A few summers ago at the Nirvana things were a bit different. Holly had just two boys to wrangle. She had a three year old and a baby.
These were tough times because the three year old had
no interest in baby things and the baby was a
baby.
Holly has a smile on her face because she very smartly sat down with her regular babysitter (babysitter #1) before college dismissed to schedule some summer hours of peace.
Well, not really peace, more like a mommy-and-me swimming class with the three year old for which she had to
pre-pay.
Holly was at the window watching for babysitter #1:
Holly was still at the window watching for babysitter #1 one hour after babysitter #1 was supposed to arrive and 20 minutes after the
pre-paid swimming lessons had started.
Babysitter #1 never showed up that day.
Babysitter #1 never showed up any other day of that entire summer.
Holly was dumped by babysitter #1.
Enter babysitter #2.
Babysitter #2 was very sweet and showed up on day one. Babysitter #2 was there a little early so that Holly could run some errands before
pre-paid swimming lessons.
Babysitter #2 called Holly on her cell phone 15 minutes after Holly left to tell her that her son was bleeding.
A lot.
Holly called 911.
Holly turned the car around.
Holly met the ambulance at her home (
Holly may have exceeded the speed limit on the way home…shhhhh).
The EMT’s assured Holly that her son had just bumped his lip and although there was a lot of blood, there was very little injury.
Holly thanked the EMTs.
Babysitter #2 thanked Holly for the work opportunity, but related that it might be a little “too stressful for her”.
Babysitter #2 dumped Holly.
Enter babysitter #3.
Quite honestly Holly can’t even remember what happened with babysitter #3. But shortly after she started, she quit.
Babysitter #3 dumped Holly.
Holly dumped the
pre-paid swimming lessons.
Holly was pretty much in the
dumps.
And then the phone rang…
It was Holly’s dentist!
Holly responded as any rational person would…
well, maybe not any person…
well, maybe just like Holly would…
Yes, Holly started crying.
And then Holly started unloading on the poor person from the dentist’s office.
Yes, Holly actually said, “
And if I could find a sitter I certainly wouldn’t waste it on a trip to the dentist“.
Oh no she didn’t!
Oh yes she did.
After Holly said it, she
regretted it…
Until 30 minutes later…
the phone rang.
It was Holly’s dentist!
Yes, Holly’s dentist found her a babysitter.
Enter babysitter #4.
Babysitter #4 arrived right on time for the first time so that
Holly could go to the dentist.
The end.
Except,
for the record babysitter #4 regularly worked for Holly’s family over the next 3 years and is considered a part of the family…
Katie, thanks for not dumping Holly.
*This episode of Holly’s Animated Life was originally posted on August 27, 2008.*
I love Miss Katie because she saved Miss Holly’s teeth – and let’s face it… I’m a little tooth obsessed.
((hug)) You have been through so much for these boys.
Best dentist/babysitter story ever written. And you don’t get a chance to say that alot in life.
awesome
Hooray for Katie! And for your dentist who is, I concede, better than my dentist, who not only fails to provide excellent babysitting help, but can’t even seem to make a filling that stays inside the appropriate tooth.
Also, hooray for a copycat post idea. We tried to find babysitting help when there were eight under nine…
Boy, they really wanted you to get your teeth cleaned. 🙂
as much as i love (and dream about) holly’s animated life posts, i would be remiss if i didn’t point out that holly is clearly a young whippersnapper.
otherwise, she surely would have known that the rotary phone numbers go in the OTHER direction.
How did I ever get invited to a blogger get together with someone as funny as you? I am not worthy.
Love this post! I wonder if you’d mentioned to your dentist that you can’t come for an appointment because you’re short of money, if he’d send you huge bags of it. Because he really sounds like that sort of guy. I may need to make an appointment. If only I had something designer to wear.
Yay for Babysitter #4, and for the dentist!
Um, I may or may not have cried like that once or twice before, under similar circumstances.
That’s love on your dentist’s part! How completely sweet and it’s bonus that she is still around 3 years later and a “family member!” 😉
Holly,
Were you always this adorable, or did you fall into a vat of radioactive adorability? Seriously, that post is ridiculously cute. The story, the drawings, the asides, the brown banana.
Best. Mommy Blogger. Ever.