The Goat Nanny Diaries

See, who knew that being a Nanny could be so, interesting.

Just getting here was interesting. And by here, i mean The Haute, a good long way from my place in New England. Not that i mind being out here (absolutely love it so far), but the process was…interesting. Had to fly outta BDH, and into PHL. And just getting from Point A (BDH) to point B (PHL) was fun. I was going thru the security checkpoint and with my luck (and possibly Murphy’s law ["anything that can go wrong, will go wrong, at the worst possible moment"]) my bag gets help up. Okay, so it wasn’t going through, nothing wrong, i eyeball the lady lookin at the Xray screen, she takes my bag and puts it through, the second time… hmm… this time, my hoodie and the shoes came through on the bin, but still, no bag. 15 minutes later, i get the security guy asking me if i have any sharp objects that he should know about. No, no sharp objects there, just my books, and my ipod and stuff like that. i’m standing there like seriously, do i like look the type of kid who would try and endanger someone? I don’t think so. And then, flying into PHL, that whole flight, i swear, i thought i was going to be sick. The first thing i did when i got to the airport was find the shuttle bus thingey (coolest experience of my 16 yr old life so far) and call my mom, and my aunt, and my best friend. So, i got into the terminal i was looking for and lo and behold, i found some food (specifically a couple slices of sbarro pizza) and i settled in at the cafe. So I’m in the cafe, all loner-like and the waitress comes over and asks what I’d like, so outta politeness i ordered a cup of coffee. So few minutes later, me and my loner-ness had a cup of coffee and man. It tasted NASTY! So i made this face, like really disgusted face, and i looked up from my book, and i see this little girl staring at me.Seriously. She’s looking at me like i have three heads, sure… well i thought it was funny. And then, outta nowhere, the fire alarm went off. Talk about ear piercing. It sounded for 10 minutes. And then, I caught my flight after getting a coffee ((talk abotu really good, it was from the cafe right across the way from the cafe i sat in for the longest time)) and some medicine for my motion sickness. Getting on the flight, i felt great, caffiene surging throught my veins,and then boom. All of a sudden, I’m out like a light on the plane waiting for it to take off. Perfectly fine by me, i woke up some time later, we were still on the tarmac. And then, i fell asleep again. When i woke up, we were in the air and the flight attendent was handing out drinks, nothing special. but pretty much, i slept that WHOLE trip. it was nice.

And then –> day one of my nanniness went well. The kids and i played with playdough and we had a good time. Had to occupy Goat one, while appeasing Goat two. It was interesting but the day definately went slow.

Today, the goats and i are coloring and we might go outside to play with the sidewalk chalk and go in the pool, weather permitting. Later: We didn’t end up going outside because of the weather, but we managed to keep very busy. Very interesting. Sometime soon, we’re going to have to work some me time into this schedule. The goats are going to run me ragged soon… but it’s so worth it.

Although. The kids being at each others throats isn’t worth it. I observed this from the kitchen and had a chuckle

Goat 2: IF YOU DON’T DO THIS, I WON’T BE YOUR FRIEND!!!!

Goat 1: **mumbles something incoherent**

Goat 2: We can be friends!

Goat 1: NO!! You said you weren’t my friend

Goat 2: **runs into the kitchen** **to me** HE DOESN’T WANT TO BE MY FRIEND!!!!

And I sit there and quietly laugh to myself… one day they’ll understand why I’m quietly laughing.