That’s Not Chinese stopped by to assist me with my babysitting job. I provided her loads of tips so she would be fully prepared to take on a side job like this. Sadly, the first task took both of us some time to tackle: setting up the portable playpen. I wasn’t surprised by this because I had witnessed the parents assembling it, on more than one occasion, and it often took them several attempts. Once we finally completed the task, That’s Not Chinese immediately found her wine.
Outsiders may think (and some have alluded) we are more apt to tend a bar than a child. In their eyes, we are Edina Monsoon and Patsy Stone of Ab Fab. We may be living on a different continent with different names and jobs, but we are them. Which makes MiniMe, Baby Q and any other child in our care, Saffy.
As I held Baby Q and shared the events of my previous evening with That’s Not Chinese, she shook her head, took a sip of her wine and said, “See, we’re not alcoholics, we’re European. So European.” This reminded me of a Patsy Stone quote, ” The last mosquito that bit me had to book into the Betty Ford Clinic.”