We haven't had really good luck with babysitters recently. We use a babysitting service, and for the last year, we've really found some great gals to come over and hang with the Bug for a few hours while we go out for dinner, to a movie, to a party.

A week ago Friday, I had a sitter lined up to watch Bug during the day while I went to lunch with a friend. It was, at least, upper 80's that day. I came home, paid her, and only later looked at my son's back. I saw that she hadn't put ANY sunscreen on him. Not on his shoulders, his back, his face, and the top of his head was burned - so no hat.

I flipped my shit.

I had left out the sunscreen. I had told her that if she did go outside with him, to PLEASE make sure he had a shirt ON, a hat ON and sunscreen on the rest. My kid is pale, toe-headed and will burn easy like me. We are still trying to kick the burn almost a week and a half later.

The next night, we had a new babysitter. She was sweet and nice, watching the Bug while we went out for dinner. I was extra-sure I covered all the bases of rules after the debacle the night before, including, "And please do not use our computer".

Why?

We have a lot of personal information on our computer - from business accounts to work-related papers, to our personal stuff. Like, my blog. My myspace account.

A Sidenote For Mr. Vholes Who Will Pass Out From Pissedoffness To Hear I Have a Myspace Acct: Last year or so, I had signed up for myspace to connect with old high school and college friends (and it's worked, yes!). So take a deep breath and keep reading.

I can also track who visits my site. I happened to look at it last night, and there are, on average, three visits a DAY from the Babysitter since that babysitting job.

Now, for those of you aware of myspace, you can set your page to private. And it is on private, so at most, she's only looking at my picture, my initial, my quote and that's that. Nothing has changed nor will it change, so looking at it three times a day seems excessive. Hell, once is excessive, considering it's not something I share with everyone. Unless you are searching for my exact high school or college, you won't find me.

I sent her a note last night, asking her to please explain how she found my site. She rambled on and on about 'it must have been an accident' and 'I don't search for anyone on myspace' ... but hitting a private page, where you can't see more than a face, three times a day, of a family who babysat for ... is just not cool. Total invasion of privacy in my book.

I'm debating on how to handle this. I'm thinking of letting the agency know, but I'm also pretty sure I've scared her with my email.

Thoughts?

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