Can I get another damn drink?!?

Well...fall is here...officially. It hasn't gotten above like 74 in the last few days and the family closed the pool yesterday. I'm excited..I love fall weather, fall clothes, fall smells, all of it. I signed up for a phototgraphy class near Union Square and it starts next week! I'm very excited about it...and I can rent the darkroom for only $11 an hour...probably the most exciting thing since I moved here. So last night was kinda funny. I looked a fright to say the least... I could have used a shower, had no makeup on, was in jeans a t-shirt and a sweater, no bra (that's important to the story). All this would be fine, since that is how I normally look...why would I look any different? All I do is drop off M and Z at their schools, come home, clean, do laundry dishes, etc. run errands, pick them up, go to play dates, parks, cook, bath, etc. Now there are times when I really enjoy waking up at 7:20 when I have to be downstairs at 7:30...but sometimes I really miss getting DRESSED for work...wearing cute lil dress pants, skirts, HEELS, oh I miss my heels, and I know it's prob better to have a job where I don't have to, but can, than one where I have to...but I would be pretty dumb with makeup, dress pants and heels trying to swiffer the floor and give Z a bath. The point is, I think I'm just having a usual evening with the kids, the mom has to go to this back to school night for M's school, so I didn't fix myself up or anything...well...the kids and me are eating dinner when the door opens, and its their grandma, who I've met about 4 times now. If I ever felt like I was in an episode of Everybody loves Raymond this was it. Well, the mom thought my photography class started this Thursday so she asked grandma to cover. Ok...at this point i'm thinking....do I leave? Can I leave? Is she staying now that she knows she doesn't have to be here? Should I tell her she can go? So I stood there for about 30 minutes and awkwardly watched her and the kids interact. The mom and dad both show up and they say "hey, since grandmas here, why dont you come with us"! PERFECT!! I def. want to go to M's school and meet a bunch of people with no makeup, I havent showered, I'm basically just dirty. But what am I supposed to say...so all I can do is run upstairs and throw on a bra. As I'm strapping the sucker on I hear the mom yell upstairs "LAUREN...let's go!!....he's waiting in the car"! shhhiiiittttt.....strap on...shirt on...run downstairs...jump in the car...well I felt VERY out of place there with all these beautiful and well dressed couples...then there's me...the nanny from Texas...who apparently has bad hygeine. I didn't help the situation today when I took M and Z to school in my house slippers. HAha..I am so white trash! And to make matters worse..that's not the first time I've done that. Sometimes I just get so carried away with making sure all their shoes are on, backpacks, lunches, etc. that I forget my own shoes! Well...I got some looks today...and I will be wearing normal shoes tomorrow. Somehow all the moms look so cute in the morning. Even if they are in workout clothes, they are cute workout clothes. Note to self, this weekend, buy some cute lounge pants and shirts to wear in the mornings. Today is always the longest day of my week. I work late Friday nights. BUT tomorrow night I am going to a party in Brooklyn that I HOPE will happen. It got canceled last weekend cause it rained..and the party is on the roof...30 % chance of rain..we will see. I was joking the other day with my friend Laura, a former nanny about how we never drank so much until we became nannies...something about it..sometimes you just need a drink...I also came to the realization that I never cussed as much until I became a nanny. Calm down everyone I dont cuss at the kids...just murmer stuff to myself, or in the car, you know. Maybe it's the Northeast..maybe it's being a nanny...not sure..but I'm becoming an alcoholic potty mouth! I will update you all after my fun filled weekend... if it is fun filled! I hope you have a great weekend as well!