Saturday

I can't decide if I'm happy or bored that there is nothing to do today.

pooL

I won 2-0. You're welcome.

Argh, Temptation!

Now that I have a modicum of income, do you KNOW how hard it is to not just spend $75 on a pair of totally cute sandals?!!!!

TIL

Apparently, you can't hang out with an eight-year old girl without hearing an entire Taylor Swift album.

Oh dear

I drank a little too much wine tonight. VERY late dinner!

hurray!

Finally! Air-conditioning!

pool

Yesterday I played pool; today I played AT the pool. It was a little chilly though.

Nanny McMe

As a result of nanny gig, I'm seeing entirely too much of Andersonville. And I like Andersonville. Wednesday we're going to the swimming pool after they get out of camp. Then my mom's coming over for dinner. Cool! (That means I don't have to cook dinner for the kids, which consists of chicken nuggets, pasta, and pizza. It's horrible, but that's all they like that I have found so far). The funny thing is Zoe, at 8, says, "for instance" a lot. Noah's into comic books; comic book stores are so boring. I guess I"m not geeky enough. :)

Happy Father's Day: I love my Dad!

You'll fucking love it

here

sigh

that felt like a really long day. I am going to relax for about 15-30 minutes and then happily go to bed. Good night.

spaz

the spaz is apparently going to play on the team "but not every week." I don't know how I feel about this team; skeptical, I guess.

Chill

I do so much better with information. I got a message that slipped through the cracks yesterday saying that one of the people from the team will not be on anymore, AND when I wrote saying something like sorry to hear that, is everything okay, I got a response explaining why (not specifics, but in general.) So now I feel a little sheepish for having been a little irritated. People have their own lives, and I need to be understanding. But without information, my mind goes crazy with why and what if, and and ... So I'm keeping in mind that the other person who is off the team has his/her own life too, and I shouldn't let my mind try to fill in the blanks. Just let things be. And don't be hurt or offended or rejected that you didn't get a response to every damn message you wrote. People have their reasons.

team?

We'll have new players, but why are the old players suddenly not interested? Is it because of who is staying on the team? Have I done something wrong? I will miss the original players. I don't know more because I have not gotten responses.

No Subject

This was my first day being nanny for Noah and Zoe. It went fine, although I'm a bit tired. Zoe apparently spends about 60% of her time bored. She already requested that we go to the beach tomorrow. Yuck. Stupid beach. Maybe it'll be fun. I was the hero for folding a whole bunch of laundry while I was there. I kind of like folding laundry; it's nothing like washing dishes, which I loathe. The electricity went out for about an hour tonight in the whole neighborhood. It's creepy when everything is pitch black, but we went for a walk and played a game of chess by lantern light. I lost, but it was still fun. Next time I'll try to hold onto my knights a little longer; I think that was the beginning of the end for me. Of course, we probably won't play again until the next power outage!

Insomnia

Arg. I can't sleep.

Nicole Baking Muffins

nanny

So next week I start being a nanny for my niece and nephew. That's fairly alliterative. My brother text messaged me back which was nice. He wasn't kidding about the plans changing a lot; he's already changed details about three times. I may have to change the ringer on my phone while working with them so that I can actually hear it. I get the feeling there will be more messages! I'm looking forward to it. The thing I'm most nervous about for now is cooking dinner for them -- I'm out of practice. Although I'm sure it's just things like heating up chicken nuggets or pasta...simple.

I guess it's no big deal

There are so many reasons that someone might not respond, and it's probably a little silly for me to always want a response....no big deal.

Urgh!

I can't stand when I send a text message and don't get one in return. It hurts my feelings. I should probably get over that. It's probably not a rejection like I take it; it's probably just lack of something to say in return, or something like that.

MY dad is special!

Stuff they advertise for Father's Day has NOTHING to do with my dad. Does it really have to do with most dads? Sorry my dad isn't obsessed with cars, barbecue, sports, and drinking. Geez.

interview

I had an interview today, and I think it went pretty well. one of the people interviewing me in her office had a big, almost poster-size picture of herself behind her on the wall. It was hard not to look at it.

Baaad Dinner

Just kidding. It was good. We went to Little Goat Diner, and the highlight was the blueberry pie with goat cheese gelato. But yesterday beer was really good too...Solemn Oath Brewery's Oxford Comma. Today I had...I forgot the name of the kind...same brewery though. And I got to play with a really cute dog.