Our neighbor's son is going back to school this week. He gets home at 3:30 but his mom doesn't get out of work until 5:30, so she asked me if I would be willing to come over from 3:15 until she gets home so he won't be home alone. I'm so happy! She's willing to pay me $5 an hour (I guess that's the average rate for babysitting nowadays) and I'll be babysitting every Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday afternoon from now on! I'd work for her every day if I could, but I have flute lessons on Tuesday afternoons and Fridays are very unpredictable for me. But that's still $30 a week that I wouldn't have otherwise.
Which means that - not including the bread I sell during the month - I'll make $120 a month and it will only take 5 months to earn the remaining $600 I'll need to buy my harp! And what's even better is that I just discovered that the Harp Connection has a rental plan! So, I pay a $125 deposit + $50/month for 4 months and at the end of the 4 months, I'll have the option to purchase my Ravenna or keep renting.
I'm so excited because this means that if all goes well with this babysitting job, I could possibly get my harp NEXT MONTH!!!!! You can't possibly comprehend how excited I am right now... [waves cheerleading pompoms and jumps up and down]
"The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
~Shelby
