It's All Monkey Business
I babysat for the first time in 15 years last summer. (!) I realize babysitting is not a huge deal for most people, but I am not most people. One time, when I was 16, I babysat two kids (I think they were 2 and 4) for a few hours while their parents went to league bowling. It was THE. LONGEST. THREE. HOURS. OF. MY. LIFE. All to make like fifteen bucks. I also realized- just recently, actually- that the two-year-old probably needed a diaper change while I was there, but I was so clueless that it never even occurred to me. I have yet to change a diaper. Ever. Fortunately, my good friends' boys are beyond the diaper years, and, in fact, can wipe their own butts! I had to make sure before accepting the challenge... I am so not ready for that kind of responsibility. They're 7 and 6, so I mean, I assumed they'd be able to take care of that stuff on their own, but you never know! So, yeah. The concept that someone would actually trust me to take care of their children for ...