I woke up very excited for my new job. I really like helping people so I signed up to be a nanny, but not just any nanny... A nanny for elders! I love helping older people cause they're just so sweet and cute! Oh my god am I getting excited over old people?... maybe, but oh well. All I basically have to do is meet up with my assigned person, they they tell me if i'm going to live with them or just wake up every morning and head to their house.
I started getting ready, i'm gonna wear blue jeans then probably a long sleeve shirt cause it's kinda of chilly out, I put my hair in a messy bun and wore a head band that's thicker and covers up my ears for warmth. After that I packed a good amount of clothes because most the time the elders want you to live with them just incase something were to happen in the middle of the night. I was all good and packed so I grabbed my keys and licked up my apartment.
I arrived to the Elder Society, seeing lots of families visiting their loved ones. It truly makes me happy to see other people happy, I don't have any family left, my mother passed away 50k in debt when I was young and my father left when I was two. All I had was my beloved Grandparents, my Grandparents were my everything, sadly my grandfather fell and hit his head which cause bleeding in his brain, he isn't last long after that, and my grandmother went into a deep depression after he passed. I tried to visit her as much as I could, she always you to tell me I made her day and I made her feel less lonely. So I spent most of my time with my grandpa u til she died 3 months ago, it's was very hard sense she had one child, who also had one child, im the only one left in our family, so when I came down to the dirty work on cremate or burry, service or no service and the bills it was really hard. But thankfully my grandmother left me her money in he will, it didn't cover all of it but it sure did help. I ended having a mini service just for my self to say my last goodbyes, it felt like I was sinking in quick sand at that point, having no one to hold you while you cry, that was what my grandma was for. After that I started volunteering at a elderly home that really helped me, but sense it was volunteering I wasn't making money that I needed to sustain my living and needs.I needed a job so I decided to try something that I love.
I stepped out of my car and walked into the lobby. "Name." The lady behind the desk asked rudely, wow she must hate her job...
"Y/N." I said shyly. She just stared at me and went back to looking at her computer.
"Have a seat Ms. Y/N." She said rolling her eyes. Dang she is in a bad mood. I just sighed and sat down.
It's been like 20 minutes and no one has even told me anything. I got back up to talk to the lady behind the desk. "Excuse me Ma'am, but do you know when someone would be able to assign me to-." I was cut off by the women.
"It's really busy right now." She said rolling her eyes.
I stood there and kinda turned my head to see the empty lobby. "Oh okay.." I said while sitting back down.
"Ms. Y/N?." Finally it's been 40 minuets. "Oh that's me." I said standing up and following the person.
"This is Ms. Jung, the person you will be taking care of over the next 6 months." I looked down and she was sitting there with a smile. "Hello, I'm Y/N, I'm very glad to meet you!" I said very excited. "I can already tell she's gonna be better than the last person you assigned me, that damn witch-." She was cut off by the person who led me back. "Okay, you will be living with Ms. Jung while taking care of her. Here's a list of the stuff you need to keep and eye on, the medications and the times she needs to take them, and her overall schedule." I smiled very widely. "Okay thank you so much, will do! So Ms. Jung are you ready to go?" I said looking politely at her. "Yes please take me out of this hell hole." I laughed and wheeled her out to my car.
"Oh honey this car." She said laughing. "Ya I know * I said sighing*, money has been a problem lately." I said slightly disappointed. "Don't worry when I was your age I was as broke as a dumb bell." She said giggling. I laughed as I was putting her wheel chair in the back.
We finally got to her home, wow it was really nice and big. "This is it? Wow." I said in amaze. "Yes let's go in before we catch a cold." I continued to wheel her in. It was so nice inside. "I got it now honey go take your stuff to your room upstairs." She said smiling. "Okay ma'am, I will be right back to cook." I was walking upstairs and saw my room labeled "Y/N's ROOM" I opened the door to see the biggest bed I have ever seen. "Wow" I said looking around at all the nice furniture, there was even a TV and a big closet in the big bathroom. I put my clothes away and sat on my bed, it was so comfy.
"Y/N! Are you almost done? I'm getting hungry." "Yes i'm coming down right now!" I said quickly shuffling down the steps only to fall at the bottom onto my butt. Ms. Jung started laughing while I stood up and brushed my self off. "Few, sorry about that." I said smiling out of embarrassment. She just nodded and giggled.
I finished the food and set the table. "Ms. Jung the food is ready." She wheeled over looked at me. "Please honey, call me Maria, and the food looks great." She said smiling ear to ear. We sat down and started eating. "So honey, do you have a boyfriend?" I kinda stared blankly , I never had time to have a boyfriend I was too busy trying to keep up with my money issues and I was really distraught over my grandparents death I kind of excluded my self from some of the friends. I've only had one boyfriend who really broke my heart a couple months ago. I really didn't think I would love him that much but I did.
"Oh no.. Not anymore." I said looking down. "Honey what happened?" She said looking at me with a frown on her face.
"Well I started going out with this boy and really madly fell in love with him, I was his biggest supporter and was always there for him when he was sad. He didn't have a job, so I was the source of the income, I gave him money and helped him with food, but one day I came home and heard noises in the bedroom, I saw a pair of women's panties on the floor that obviously weren't mine. I opened the door just to see him cheating on me. I just told him to get out of my house and I never wanted to speak with him again. I really fell for his games, I loved him but all he did back was use me." I said as my eyes got watery.
"Aww honey, scumbags do exist sadly. You seem so sweet and can't believe anyone would hurt you." She said smiling. "Thanks." I said smiling, and began to eat.
I was cleaning up the dishes and putting them in the washer. "Oh ya, my grandson is coming by tomorrow to visit me, so if i'm not awake and he knocks on the door it's not a stranger and you can let him in." She said picking up her cat.
"Oh you have a grandson?" I said smiling. "Yes and a grandaughter, he's around your age and is a grandma's boy." She said laughing. "I actually don't think he has ever missed an opportunity to see me, he comes by like every week." She said giggling.
"He seems nice! I always loved visiting my grandma and grandpa, I was raised by them, they were my life and joy." I said smiling thinking about all the memories. "Ah, do you still visit them?" She said petting her cat. "I mean I would if I could, but sadly the passed a while back." I said sighing.
"Awe, I'm so sorry, they must be very proud for raising such a nice and pretty young lady!" She said making me instantly feel better. "Thank you very much." I said smiling to my self.
I was walking to the bathroom and saw a picture of Maria and her grandchildren i'm guessing. Oh is that her grandson? He's very handsome, and his sister is very pretty too. I just yawned and kept walking to the bathroom.
I was now in my huge room staring at the ceiling. It may not look like it but I am a very hurt person inside, I just never let any emotion out which is honestly probably worse. I do this pretty often, just go into a coma of emotion, where I can't cry, can't speak just stare and think. I hide all my pain and sadness behind a 'happy' me, everyone who knows me thinks i'm the most optimistic person in the world. I don't want to put any of my pain on anyone else so I let people think that.
I walked to my bathroom mirror and just looked at my self. "No wonder he cheated on me." I said then walked back to my bed and drifted back to sleep.
