Some days I wish we had family living close by. I never imagined that I'd get to a place in my life where it would be so important to me. And by that I mean, I never gave it a thought. But now that we have LT, it sure would be nice to just drop her off at my mom's house when we had something to do.
We essentially have two sitters. Our #1 sitter is a grad student, very mature, and LT really likes her. She was referred by a close friend, so the only drawback is that when we have social events that involve these friends, we have to defer to the friends to call her first. Sitter #1 has been very available.
Sitter #2 is a college student. She is very sweet, religious, and LT likes her as well. She goes home for holidays and summers though. And when do we often need a sitter? Holidays and summers.
So we have plans Saturday night. And no sitter. Seems that Sitter #1 has taken on a seasonal job, and Sitter #2 will be out celebrating her birthday. We also have an afternoon event coming up on the 15th, and no sitter. It's an adoption related event that I'd really like to attend. Alas.
Other than these sitters, we have no on on the bench. We have close friends who will watch LT in a pinch, but I like to save these favors for real emergencies. You know, like ER type emergencies.
I suppose this is no one's fault but my own, but I'm a little down about this. It's frustrating. It's so hard to find a good sitter and break her in. And then when they aren't available - it's really disappointing. How do you all find good babysitters? Who do you ask for help in a pinch?
Oh well, we'll just have to do something fabulous and kid-friendly on Saturday. Any ideas?
