  i thought i only had to babysit dina and liam (who, by the way, are really good kids), but as it turned out, i had to babysit their two cousins as well. i could tell they were going to be a challenge from the get-go beacause out of nowhere, they would come up to you and scream in your face.
so here's how it went south- we were playing outside with the chalk when the neighbors dog (a sweetheart of course) barely brushes up against Carrie (that girl is so aptly named. if you've seen the horror film, you would know what I'm talking about) and she barely brushes the sidewalk. she immediatly starts screaming her lungs out, so i try to take her inside to get it cleaned up. she pushes me away, so i pick her up kicking and screaming and took her into the house. the minute i put her down, she ran upstairs and slammed the door to the room she was sharing with dina. i got a warm cloth with a bit of soap so her (oh so light) scrapes could get cleaned. i tried to open the door, but she was curled up, screaming "gooooo aaaaaaaway!!!!!! " i pushed the door open slowly so as to not hurt her (but you know i wanted to). i just barely squeezed in and she was kicking and screaming.
i kept saying, "no! im not going to go away. it's going to hurt more if you don't stop crying. we need to get it clean! " so anyway, i had to pin her down (gently of course) and i managed to just dab the owies (yes, owies). then i tried to get a band-aid on at least one but she plumb wouldn't have it! she kicked me, almost in my face, but i blocked it with my arm and she gave me a bruise (which is fortunately gone now).
at that point, i just couldn't take it anymore. and then jack, the other cousin, and liam come running in saying they tripped and hurt themselves. i didn't see a thing, but they were crying too. we got them some ice to calm them down and put them in front of the TV- that worked like magic. meanwhile, carrie was still screaming. Dina got her the phone so se could talk to her mom. she had the phone even after it was hung up, so the off-hook tone was sounding. i grabbed the phone from her to give to dina (at this point, carrie was under the bed). the parents had to come home early because i just couldn't take it and i was trying real hard not to cry anymore.
the parents weren't upset at all at me. in fact, they were so understanding. they think carrie has ADHD. according to them, she does this all the time. i went home and got yelled at by my mom (yet again. nothing new) about not being tough enough. for awhile, i felt as if i had pulled a "Ms. Rose" (Kellogg clasmates know what I'm talking about), until i got yelled at.
it just pisses me off how insensitive that bitch can be. she wasn't there. she doesn't know! it was the same old routine- scold, compare me to caroline, send me to bed (at 8:30- whatever! ), then bad mouth me to doug and make me look like a mentally retarded B-kid. i can't wait until i move out!!!!!!!!!! my cousin and i have made apct to go on a road trip after we get our own places. we are the shiznit. 
