the saga continues

now it looks like babysitter #3 will not be working out. someone shoot me.

i recently advertised again for a college student sitter, within hours had about seven responses. very encouraged, i zeroed in on one person in particular. good communication, check. good references, check. good schedule, check. i e-mail her last night, to ask if she wants to come over for dinner to meet the kids, she responds affirmatively and then asks where we live and "what's the closest bus route to our house?" ugh. so apparently in my ad asking that the babysitter have his or her own transportation wasn't specific enough. and i, of course, hadn't asked the important question of whether she had access to a car or not and had already hired her in my head and indicated to her she would be hired. just as i had with the other two.

i'm trying not to discriminate based on car ownership, but i'm planning to leave the house to do work and would like our babysitter to be able to drive the kids places if necessary. and we don't exactly live near campus and yes, we do have a bus route but it is severely limited, really only during pre- and post-work hours of 8am and 5pm for commuters, nothing around 10am and noon or 1 and 3pm when i'm needing a sitter. sooooo....i think i'll be keeping this one in reserve for some evening babysitting and get back to the drawing board. again.

this sure had been a big learning experience for me. i'm trying to be positive.