Childsitters Wanted

We are Sandy and Woozle (officially known as Nick), two close friends trying to raise 3 kids (one of them autistic). We are somewhat overwhelmed by the responsibilities of just being ourselves, most of the time, and having to raise any kids at all – let alone three, let alone the three high-energy kids we actually are raising – is... well... even more overwhelming. (The kids are Sandy's from a former marriage, and it's a long story).

We are also both phone-phobic, so we're trying to minimize the amount of phone calling necessary. If you are a potential sitter who is comfortable conversing via email, IM, or IRC, that is a definite plus. :-)

If you are interested, please feel free to email us: sitters2024@hypertwins.org or call 402-9774 (receiving calls is a lot easier than making them). More contact info

Upcoming Needs

• 2005-11-11: Woozle has to be out of town on Nov. 10, 2005, for one (possibly two) days; Benjamin and Josh, however, are out of school on Nov. 11 (Veterans's Day), and Zander is not. This makes things complicated. If someone could be on hand to watch the stay-at-homes while Sandy drives the remaining one kid to school (around 8:30-9:00) and picks him up (around 3:00:3:30), that would simplify things a great deal.

Short Term Needs

We need childsitters for a number of different reasons:

• Someone to watch the kids when we need to go somewhere when they aren't all in school (with 3 kids, each at a different school, this happens on a regular basis)
• Someone to watch the kids when we don't actually need to go somewhere but just want to have some uninterrupted time to concentrate on our work (most days after 4pm and all weekend)
• One or more autism specialists ("qualified" and otherwise) to help with Josh's training

Long Term Needs

We are also eventually working towards having a "stable" of a few dependable people who can step in and manage the kids for stretches of a few days at a time while we do other things with our lives (e.g. Woozle often needs to go on short trips for various reasons, and Sandy would very much like to come along; we also are trying to plan a two-week visit to England in the summer of 2006).