Makes Life Harder

So I babysitt this super cute little three year old and her parents are not together and the dad is pretty much a dead beat. Poor little girl huh? The mom doesn't like the dad because he was never there when she was a baby and does pretty much nothing for her. Sure she hangs out with him every once in a while but that's it. He gets to be the "fun parent" every so often then move on with his life. The mom on the other hand works her butt of for this little girl and is working on going back to school so she can better care for her. The dad tells the little girl that her mom is terrible and all this jazz and you can tell it has affected her because she used to run around and love to be busy and play and now she just wants to sit on the porch and wait all day for her mom to get home. Which is really different from the little girl who could hardly sit still last week. I really hope that she takes his buns to court and gets all the rights because seriously who tries to turn a little kid against their mom when you have never been there for her? A psycho. That's who. Lesson learned her peeps get married THEN have kids so you don't have to deal with all this.

Kiddos

Yesterday I taught the 9-10 primary class and they were awful. Like wouldn't listen kept having side conversations and running around the room and playing with their gum. It was horrible. Which is weird because all the kids in the class I know their parents and they definitely should have been better behaved than that. I was talking to my mom about it and my dad and come to find out that every teacher they have had has trouble with them because they simply can't handle doing activities without taking things over the top and being silly.So my dad said he would come with me next week and sit in there if I wanted them. My dad is not some huge guy he is pretty average and skinny and really nice but please believe he can be formidable when he wants to be. But I was stressing about it and said like a zillion prayers last night in my bed because I was really worried and stressing out about it because I need to 1. Get these kids under control because they can't keep running around the room. You can't do that when you get older. 2. They need to learn their scripture stories. I just want to say that if I were their age I would beat them up lol. However I am 18 and I refuse to let these kids get the better of me. I am going to show Ethan Leavitt who is boss because nobody else in his life seems to be able to do so. Stay tuned. I still have 4 more weeks of this business.

Success

What I call success: Making homemade doughnuts for the first time ever and having them turn out perfectly. Getting asked to babysit your favorite kids. And losing two pounds and only needing to lose seven more to reach my goal. Sweet success :)

Babysitting!

I love to babysit. It is one of my favorite activities. This week alone I have made $110.00 dollars babysitting. I am living the dream!!! As it would turn out when other moms ask around for a babysitter I get recommended a lot. I think it is because I actually play with the kids rather than just turning on a movie or something. I really hope that people continue to ask me to babysit as much as they have this past week!

Life is Awkward. A LOT.

Life is awkward a lot of the time. Like knowing whether to hug someone or not. Full on front hug with a super long embrace? Regular front hug? Double Bro tap? Side hug? Awkward side hug because you don't want to hug the person? It's difficult. Also going to a wedding reception and having people check your hand to see if you are engaged is awkward. And finally the most awkward thing of all going to a wedding reception where one of your friends is constantly voicing his opinion that "these two should not be getting married" I mean who bad mouths a couple at their wedding reception?! If they weren't meant to be together I am pretty sure they would not have gotten married. I mean come on are you heavenly father? Did they pray to YOU about this? NO. So it is not your place to judge them and decide what's good for them. Some people.

I thought we were better friends than this. We went from talking about everything and hanging out everyday to pretty much nothing. You can make time for other people but not for me? Welcome to the real world I suppose best friends don't always stay best friends. Oddly enough I really am not that sad about this lol. Does that make me a bad friend also? I am not sure but it's ok :) sometimes you have to let old friends go to make room for the new ones!

Fast Sunday

Today is Fast Sunday. The last fast Sunday I was sick so I didn't even go to church! I missed out. You never know where inspiration is going to strike! Like institute last Wednesday. Holy Cow. I had so many questions! And there were so many good comments made by other people it helps me remember why I love institute :) because my first semester of college my institute class was ok but the teacher was just not my favorite. Sometimes the right teacher makes all the difference. Also yesterday I went with my little brother, his friend Tyson, my dad and my home ward's bishop. They are great folks :) except john and Tyson kept trying to bike sandwich me :p they had to do 50 miles but I just went the first little bit with them and did 20 miles. It felt good to challenge myself like that! Some of the hills were rough though and bike seat make your butt hurt REALLY bad. Even if you get a super cushy gel seat it doesn't even matter. You still will feel like you have been riding a horse for 9 hours. Then I did the last 3 miles they had to do with them! If I had just done like 3 more yesterday I would have ultimately biked a marathon! That is my new goal. Biking a marathon.