Next week, I will be finishing up caring for Nanny Family #4 for the summer. Both parents are school teachers & I must say, I've enjoyed having week long vacations sprinkled throughout the year. Now comes my 1st summer off since ... well... since I was a kid!
I'm not really taking the whole summer off. I accepted a request from Nanny Family #1 to be available on a part-time basis through out the summer. The kids are pretty much self sufficient so I'm only there for emergencies & for walking the dog. Dasher is a fun dog.
Then, end of August/early September, I return to Nanny Family #4. They're spending their summer vacation visiting Peru, where the dad was born.
B starts 3rd shift at Lindt on the day I start my vacation. He's been on 1st shift, training & seems to like the job though the factory is SO big, he is walking, a lot. Last Monday, he used an app on his phone & totaled over 8 miles of walking that day! I used the new health insurance for the 1st time last week. Different feeling having to pay for everything until a deductible is met. Then, once met, everything is free for us. Time will tell if I like it.
C continues working @ the outlet mall store. She has good & bad days. She dates once in a while. No one too serious, yet. Latest guy drives a motorcycle & works for NASA. Haven't met him yet so I'm thinking it's not serious. She's been good w/paying her student & car loans on time, but she hasn't been good w/paying us what she owes. Not sure how to handle this because she knows we don't really NEED the money & we won't kick her out. But her balance due to us continues to grow! So, if C ever reads this... Pay us back! Thanks.
T is having her last chemo treatment tomorrow. She's been a trooper through it all. Loss of hair & sense of taste have been the biggest side effects for her. Hoping her tumors have shrunk so she can have surgery to remove whatever parts the doctor feels needs be removed. She's continued to work, care for her family & fulfill her church calling. Her husband M, has been a good support for her.
Carlotta has just successfully concluded Grade K! She is reading very well & is being promoted to 1st grade! I'm taking a week during my summer break to go back to VA to visit w her & her parents. C is going to come w/me.
The boys are stirring from their afternoon naps! Gotta go! Until next time...
