I go for too long then keep having to update.
We went on an awesome amazing incredible epic road trip around the country. Fifteen states in 15 days, I need to share those deets. I still haven't even shared Chicago! Worst blogger ever. I like focusing on the "free things" that can be done in all of the different places, so I'll come back and fill in some of that for any other interested semi-broke travelers along with other tips and such.
Husband and I fell in love with California harder than anywhere else and can't wait to go back. Somehow I knew I would feel what I felt there, and it was truly amazing. I've always thought but now nothing has ever been so clear: I'm really,
really not meant to be a midwest girl.
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| My new favorite thing. Not convenient for a Clevelander. |
I've started my first phase of nanny retirement! No longer accepting new families, those that I have now are my "graduating class" of sorts and I'll be devoting my time to them until they're mostly transitioned into school next fall. Little N♥ started half day preschool this year, and I really truly did not expect to cry like I did. I had joked about it, but good grief! All of the kids seemed to grow in like a week. They went back to school and that night I just fell a mess in my husband's arms with a glass of wine. Ridiculous? I still have C to light up my mornings while the rest are in school, then I go for N♥ when she gets out, pick up N in the afterrnoon and stay until dinner. Starting November I'll help a new additional nanny transition in and cut down my hours. The kids don't know it yet. I think they'll do fine (and me, maybe, haha) since we're not going cold turkey or anything. The families have become some of my very best friends, so I'm not "going" anywhere - Jon & I just hope to raise a family of our own in the next couple years. :) Yikes. Stay tuned?
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AND finally the start of The Cleveland Nanny! I have some quite frightful stories, the worst to start with and a solid bunch of hilarious, emotional and sweet ones also. The first one is my worst experience so I decided to add a spoonful of sugar to help it go down by mixing those "chapters" with quotes and stories about N&N♥ It's a way for me to free-write my experiences and get some feedback. It already gets looked at way more than this haha, but I've added a link above.
Okay the boring part is over, update, but I enjoy looking back on what I have so far so maybe that will make me stick with it more? I really want to, even if it's just for myself. Otherwise time just starts to blend and get confusing.
