16-Hour Work Day

Sixteen hours of work -- this is the reason I did not blog yesterday. I started my nanny job yesterday (leaving my house at 7:30 AM) and went straight to another babysitting job as soon as I was finished, finally returning home at 11:00 PM. It wasn't really gruelling, because all the children were well-behaved, but it was a very long day. I didn't actually go to sleep until 2:00 AM because my younger brother, Jeremy, needed some "talk time." Needless to say, I only woke up an hour and a half ago. For someone who regularly rises around 5:30 AM, it's really bizarre to wake and have half your day gone.

The nanny job will be fun, I think. Since yesterday was my first time, the girls and I stayed at home, but we will have plenty of things to do next week (including picnics in the park, story time at the library, etc.). I will actually get to play "mommy." This ought to be interesting. I am almost tempted to wear a ring on my ring finger, simply because of the moral implications of a young woman with two young children without a ring might be -- well, you get the idea.

My second job yesterday was the twins again. We finished the last two chapters of The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe and read the first chapter of Prince Caspian. The twins insisted that I show their dad how to "do it right" and told me of how he was reading it all wrong. I must admit that I probably set a high standard -- acting out as I read, using different British accents for each character, etc. My mother doesn't call me Drama Queen for nothing.