subset of freaks: my boss

i am a nanny. i work for a 61 yo woman who adopted a girl from russia when she was 55yo. that alone is enough to qualify her as a freak. but no, there is sooo much more.

for example: yesterday(the holiday, that she wasn't working, and yet i was) 60 dollars and told me i had to take j. to wellesley to buy used ice skates. why she couldn't have done this herself over the weekend is a mystery to me. so we drive out to wellesley and have the very patient kid who worked there fit j. for skates. this isn't as easy as it sounds because she wears a brace on one leg. he finds skates that fit and says they are 90 bucks. for used kid's hockey skates(because of the brace). i don't have enough money and am very embarrassed and promise to return today.

except she doesn't want to spend 90$, and decides she can do better else where. making me a liar. did i mention i had to leave my name and number?

so this morning she calls me and says that she is bidding on a pair of skates on ebay, size 11/12. that is ducky except she wears a 13 1/2. but why would she know that? she is just the mom. anyway, i should also go to another skate store and get her fitted again, and not buy them again, causing embarrassment again.

go to store, get fitted for skates, tell the nice woman we will be back, and after all that when i call to report that j. wears a bigger shoe than she thought, she says that she would like to talk to me about this tonight before i leave because she doesn't want to pay the 52$ that these skates will cost. she shows up one minute before i have to leave, announces to me that i have one more minute, and proceeds to talk for 5 minutes about the pros and cons of buying her kid skates that fit.

jack ass.

i won't even bore you with the side trip to brighton to buy vacuum cleaner bags.