I am a very independent person. I love taking care of myself and being on my own which is why I love college so much. I like when everyone pitches in and helps each other. I like it when people do their share (Barney reference). Yes, I still love service, but it is nice to have people working together to lighten the load. Sometimes I just like doing things for myself and being my own boss.
But I am a nanny. This is the complete opposite. I clean...after other people! And I take care of other peoples needs! It really is a fun job and I do love it because the family is wonderful and the kids are cute as ever. I am just laughing at myself at how ironic my job is. I am not complaining at all though. I am learning new skills as well! I never really knew how to do laundry before college but now for my job, I use my laundry skills everyday. I also have never ever used a dishwasher before. We just never used ours in our home. On the first day of nannying, I learned how to use theirs! Now I am a pro. I love learning new things. Haha.
It is also funny that I have this job because the work that I do is the work that I would have done at home had I been jobless still. Laundry, dishes, vacuuming, dusting, babysitting, cleaning bathrooms...
but I get paid, which is wonderful :) Especially as I'm trying to save up for the upcoming school year!
Funny thing is that when they told me some of their household rules like taking off your shoes and washing your hands when you enter the house...I was like, no problem! I am familiar with that stuff and we do the same at my house! I love washing my hands...a lot, by the way. It is definitely one of my quirks. Sure, it can be tiring at times but I am glad I can look on the bright side, laugh about my ironic job, play with cute kids, and have fun with "something better" than being jobless and poor!
UPDATE: I really do love my job actually. Like, doing the same stuff everyday, every week gets pretty boring but honestly I am learning so much. So far, I have learned that I might possibly not want a boy to be my first child because honestly, I don't know how to take of them. I don't know what they like! I also just want a little mommy's girl first. Haha. But, if I end up having a boy first, I can handle it. This job is teaching me very well on how to care for them and through this, maybe I will learn how to interact with boys better and understand the concept of playing with cars, planes, and trains as opposed to Barbie dolls and pretend house :)
So like I said, I am learning a lot on how to care for children. This is honestly really great practice for becoming a mother. I am doing all the same stuff pretty much, caring for the house, cleaning, helping out with the kids, playing with them, etc.
This is Ryan, the little one-year-old. One out of the two kids I nanny for.
And this is what I do with the little 5 year old Kevin:
Guess which ones I colored and guess which ones he colored. :)
Anyways, it's pretty fun. Today- 6/17, I taught Kevin the principle of being honest...through the game of Candyland. He loves to cheat and I've let it slide before but this time I got a little fed up and taught him a pretty great lesson. I also taught him a bit of ASL and the life of butterflies (they bought a couple of caterpillars and three of them came out of their cocoons today).
Arthur, the little kids show, is also on my mind constantly. As well as The Backyardigans. Good thing they are pretty fun kids shows. One thing that kind of bugs me though is some of the stuff that is taught in Arthur. DW is a total brat and is not a very good example to kids who watch the show! Just saying. It's cute though nonetheless and the theme song is catchy.
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