I need more friends..................here.

I have lots of friends. It's just that none of them live close enough to me. I have a few friends here, but I'm not close enough to them to be comfortable asking them to help out when I need childcare. That is my dilemma right now. I had to cancel an in-service class yesterday because I couldn't get in touch with my regular babysitter. I have another in-service tomorrow that I cannot cancel. I still can't get in touch with my regular babysitter. This means that Michael is going to have to go into work late. Neither of us are happy about that. *sigh*