Monday

I'm 3 days into the work week, and it's been hard. The rundown:

Monday: DAY OFF!!!! WOOOOOHOOOOOO!!!!! I took full advantage of having the day off and partied it up on Sunday night. Crawled into bed around 3:30am, nicely buzzed and relaxed. I was off in la la land when I heard Mozart. Realizing that it was my ringtone, I felt around for my cell phone until I found it, in the back pocket of my jeans, that I was still wearing. As I answered the phone I glanced at the bright red numbers on my alarm clock, 8:02am. I grunted a hello and was greated with my boss's sunshining voice on the other end. My day off was no more, I was to meet her at the office in 10 minutes to pick up Goober because boss had an 8:30 meeting. *sigh*

I originally had the day off because the new sitter was flying solo that day. She was a no show, no call, and her cell phone was turned off.

On my way to the office to pick up Goober I got a text message from the MIA sitter. She was sick, and wanted to know if I could watch Goober that day. What she failed to mention in the message was that she NEVER CALLED or TEXTED Goober's mom!!!!!

I picked up Goober at 8:15am, in my clothes from the night before, smelling of the bar. No bra, no shoes, and I realized later that I didn't even have my driver's license with me. Yep, I looked reeeeeeeeeal professional. Couple my look with the fact that MIA sitter texted me and NEVER spoke to Goober's mom that morning, and I had a pretty pissed off boss on my hands.

Unfortunately, my plan's for Monday included going to the laundromat, going grocery shopping, going to Wal-Mart, going to the recyling plant, going to the bank, and packing. I'm sure that list is just what EVERY 7 year old wants to do with their nanny. Due to the fact that I literally had 1 t-shirt left, the laundromat was a must. Additionally, the bank was a must because I needed quarters to do laundry. So I showered and we headed out.

3 hours later I had an extremely bored 7 year old on my hands-(I packed all of my art supplies/kid games/kid books/etc.)-and was $20 poorer. $15 for laundry and $5 to play the pinball machines at the laundromat.

So that was my day off. Lovely huh? Tomorrow, tune in for the adventures of Tuesday. Otherwise known as the rainy, cloudy, 15 hour day of boredom.

I live an exciting life people, try to keep your jealousy in check.

Update

*Update @ 6:23pm*

Only 4 more hours until I am free from the child.

She's shrieking at the top of her lungs in the bathtub right now

When she's done I'm selling her

I love 15 hour days.

Power cord should be delivered today or tomorrow.

I move at the end of August.

It's 8:20am and Goober has already had 2 timeouts this morning-(I got here at 7:45am). The first for kicking the dog, the second for going outside without shoes on and, when reminded that she needs shoes, refused to come back inside and get them.

Yep, it's gonna be a long day.

Quick Post

Before my computer dies from lack of being able to charge it.....

When I get my power cord there are 2 specific things I need to write about:

1. The elderly gentleman that Goober and I helped at the laundromat

2. The biotch who ruined my day off

Progress

Here's the progress so far this weekend:

Pack 6 boxes DONE!!!! I'm going to shoot for 3 more boxes by tomorrow night.

Take 3 bags of stuff to Good Will Not done yet. I have 1.5 bags ready to go.

Go through all clothes Haven't done this yet. Hence the reason I don't have 3 bags for Good Will yet.

Do the laundry-(3-4 loads) Hasn't been done yet. Reason? I don't have enough cash on hand to go to the laundromat soooooooo I'm waiting till tomorrow when the bank is open.

Get rid of the 20 fruit flies that are hanging out in my kitchen. Down to 5 or so. They're slowly dying off thanks to there being NO FOOD in this house.

Figure out how the stupid fruit flies are still alive when there's no food in the house My neighbor is the culprit of the d*mn fruit flies. That's a whole nother post though.

Go to Goober's Birthday Party DONE!

Work for a few hrs. to generate some extra cash Yep :)

Cash paycheck at the bank Going to go to the bank tomorrow

Additionally I've done the following:

Taken 1 load of recycleables to the recycling plant. Have 1 more load to go

Washed all the garbage cans in the house

Ordered a new power cord for my laptop because the other one was fried in a storm

On the Agenda

On the agenda for the weekend is the following:

Pack 6 boxes

Take 3 bags of stuff to Good Will

Go through all clothes

Do the laundry-(3-4 loads)

Get rid of the 20 fruit flies that are hanging out in my kitchen.

Figure out how the stupid fruit flies are still alive when there's no food in the house

Go to Goober's Birthday Party

Work for a few hrs. to generate some extra cash

Cash paycheck at the bank

Cameron

Cameron & I had a great day together on Saturday

First he took a nice loooooooong nap on Jen's bed

Then we went for a walk with a friend. He wasn't too happy with somebody else touching his stroller.
But he cheered up once he got out of the stroller.
Then he found this really cool toy stroller and had to flip it over and over too see what it was all about.
He tried pushing it. He was very focused on this task.
He took it for a walk around the yard. The stroller was way more interesting than the swing set or slide.

He would watch the wheels go around while he pushed the stroller. Amazingly he never ran into anything.

Overall it was a very good day.

Weekly Happenings

Remember Cameron???? This is him a year ago, right before his family moved. This is the little bugger now, refusing to smile for the camera. Goober and I went to tour an ore boat. This is on the top deck.
She was quite interested in the bell.
But obviously LOVED the ice cream after the tour.

While packing she interupted me to come see the "2 headed fly" I went to a new eye Dr. and he dialated my eyes. Goober said I looked like an alien.
And she's been talking about winter coming 'soon.'

Alien

Warning!!!! There's an alien us, and her name is Goober. It's like I don't even know her anymore. Last summer, when she didn't get her way, she would pout for 5 minutes and get over it. She'd go on playing like nothing happened. Now, she pouts, mopes around, refuses to talk to me, and is just all around miserable for up to 2 hours after she hasn't gotten her way.

To be completely honest with you, it's really starting to piss me off. I dread getting up every day and going to work because I just don't want to deal with it anymore. She has never gotten away with things when she's with me. I've never put up with her attitude. All of the sudden, none of that is working.

I really don't know what to do anymore. I'm frustrated and stressed. For the record, I have talked to her mom about it. Her mom is dealing with the same thing day in and day out. We're both at a loss.

I feel like all day, for the last 2 weeks, all I do is deal with attitude and deal out consequence after consequence. Like I said, nothing is working. I just want to scream.