Today started out good. But by 3 PM it was slowly turning on me.  I have to stop being so "good natured & kind," as others put it. Today our sitter showed up on a day when she wasn't because she wanted to take her son someplace that she found was closed on Monday.  That was OK because I don't want Mom alone.  Mom sent her to the store to pick up kitty litter & kitten food.  She was gone 2 hours and I got a call from Mom who was frantic thinking her kitten was lost. I grabbed my cell phone & found our "sitter" at the local grocery store buying "a few things" for herself.  That is not what we pay her to do. She is beginning to take way to much advantage of our good nature and willingness to treat her like a person instead of an employee.  Guess we have to have a long talk with her.