Remember in January when the family I work for decided they needed a full time nanny? Well it happened again.
Basically I told them that I needed more time to be focused on school. They responded by finding someone new. They really wanted someone to be there full time. That new nanny sucked and scared the crap out of them so they called me begging to watch the kids whenever I could. I started consistently working 3 days a week and they were grateful. They said they would have to work around it until they figured something else out because they could never trust a new nanny again. Well...they figured something else out. I guess I was a temporary fix. One of the girls' teacher sent out an email announcing that her daughter is home from college for the summer and is looking for a nanny job. Mrs. Anderson's daughter will be the next "nanny".
I'm not really sure how I feel about this. On one hand my feelings are a little hurt. I thought I was super nanny. I thought they learned I am irreplaceable. I thought they were willing to work with me. On the other hand, I had no idea what the plan was for this summer and I am relieved. I can work out every morning. I can go out of town whenever I want to. I can (hopefully) dig deep for some motivation to finish school. I can keep my house clean and hang out with my grandparents.
There are definitely more positives than negatives to this new situation, but I'm a little bruised.
The angel boy and I started art class three weeks ago and it has been great. Today we made a lady bug garden. Afterwards we went to the park with a little boy in our class and his German Au Pair. It was really fun. She was telling me all about traveling the world and getting paid basically nothing. I'm sad that I won't be the one responsible for taking my boy to art class any more. I think I'm going to ask if I can pick him up and take him every Wednesday. I'm going to need dates with my kids. I am going to take them to the movies or bring the girls to get a mani/pedi. I'm gonna spoil them like a grandma. They are going to dig me even more then than they do now.
I can deal with that.
I totally know what you are saying about feeling a little bruised, but I seriously think this could work out even better! The summer you just described has me aching with jealousy!
ReplyDeleteAnd of course, if you and hubs ever want to move to Alaska, I am going to need a part time nanny so I can still focus on writing while being a SAHM! :)