November 17, 2003 - 8:00 p.m.

Nanny Occupational Hazards

1. Knowing more about current cartoons than current events.
2. Being unable to find your keys in your purse because they are buried beneath bandaids, crayons, granola bars, orphaned Lego pieces, and used tissues.
3. (Speaking of used tissues) Getting up close and personal with a multitude of childhood illnesses with possibility of being sneezed, coughed, or puked on.
4. Telling little white lies. "We're just too busy to have a playdate with your [aggressive and ill-behaved] son, maybe some other time!" "Sure, Sally, that drawing looks just like Mommy, especially the orange eyes and third arm!"
5. Getting the evil eye from a nine year-old (and let me tell you, most nine year-old are better at that look than Gollum).
6. Danger of being heard waxing rhapsodic about the relative merits of homemade and storebought playdough or Pampers and Pull-Ups.
7. Being caught reciting Goodnight Moon in your sleep or singing "You Are My Sunshine" under your breath.
8. Considering ice cream as one of the four food groups.
9. Having the pediatrician's number programmed into your cell phone ahead of your boyfriend's.
10. Knowing which local restaurants have chicken nuggets and sippy cups but not which have the best wine lists or filet mignon.

today's project: turning a furniture box into a pirate hideout

musing about: what triggered my allergies this time

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