Monday, September 08, 2008

You Know You're A Nanny In Deep When...

You're used to coming home with snot, spit, and puke stains in all the same spots they were in the day before.

You spend a ridiculous amount of time trying to figure out how that guy gets into that stupid purple dinosaur costume.

Sesame Street is no longer awe inspiring, but it is oddly goofy and silly.

You've developed a new paranoia about nanny cams.

You often find yourself eyeing the house, looking for any place a nanny cam might be hidden.

You live off a diet of microwaveable popcorn chicken and mac and cheese.

You now understand why your babysitters were so anal about nap time.

You've become the ultimate goober getter outer. This includes eye goobers, hair crustys, and of course, the main goober, boogers.

For a second, you consider the benefits of a shaved head.

Necklaces are definitely excluded from the standard uniform.

You have brilliantly and effectively manipulated the kids schedules so that they all fall asleep at the same time.

You know how many different cries the baby has, and what they all mean.

Tickle fights have become the highlight of your day.

Their smiles melt your heart.

Their blatant "NO'S!" drive you closer and closer to the edge of that cliff called insanity.

You've effectively maneuvered getting 3 kids into car seats without anyone running into the streets.

You crave grownup time.

You also crave alone time, daily.

Monday through Friday, when you're off duty, you try not to look in the back of your car to see the 3 little seats that make your car look cluttered, and make you feel too much like a grown up.

Food on the floor, food on their faces, food on the table, food on the couch, food all over their little bodies, this has become the norm.

You often find yourself with the image of a boxer in your head, as drool pours out of their mouths like a water fall.

You don't even notice the smell in the changing room anymore. (No, that's a lie. I still notice the smell.)

You avoid the changing room as much as possible.

You've seen the same free, on demand episode of their favorite Nickelodeon show a million times.

You note all the super cute and funny things they say so you can blog about it later.

You've absolutely fallen in love with their smiles, their laughs, their cute little shoes, the way they hold onto your legs when you're standing in a line, the way they call you nanny instead of by your real name, and the way they hug you when you leave while promising, "See ya morrow."