so for those of you who don't know, i was a nanny this past summer. yes, mary fucking poppins.... but without the whole being magical and awesome like that. i watch an 11 year old boy who we will call 'g'. g has a kidney disease that requires him to take medicine every six hours, and he can't sweat in large amounts, or his kidney's start to fail. so this basically means no running, so sports, no being outside in 80 degree weather for more than 30 mins. and this is why, ladies and gentlemen, i fit the bill perfectly to be g's babysitter. now, it hasn't been a piece of cake with him. we are on a limited budget, so it is kind of tough to do things with him. i always ask him what he wants to do, and 99% of the time he just wants to stay home and watch tv. which is fine, but i want him to get out and enjoy the world. afterall, these are the perks of a nanny with a car. today i basically forced him to come to school with me to drop off some stuff, and them took him to niagara falls. and for the first time since i have started nannying, he actually seemed to be having a good time. granted, it was 93 degrees out, and we paid 12 dollars to park for only 45 minutes, but he really enjoyed himself. as soon as we got home, he called his mom and told her what a good time he had today. she called me later to thank me for getting him out of the house finally, and for giving him such a great day. tomorrow, g has to go into the hospital for some tests, so i am going to take him to the county fair afterwards to feel better, and hopefully have as good as a time as we did today.
i have been incredibly fortunate to find amazing friends both at home and at school. when i was at school, i sort of lost touch with some of these friends, but this past year that i have been home has been a time to sort of catch up on lost time. with the summer coming to a close and the possibility of me moving away in the next couple months, i have started the sort of 'going away' mentality where i never know if one of these weekends will be the last i get to spend with my friends from home. it didnt really hit me until this past weekend when i was driving with z, and she starting to get upset because she thought this was the last time i would be seeing her. i reassured her that it DEFIANTLY was not the last time as a. i don't have a job as of yet, and b. i would never leave without saying goodbye. then she made me promise to keep in touch and visit because she was going to have a hard time when i left. i shut the car door, and just kinda sat in my car for a couple minutes thinking about how sad i am going to be when i leave. if you asked me one year ago, i would have traded anything to get the fuck out of this place and leave for new york city. no sadness, no hesitation. but leaving now will be bittersweet: i will be fulfilling my dream, but am also going to be so sad to leave these amazing people behind. and i say time and time again: i was home this year for a reason. it's just now that i'm starting to figure them out...
