Every year when April rolls around I start having the “I need a summer job” anxiety. I’m pretty sure everyone around the ages of 18 to 22 knows this feeling, parents won’t stop nagging and the end of the semester is getting closer and closer every day. This summer I was in a little predicament. I felt like I had given every job available to a college age person a real chance or at least the realest chance I could give. OK, maybe I had only worked at The Buckle for two weeks and a local Mexican restaurant for three, but hey at least I tried right? The past two summers, I worked for a moving company. I have no idea how I survived those two summers especially because of my usual routine of working somewhere for less than a month. That was for sure the worst job I’d tried yet. I woke up every day around 5:30 a.m. and had no idea what time I would be off. It was definitely not for me, but I was too scared of my boss to quit.
This summer I knew I wanted things to be different. So, I got my pharmacy technician license and decided to work for Walgreens. Now, don’t get me wrong, being a pharmacy tech has been great so far (currently on week four and am still employed), but I have officially concluded the best job for a college age person is to be a nanny. I am eternally jealous of everyone who was way smarter than me and decided to do this all summer. Nannies have it made. All day long they get to relive their childhood and get paid to do so. From what I see on Snapchat stories, nannies are getting paid to do fun things like going to Science City or Worlds of Fun, watching movies, playing mini golf, and the two holy grails of nannying activities: napping and going to the pool. These are two of my all-time favorite activities. Why am I not getting paid to do these things? That’s my real question. Aside from the sleeping and tanning, nannies have the world’s best hours. They’re busy from, say, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., but they have every weekend off to do things like go to the lake or go to concerts with friends. Another major perk is a tax-free salary. Nothing is worse than working 40 hours a week and having $100 of your paycheck taken right out and going who knows where. Now, I’m sure being a nanny isn’t all sunshine and good times and it is probably pretty hard work when one of the kiddos starts to have a tantrum because his sister got the cherry popsicle he wanted, but in my mind, unless the kids are just complete mini devils "Parent Trap" style, the perks far outweigh the potential downfalls.
So let’s just say next summer I for sure know what I’m doing for work and to all the smart people who figured this out before me, just know that I am green with envy. I wonder if people hire nannies for dogs? Now that would really be a dream summer job.
