Babysitting

I have committed to a babysitting job for at least this semester (Spring semester at BYU-I). That may be shocking to those who know me and how I feel about other people's kids, but desperate times call for desperate measures. Landon is diligently looking for an administrator job for this fall, we're paying off medical bills, braces, and student loans, while attempting to live on $29,500 a year. I take the few sub jobs that have come my way lately, but we're kind of hanging by our fingernails right now. As usual when we've been in this kind of situation, opportunities and blessings come our way right when we think we're not going to make it.
Our friends, Billy and Bethany Stewart are our neighbors. Billy is a full-time student in elementary education and his wife is a full-time nurse, who works nights. Their schedules sometimes conflict and create gaps where they need someone to be with their 3 girls, so now I'm that someone. It's only about 10 hours a week, but it's enough to help pay for gas and food during the week. The girls are 1, 2 and 5 and really cute, cuddly, sweet girls...which is what I'm used to, so it could be a lot worse.
I'm so glad we saved a lot of our Fisher-price toys, the Littlest Pet toys, the dollhouse, and that Lauren has about 50 stuffed animals! The girls love to play at our house, and I've enjoyed having little squishy baby cheeks to kiss again.