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My brother’s wife’s father died last night, my nieces grandpa. Just an all of a sudden, unexpected thing. Heart attack we believe. I think he was in his 50’s. I’ve known him a long time, although I could probably count the number of times I’ve said anything to him on one hand.

My brother dropped the girls off at my work this morning so him and his wife could go be with her mom. After the part time lady showed up to work for me, us 3 took off. They mentioned ‘poppy’ when they first got there, but didn’t say a lot about him . The older one, 8 years old, did mention him at random times. We went out shopping and was walking through the Valentine’s aisle when she said there is 2 reasons she feels so bad for nanny. 1 because she is now in the house all alone and 2, because he died so close to Valentine’s Day. The 5 year old didn’t talk about him much at all. Except one time. I had just come out of the bathroom and she is sitting in the floor against the wall and crying and going ‘poppy, poppy’. That was a heartbreaker. :(

The new part time lady started work Monday. Our sub quit right before Thanksgiving and it has taken us this long to get someone new. Her criminal records check finally came in last week so she was able to start work. It’s a bit weird. I hate being in charge and having anyone under me. Any time we had the subs there and the boss was gone, I was technically in charge then too, but both of those women were there long, long before me. She seems to be working out okay, but it’s weird that in all my shyness, I don’t have a problem answering her questions or acting like a doofus in front of her. I don’t really do random talk, but I don’t think that is shyness. I just don’t do small talk. I see no need for it.

Anyways, major plus having her working. It was just me and the boss and we would switch week about working 7 to 4:30 and 8 to 5. The 7 person will now get to leave at 2:30 and it’s total awesomeness. And we can actually schedule days off! The part time lady will work 8 to 4:30 those days and the other worker will have to be there all day, 7 to 5, but that is only 1/2 an hour more than we are used to anyways.

And while getting the kids off the bus today, this nerdy looking high school boy hollered at me and asked for my number. It was a bit weird, but I was still a bit flattered. :)

And the husband is out of a job in 2 weeks. It was originally supposed to be January 31, but they extended it. His work is all contract based and the contract is ending, but they expect another one before too long. He is a supervisor right now and the boss told them that they would be the first ones called back (although it may not be as supervisor if they don’t have the need) so that’s good.

I did not like this book at all. It started out alright, but then just went on and on and nothing ever happened. Waste of almost 400 pages. I kept reading thinking something was bound to happen since there was a killer after her, but nope. I’ll admit the last 100 pages or so I more just skimmed over because I could not get into it. This author was going on my list of favorites, but after these last two I really don’t care much about reading anything else.