one of the things that i do to take up time while i'm being a nanny this summer is watch the girls in the pool. i despise swimming myself, the water is never warm enough and i would rather just stay dry. but anyways, i sit in a chair on the side of the pool and watch the girls swim around pretending to be mermaids and have dance contests. the first day that i watched them in the pool, between all of the "miss lauren, watch this!" pleas, julia goes "hey, look!" i turn to see a HUGE spider sitting on the edge of the pool decking. the girls were fascinated by the monstrous beast, and of course wanted me to get it away from the pool. i HATE spiders. i can't even look at pictures of them. especially when the spider looked like this:
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!
nevertheless, i got the pool net, closed my eyes, held my breath, and poked the spider from across the pool. it lifted one leg and then scurried away from the pool into the bushes. disgusting. their entire pool is brimming with bugs: bees, flies, brightly colored beetles. there's bugs in there that i've never even seen before. of course as nanny it's my job to clean them up. love itt.
the girls look exactly like me, tall and thin with the stringy blonde hair. their mom jokes that i'm their real biological mom, and the looks i get from people when i take them out make me laugh. i took them to barnes and noble today and the people that i used to work with there all gave me the look like "ohh, so that's why she really quit". yes, because at 19 i have two children ages 7 & 5. cayla & i think that i should start wearing a ring when i take them out to just confirm people's suspicions.
today in the pool, the girls had a dance contest. they were splashing around and singing a random song, and then they both turn to me and scream "TEQUILA!" maybe they really are my kids.
cheers,
lauren
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