All Fired Up

I had to fire my nanny today. I don't like letting someone go, especially in this economy, but I really saw no other choice. Over the course of a few months, she has shown herself to be unreliable and unmotivated. We paid her very well, and she used us like a reading room. As far as I could tell, she was good to the babies, which is important and one reason I allowed it to go on as long as it did. However, tonight was my tipping point. As has become her habit, she dropped the bomb on me that she had to be late tomorrow. Today's excuse...she was feeling dizzy from some medication she just started taking and had to go to the doctor tomorrow morning to get it checked. She wanted to come at 11:20am, instead of 9, tomorrow after the appointment. Well, what could I say? No, don't go, I want you to pass out? Meanwhile, I had plans to go to a 12pm dance class with Alana tomorrow. Obviously, that's out now. So I told her, "of course, go to your doctor's appointment." Well, she left at 5pm. At 7:30pm, I'm putting the babies down and find a half-empty bottle lying in the crib and also see a full pail of baby laundry. Okay, that's just inexcusably lazy. Mom and I took the babies to the pediatrician today and she was home for 2 1/2 hours with a NAPPING toddler. What the heck was she doing all that time? Oh yeah, that's right, reading. But do you want to know what the kicker was? I also found a nice little pile of fingernail clippings on the side table in the nursery! Yes, ladies and gentlemen, fingernail clippings! Now, as if it's not bad enough that she's cutting her nails in MY house, in MY BABIES' nursery, she's too lazy to throw out the disgusting evidence?! Am I justified? I darn well think so! Anyway, I hope you had a more hygienic day. I'm done ranting for today.