I snapped today

I snapped to day and not in the cool, mental break down, check myself into a mental institute kind of way. No I found myself snapping my fingers today. Which wouldn't be anything to balk at except that's what I do to get my dogs attention when he's doing something bad or wrong. today however I wasn't snapping at my dog, oh no I was snapping my fingers at a six year old boy. I nanny nearly every day  switching off between two different families during the course of the week, and on Wednesdays I  watch one families kids all day and then go to the other family and watch their kids for a few hours in the evening so the parents can go to the gym, catch up on paperwork, twiddle their thumbs in their home office or do what ever they want with their kids occupied in a different part of the house.

Today like many other days I arrived at the first families house before the sun was even up. watch the two preschool and younger age girls and entertain them for nine hours then drive straight to the house of the other family where I entertain, watch and prepare dinner for a four year old girl and six year old boy. And it was in that house with those children that just do not listen at all that I found myself snapping my fingers. In an attempt to get to get the attention of the children and get them to listen to me I snapped my fingers. It's kind of disturbing to realize you're using the same techniques with children as you use with your dog. I snapped today in a mental way too.