What's happening in the world of Trina?

Saturday, I'm driving to Vermont for my graduate residency and will be there until Monday, October 20th.  From there, I'm driving to Boston to stay on Janey's living room floor for two nights to chill out and rest up before I drive home on the Wednesday the 22nd.  When I get home, I have to start  doing my ( Read more... )

I just realized that today marks the one-year anniversary of my falling down a flight of stairs, thus incurring the concussion that caused all sorts of fun (like nausea, headaches, dizziness, the inability to draw, write, crochet, or sew, and the destruction of my alcohol tolerance and social life), and still occasionally causes headaches and ( Read more... )

I got an email entitled "Residency Prep" about the upcoming residency in Vermont and it lists me as a new student.

So I guess that means I got into grad school.

Weird.

Oh man.  I'm kind of tired all of the time now.  I mean, I go to work (nanny) and often go straight to work (Apollo) again. Yesterday I left for work at 820am and got home at 1015pm, and aside from driving, I only had a half hour break in between nannying and the Apollo ( Read more... )

Today I discovered that working a stressful eight hours followed by pizza rolls followed by running around and swinging and playing and stuff results in a very sick Trina ( Read more... )

I finally joined Goodreads.com, so now people can stop inviting me.

http://www.goodreads.com/profile/trinaparrish

It sort of makes me feel a little good, though.  I've actually read a lot of books.

Tomorrow after work, I'm meeting with a single forty-something mother of three-month-old twins.  She's had it with her current nanny and the woman who helps her found me and talked to me and encouraged her to call me.  This job would mean more hours (therefore more pay), which would be maybe nice because I'm not getting anywhere close to 40 with ( Read more... )

Woah, rough morning.  Both kids are stuffed up and feverish.  I had to chase Andreas around and catch him because he started screaming because he didn't want a nap. So now they're both napping an hour and a half early.  Fiiine with me.  I need a nap myself. 

Yo, being a nanny is tiring.  I've been spoiled by good kids like Briar and Jax and my cousin Eric's kids ( Read more... )

Alright, so a week ago, I interviewed for a part-time nanny position in Grafton.  They super-liked me.  I liked them, too!  The little girl was super smart and funny and didn't want me to leave. Then they called and said they'd chosen someone else.  They felt I was worth more than they could afford on a regular basis, but they'd still like me for ( Read more... )