Meet Lauren!

Name: Lauren Szabo
Age: 20
Major: Business specializing in marketing

Favorite Color: Coral
Favorite Candy: Snickers Peanut Butter Squared

One interesting fact about yourself:

I have two mini lop bunnies named Snacks and Simba

If you could have dinner with one person, alive or dead, who would it be and why?

I would choose to have dinner with my sister, Hilary.  My older sister is one of my best friends, but she lives in Boston now, where she goes to school, and I live here in Columbus, so we hardly ever get to see each other anymore.  If I could have just one extra night with her a year, I would be very happy!

It is a lazy Sunday, how would you spend your day?

On a lazy Sunday, I would spend the day watching movies in bed with all my roommates, who are also my best friends.  We could spend all day watching movies on Netflix, especially if it is rainy or cold out.  If it is a very lazy Sunday and no one feels like cooking, we will also often take a break during our movie marathon to go to our favorite restaurant, Chipotle.

What is the funniest comment you have heard from a child while working for SMS?

The little girl I am currently babysitting will often say really funny and cute comments.  Just today, we were driving home from school when we saw a cute, little dog, which she thought "definitely looked like a honey dog".  When I asked her what a "honey dog" was, she casually remarked that "oh, it's a dog filled with honey!" like it was a common type of animal.  I'm not sure where she came up with that, but it definitely made me laugh. 

When you were a kid growing up, what did you want to be?  

When I was growing up I always wanted to be a Chef.  I would even attempt to make "dinners", that were actually just a bunch of different sauces mixed together.  Now, I don't want to be a professional Chef anymore, but I still love to cook and I'm actually able to make real dinners.

If you were stranded on a desert island, and could pick three items, what would they be?  

I would pick a beach umbrella, so that I would always have shade; matches, so that I could build a fire; and a LifeStraw, so that I could always have clean water.

What is the funniest memory from your childhood babysitter?

My favorite memory from a childhood babysitter was when our summer nanny, Megan, took me, my sister and my cousin to SeaWorld.  While at SeaWorld we saw all different types of animals, ate some good junk food, and saw a dog show.  Then on the way back to the car we ran in between the yellow poles, pretended like we were the dogs from the show.  It's one of my favorite memories from when Megan babysat us, and I even still have a picture of my cousin and sister next to the SeaWorld mascot, which was a walrus, and I'm standing about three feet away from them all because I was so afraid of the mascot!

What has been your most memorable experience while working with SMS?

My most memorable experiences with SMS have been when the families I babysit for make me feel like more than just a babysitter.  It can be something as little as some candy on Valentine's Day or Halloween, but little things like that really make you feel like part of the family are always great!