This is not what I signed up for.

It's the end of day 2 here in Wimberley. Dealing with 6 kids who are not my own, plus my 3 month old baby has not been as bad as I thought it would be, however, it has had it's ups and downs. First of all, when I arrived my mother informed me of a "small leak" coming from the floor next to the shower in the master bedroom. This small leak is a non-stop steady flow of water that requires constant towel maintenance! Place dry towels down, remove soaked towels, wring wet towels out into the bathtub, place heavy wet towels into washer machine and turn to spin cycle to get the water out, place towels in dryer, remove dry towels from dryer and repeat about 6 times a day!
Second, upon arrival, I was also informed that all 6 kids had lice. For those who have never lived in Wimberley, let me tell you that Wimberley is the breeding ground for lice. I don't know why, but for some reason, these disgusting things run rampant in this town and they are the hardest things to get rid of. I had to deal with them when I lived here and my daughter came home from day care infested with lice. Once you treat your kid, you have to spend about 2-4 hours a day combing out their hair. Then you have to wash EVERYTHING in your house. Clothes, bedding, you name it, and then treat your kid's hair again 5-7 days later. That being said, add 6 kids to the mix. It is a daunting task to get rid of lice in a household of 6 kids. It takes my mom a good 10 hours to do it. Because of this, my mom would treat the kids 1 day, but would never keep up with it, thus not actually getting rid of the lice. It also doesn't help when 4 of the kids go to their mother's house and she sends them over to their friend's houses who also have lice. It's a vicious cycle. Now, since I am here, and I do not care to end up with bugs crawling all over my head, I took it upon myself to treat all of the kids my first night here. This included washing their hair, combing it out, and washing all of their bedding. I also sprayed all of the couches and pillows with the special lice killing spray. In addition to this, I have comb through all of the kids hair every day in order to get out all of the lice eggs. This is not what I signed up for when I agreed to babysit!
I keep telling myself that all of this will be worth it, because not only did I get paid in advance, but my mother also told me ther her boyfriend's mechanic would fix my car for no cost to me. I've been needing a brake job totaling $450 for months now but have not been able to afford it. So the mechanic gets my car, takes it to his shop, then a little while later, brings it right back with nothing done to it. My car has rims with wheel lock on them and apparently the last time I took my car in to get fixed, the people did not replace the key to my wheel locks. I get all the way out here, and because I do not have the key, the mechanic can't even get the tires off my car in order to fix my brakes! He supposedly ordered a new key somehow and will still be able to fix my car, but for now it's a waiting game.
The good news about the last few days is that I have been "working out" with the Wii Fit! Afterwords I've been stuffing myself with cookies, heath bars and brownies, but I figure I deserve it :)