter, but I'm kinda hoping that I'll be able to keep working for them at least through August, and, if The Powers That Be smile upon me, maybe a few hours in the afternoon once school starts, too. I'm not sure the after school thing will pan out since being able to swim outside in the pond behind the house with the kids was a major selling point, which isn't really an option once it gets too cold outside, but maybe I could take them to the YMCA when that happens since the whole family has a membership. It's something to shoot for, at least, and I think being able to help out with chores and cooking might also sell me a bit more. We shall see.
That said, I think I may have found myself a job for the rest of the summer! As I said in the previous few posts, I've been doing some in-home child care for a family in Point these last few days (every day since Monday, in fact). I wasn't sure it was going to be a regular thing, but P - the mother - has requested that I come back tomorrow. So far, she seems really really happy that I can take the kids off her hands and go swimming for a few hours so she can stay in the house and work uninterrupted, and today especially she got a lot done. Not that I wish any ill will or a delay in recovery for the family's previous kidsitter, but I'm kinda hoping that I'll be able to keep working for them at least through August, and, if The Powers That Be smile upon me, maybe a few hours in the afternoon once school starts, too. I'm not sure the after school thing will pan out since being able to swim outside in the pond behind the house with the kids was a major selling point, which isn't really an option once it gets too cold outside, but maybe I could take them to the YMCA when that happens since the whole family has a membership. It's something to shoot for, at least, and I think being able to help out with chores and cooking might also sell me a bit more. We shall see.