If you've seen the cheesy and yet oh so fabulous chick flick "The Holiday", then you'll remember the point in which Kate Winslet walks into the Hollywood mansion of Cameron Diaz only to run around giggling and dancing about at how huge and fabulous it all is.
I'm Kate Winslet, and this is my mansion.
I arrived in Hartford at 1:00 this afternoon to be picked up by Carol, the girlfriend of Maya's father (who I will be an au pair for here in CT for 2 weeks and then in France for a month). We had a lovely chat about family quirks and the town, picked up the dry cleaning and headed home. Home = a completely restored 3-story house on a private drive. Did I mention I'll be driving the Hummer while I'm here?
Not only is the house one of the most beautiful I've ever seen, it boasts art gallery paintings, ancient sculptures, and my living space....a bedroom, 2 bathrooms, and a sitting area with a complete wall-to-wall window view of the back yard/woods. Now don't get a decor of modern and cold in your mind, this house is far from that. In fact, it's one of the homiest mansions I've ever been inside. We picked up Maya from school (she has a little attitude, but I saw through it right away and worked my nanny magic.....meaning, she loves me *grin*) and am going to leave at 7:30 tomorrow morning to cheer her on at her track meet. The private school feels like Harry Potter and the little boys in their suits should be whipping out their wands in a moments notice.
Well, I'm exhausted from getting up at 5:00 this morning, so I'll sign off for now, a la prochaine!
Friday, May 30, 2008
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Au pair!
How many people can boast of a job that houses them on the third floor of a mansion in Connecticut, a hotel in Paris, a hotel in St. Tropez, and the opportunity to communicate in a foreign language while taking care of two eleven-year-old girls?
This is my job. *insert shouting, dancing and clapping here*
I will be leaving on Friday to spend two weeks in Connecticut where I will begin my job as a nanny for a little girl and her friend. We will then leave with the one's family to vacation in France for a month. That's right everyone...I'm going back! I'm looking forward to keeping up with this blog and documenting my adventures (including photos), and I hope you will enjoy them as well.
The diaries won't end there, however. When I get back I shall be traveling to Mexico where I will spend a week with Isabel, my roommate from last semester in Paris. Following that, I will then part for France one more time and land myself in Créteil where I will be teaching English at a French school from October to April. It looks like there's a lot in store for my life over the next several months, and I am looking forward with anticipation, sadness at having to leave the one I love, and yet determination to experience every moment to its fullest.
In the words of Miranda July as she writes about the escaping dog named Potato in the 21st edition of McSweeny's...."Live the dream Potato! Live the dream."
This is my job. *insert shouting, dancing and clapping here*
I will be leaving on Friday to spend two weeks in Connecticut where I will begin my job as a nanny for a little girl and her friend. We will then leave with the one's family to vacation in France for a month. That's right everyone...I'm going back! I'm looking forward to keeping up with this blog and documenting my adventures (including photos), and I hope you will enjoy them as well.
The diaries won't end there, however. When I get back I shall be traveling to Mexico where I will spend a week with Isabel, my roommate from last semester in Paris. Following that, I will then part for France one more time and land myself in Créteil where I will be teaching English at a French school from October to April. It looks like there's a lot in store for my life over the next several months, and I am looking forward with anticipation, sadness at having to leave the one I love, and yet determination to experience every moment to its fullest.
In the words of Miranda July as she writes about the escaping dog named Potato in the 21st edition of McSweeny's...."Live the dream Potato! Live the dream."
Sunday, May 4, 2008
C'est super! :)
"Life comes at you fast." Says the Nationwide auto insurance company commercial.
Yes...yes it does.
Today, May 4, 2008 finds my life no where near where I would have projected it to be when I began college as a little naïve freshman 4 years ago. In fact, if you told me then that by now that I'd -
1) Have studied in 2 different countries
2) Learned French
3) Graduated with a degree in Political Science
4) Landed a job as a nanny for a family vacationing in France
5) Start a relationship one week before I graduate
6) Buy a plane ticket to visit a friend in Mexico City
7) Be a bridesmaid in my best friend's wedding
8) Get accepted to teach English in Créteil, France for 7 months
9) Leave tonight for a family vacation in California
I'd probably have fainted by number 4.
Life comes at you fast...enjoy it, give credit for it, and soak in every blessing you are given along the way. :) A bientôt!
Yes...yes it does.
Today, May 4, 2008 finds my life no where near where I would have projected it to be when I began college as a little naïve freshman 4 years ago. In fact, if you told me then that by now that I'd -
1) Have studied in 2 different countries
2) Learned French
3) Graduated with a degree in Political Science
4) Landed a job as a nanny for a family vacationing in France
5) Start a relationship one week before I graduate
6) Buy a plane ticket to visit a friend in Mexico City
7) Be a bridesmaid in my best friend's wedding
8) Get accepted to teach English in Créteil, France for 7 months
9) Leave tonight for a family vacation in California
I'd probably have fainted by number 4.
Life comes at you fast...enjoy it, give credit for it, and soak in every blessing you are given along the way. :) A bientôt!
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