Exhaustion

I don't know what I was thinking when I agreed to babysit this summer. Every weekday, I wake up at 5:45, travel to town, and babysit until eleven. The dad works, the mom is taking a college class, the kids need someone to watch over them and make sure they brush their teeth and don't fight. And somehow, I got that job.

Not that I don't enjoy it. The kids are great. They never make me ask twice, I have yet to see them fight, and only one of them needs the occasional reminder to brush her teeth. But still, 5:45. It's pretty sad when I have to wake up earlier during the summer than I did for school. At least I'm getting paid.

After babysitting, I went to my grandparents house where I spent about an hour and a half reading the latest Sarah Dessen book. I simply CANNOT resist her novels. The characters, I can always relate to, the relationships, I fawn over. The books always find a way to speak to me, often about things I find myself having trouble with. Kudos, Sarah Dessen. Kudos.

After my reading adventure, I journeyed to Georgia's house, then on to Wal-Mart with her to purchase a birthday present for one of our closest friends, Ethan. He turns sixteen Saturday (watch out drivers!). He had an unbelievably atypical childhood. No typical toys, candies, books, and he's only seen about five movies. Seriously, he owns two movies, which he lost the actual discs to, so technically now he only owns two movie cases. Georgia and I decided to make him a Your Guide to a Normal Childhood gift basket. It includes: Sixteen Candles and The Austin Powers movies (movies that EVERYONE has seen), Where the Wild Things Are (the book), Bottle Caps and Gummy LifeSavers, a toy dinosaur, a Hot Wheels Car, and a T-Shirt that features every Mario Brothers character known to man. We find this gift basket to be one of the best presents we have ever assembled.

From this jaunt, I moved onto play rehearsal. We ran the first ten scenes of the play, and it didn't go horribly, I am happy to say. There were some awkward set transitions, but that's expected the first time, and we didn't actually do any of our dances... We just kind of skipped the, but we don't know them all yet. We're learning the rest Saturday. So far we've learned two waltzes and a hip-hop. We have to learn two discos. But tonight was actually a pretty good rehearsal, and I had a lot of fun.

So, without a doubt, this day was better than the last. :)