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Eleven Thoughts You Have While Babysitting

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Stephanie Haenn

Jul 11, 2016

Johns Hopkins University

Eleven Thoughts You Have While Babysitting

Laura Aziz

Babysitting is one of the best ways to make money... Or the worst. If the kids are good, it's cake. But if you're stuck trying to tame little demons for five hours, you can feel like the job is torturous. Regardless, it's a quick way to make cash. And if you're responsible and attentive, it's an easy way to make cash. No matter how well (or poorly) behaved the rug-rats are, a myriad of thoughts race through a babysitter's mind. If you have ever babysat, you have probably experienced similar qualms and speculations.

1. What's in the fridge?

When the kitchen is fully stocked with cookies and sugary cereal, the job can be just that much sweeter.

2. What do these parents do until 3 in the morning?

I don't even have the energy to party for that long.

3. How do I turn their TV on?

Ugh, is this one of those complicated TVs that requires 4 different remotes to change the channel and turn up the volume?

4. Is it excessive to bring my laptop

I'm trying to be productive once these munchkins are in bed.

5. What's the earliest time these kids can go to bed?

Is 5 pm bedtime aggressive?

6. Is it bad if I let them watch "What Do You Mean?"

Shield your eyes, kids.

7. I hope they pay well.

Easy. Money.

8. I guess if they say their mom says its okay...

They won't listen to me, anyway.

9. Do I really have to let them play with my hair?

This kind of hurts.

10. I really want to just pass out on their couch.

It's so comfy! And its 1 am, I'm tired.

11. Ahhh, finally asleep. Now I can watch "Keeping Up with the Kardashians."

Everyone has their babysitting binge-watches.

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Eleven Thoughts You Have While Babysitting

How hard can this be?

1. What's in the fridge?

2. What do these parents do until 3 in the morning?

3. How do I turn their TV on?

4. Is it excessive to bring my laptop

5. What's the earliest time these kids can go to bed?

6. Is it bad if I let them watch "What Do You Mean?"

7. I hope they pay well.

8. I guess if they say their mom says its okay...

9. Do I really have to let them play with my hair?

10. I really want to just pass out on their couch.

11. Ahhh, finally asleep. Now I can watch "Keeping Up with the Kardashians."

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2. When there is only one section of a popular course.

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4. When you need to see an advisor, but they are too busy/unresponsive.

5. Trying not to dress like a bum for your appointments with your advisors/department heads.

6. When you have a perfectly planned out schedule, and one class ruins it.

7. Carefully moving things around to accommodate a different class/section.

8. Waking up at 6:00 a.m. for your enrollment time.

9. Concocting a new schedule at your enrollment time after your original plan gets changed.

10. Getting into a class and filling the last available seat.

11. When all of your classes finally go through.

12. Realizing that you forgot a class that was a pre-requisite for everything else.

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5. When you finish taking the test and you're pretty sure you failed...

6. ...but then you get the test back and somehow passed.

7. When you've been up for 12 hours straight writing a paper.

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9. When you have to butter up your professor for an extra credit opportunity.

10. When you're assigned a group project.

11. And your group-mates are trying to chat about life instead of the assignment.

12. When it's your last class of the day and you're about to go home.

13. But then you remember rent is due tonight and the anger comes back.

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