Nanny McCigank

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.

~annalisa