I woke up late and so was scrambling to look presentable to go teach. I didn't have time to whip up some scrambled eggs or bacon so I grabbed....a granola. So I was already cheating on my no carb diet.
Afterwards I ran back to the house to change clothes and ate a cheese stick. I had about 30 minutes downtime before I had to go babysit. So I left to go babysit and I got there a bit early. I went up to the door and all of a sudden a cute baby orange kitten comes purring and rubbing up against me. At first I was stiff and a little alarmed. My parents said to never touch a strange animal because they could have rabies. But she was content just rubbing against me. The people I was suppoused to babysit for were running late so I sat down on the steps and the little orang kitten whom I nicknamed "Pumpkin" stretched out and slept on my shoe.
The lady I babysit for pulled up and I asked her about the cat. I knew they didn't have animals, but she said she had been feeding the cat. She didn't know whose it was but she and her son were allergic so they couldn't take care of it. She said that cat was super friendly though and didn't bite.
I already have the prettiest cat in the world named Izzy:
Yep, that's my pretty Izzy. Anyways, I'm allergic to cats and so is Sam so I bathe Izzy with allergy wipes all the time and take my allergy medicine. I knew having another cat wouldn't work since Sam and I were lucky Izzy wasn't bothering us as it was.
So as I left my babysitting job I offered to drop off Pumpkin at the Humane Society if she wanted me to. I figured it would be getting cold soon and Pumpkin is a short-hair so I knew she would be getting cold soon. Plus, she deserves a happy home. She was probably the most loving cat I've ever seen...just craving attention. Well, the lady I babysat for said that that would be great and so I put little Pumpkin in my car and took her and dropped off at her new home.
It was kind of sad for me. I really wished I could keep her. It makes me so sad seeing stray animals or seeing a dead animal along the road. I'm not some extreme activist, but it really breaks my heart. Pumpkin's ribs were even poking out a little bit.
After that I had to go take a drug test for my job. I called my previous employer and she told me they could use some holiday help so I thought I would help out for a few months...or as long as she needs me.
It was such a hectic day I never had time for lunch until 3pm. So I just gave in. I decided to call today my "cheat" day and just not worry about it. We all have to have those days, right? I hear sometimes they are even good for your body because it jumpstarts your metabolism.
So now I'm relaxing for the next two hours and then I'm off to babysit again tonight! Phew. One longgg day.
Seriously, if anyone ever has any babysitting or parenting questions, I probably know the answer. I've been babysitting for 12 years now and usually babysit everyday. It gets insane. In August I made $1,378 just from babysitting!
Happy "hump" day!
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