Nightmare

Well, we haven't posted in so long because let's be honest, I'm the only one that posts, Matt won't. I have been working 7 days a week beginning the day that I last posted. I finally had a day off this past Sunday but I was living in my own personal nightmare so it wasn't any fun.

If I have talked to you over the last few weeks, I have certainly mentioned the "go live". Our office went live on a new software system and through a series of unfortunate events this became my project event though it doesn't relate to my job one bit. The other thing is, I do freelance work for other docs, it seems like I am becoming more popular, which is good, but it keeps me WAY too busy. And since I can't say NO to people(which explains the nightmare we have been living), I end up working through the middle of the night trying to catch up with my many projects.

Anyway, as I have begun to catch up with all of the work that I have to do, sitting at the computer ends up being the last thing I want to do for fun. But this story is SOOOOO good it cannot go untold.

SO - on Thursday, I am at work and I get a call from a guy in our ward. We have babysat for them before and we SWORE we would never do it again. Well, his wife's grandma died and they need to go to Seattle. They are leaving Saturday and will be back Tuesday. Can we watch their kids because she is 7 months pregnant and doesn't want to fly alone. Well, it all comes back to the part about me not being able to say NO. I tried, I said that I would be working everyday but Sunday so they should really find someone else. But they found other people for the times when I was at work and we ended up babysitting.

First of all, RESPECT to ALL of you who have three kids. HA! And anyone who has more than 3. I cannot imagine. It was a nightmare. Part of the problem is that our lifestyle is not very condusive to kids. We both work - ALOT and we aren't home alot, which makes it hard. Anyway, besides all that, these kids are terrors. They flushed a whole roll of toilet paper down the toilet, well I guess they tried because it didn't go down and then Matt had to fish it out. They also left the lights on in the car, which meant that the battery was dead when we went to go to church. They wet the bed. They were sick. They were crying, fighting and throwing up.

They also have a dog, who is NOT housebroken, not even a little bit. Lets see, we cleaned up feces and pee no less than 50 times. This dog is defiant. He will look at you and pee on the floor. And according the parents the kids are supposed to clean it up because it is their dog. Yeah- riiiiight. And for anyone who knows me I have a very strong gag reflex, picking up poo, puppy poo that is all squishy is not something that I look forward too. Matt and I have solidified our NO DOG policy. Our poor children will NEVER have a dog.

But YEA! The nightmare is OVER. We are back home. I need to tell some of the good stories. Like I won $100 on Halloween and I have awesome pictures. Hopefully I won't be as busy and I can post again soon. If not - I get three days off at Thanksgiving so I should be able to catch up with more posts then.

Blaszczyks - so good to hear from you. I always loved babysitting your kids. They weren't crazy!! You guys need a blog or at least send me an email address to get in touch. And the winter and summer bedding thing. Yeah, I didn't really notice until I moved here but we have distinct winter and summer bedding, we also have distinct winter and summer clothing, like you could pack away you winter clothes and actually not need them until winter!! In Calgary it doesn't get as hot and it can snow at anytime so I guess no one would go to the same effort, you will always need blankets and sweaters even in July. Here people don't wear sweaters except between October and March because it is WAY to hot. People here are weird...but I guess that makes me weird too!!!