Adventures in Babysitting Part 1

[fenderlove]

I had to babysit my cousin's kids. Somehow along the way I picked up the job of babysitting my other cousin's kid at the same time. They drove me insane all day. I'm not entirely sure how to deal with children, like their intense desire to repeat the same story to me like four times in a row in a way that sounds like they are asking me a question... but there is no question! And then when you ask them what the point of what they were saying was, they get all huffy. I had Haley, the youngest, tell me that, even though I'm 22, that I could still get grounded by my mother. I explained to her very calmly and rationally that that wasn't true. She pitched the biggest fit because her grandfather told her that he could still ground her dad. I told her that her grandfather was probably joking, but she kept screeching that he doesn't joke because "He's not that old!" Her older-by-a-year sister Olivia looked at her a said, "What difference does that make?" I was about to say the same thing. Haley's reply was "Forget it! You're all stupid!" I hate little kids. All they want to do is eat, scream, throw toys, and eat some more. I also didn't get paid even though I was promised payment. I have to repeat this horrid day again tomorrow. Lord save me.