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I baby-sat for Em after work today, only for a couple of hours, but I'm so glad I went. I mean, I made a bit of cash which was nice (before I left home, like home home, I watched a show on how ATMs are being watched by predators who end up stealing billions of dollars from debit cards and I was terrified of what I would do. But now, I don't need one! Everybody but those rude thieves wins.). Honestly though, I just like being with them. I don't feel as alone and there is a strong connection, one that I felt immediately when I met all of them.

I had to put D to bed first and he screamed when he realized he couldn't smile his way out this time. He also accidentally kicked poor E in the face and then she cried too, but got over it when she decided to eat the applesauce from the cold container I put on her face. Oh, the wonders of sugar and preservatives.

Afterwards we watched about five minutes of Dora. Near the end of show Dora says, "would you help me find the [insert lost item here]?." And E, being the brusque 4 and 3/4-year-old that she is, rolls her eyes and mutters "She's always starting trouble." ADORE. This girl is hilarious. We then painted for 30 minutes and I had to put her to bed late because D was still crying when she was supposed to go down. He eventually fell asleep and, consequently, so did she. At least I hope so; Em got home before I had time to really check. I won't see them for a week because they're going out of town for a while, but E made me take a picture of the painting she drew of/for me because it wasn't finished but she didn't want me to forget what it looked at. If my camera weren't so testy I'd put the picture up. I'll try again tomorrow.

Anyway, they are currently the best part of my NY. I mean, at least tied with cupcake from yesterday and Artichokes (weekend plan).

Hope you're all doing well.

LOVE