Finally Friday

I am going to Paris in a few hours, yippee!! I am basically all packed up. Last wknd I was rushed, so I have been packing throughout the day when I have had spare time. I have been busy today.

I woke up at like 8am because my stomach was bothering me, and I eventually really got up at 9am and ate some muesli. I then ran a path I went bike riding on with the boy and his friend from a few days ago. It was a good run, and I am glad I remembered the way. I then showered and started doing my day of laundry. The washer takes forever, and the dryer is even worse. It decides to stop whenever it pleases without any notice, so I have to check the darn thing every so often. In fact… I should do it now, but I’m not. I then have to put everything on drying racks, and I guess I will iron it when I get back from the weekend. I am annoyed they don’t use dryers… drying saves time and useless ironing but whatever.

I then basically cooked lunch by myself. The dad told me what to do, and let me handle everything. I fried some chicken in a pan and boiled some noodles. The chicken was a pain in the arse, the hot oil kept popping all over my arms.

I just took some socks and the little underwear I was allowed to put in the dryer out and put them away. It seems I have to fold underwear… wow haha. And then I just took out the banana bread…it smells great. I hope I can eat some before I leave tonight.

After lunch, I put laundry on drying racks and took clean sheets to the kids’ rooms… I guess this is welcome to real au pair life. It’s not so bad right now, I don’t think it ever will be. However, the dad invited me to observe the kids doing (basically) homework right now. They haven’t started school, but he is making them do something, and the girl has been throwing a fit the entire time. It will be my duty to make the kids do homework… oh joy. Oh well I will handle it somehow.

I then drove the boy to some tennis courts, and we played for a while. I wasn’t as bad as I thought, and every now and then he would say, “good.” It feels nice to get approval from the boy haha. We chatted a little in the car, but the convo was forced and I had to ask all the questions, but he is a kid. I don’t expect anything less. I had some rough driving to and from the courts, but at the end, the boy also congratulated my driving, so I wasn’t too bad. There was one time when the road was blocked (I had turned the wrong way anyway), and I had to turn the car around in a narrow street. The ultimate test of driving, but I did it. And then I had to stop for road work, and I stalled the car like 4 times trying to go again. The workers saw the whole thing and yelled, “c’est parti!” at me when I finally succeeded. I asked the boy what they said, and he told me it basically meant “Go!” So I guess they were rooting me on haha.

After tennis, I made banana bread. The dad basically supervised and answered all my questions. It was a recipe from the old au pair, and I think it turned out well. The mom left me a note (in French), but I could read it! Telling me what temps to do the laundry and then to make banana bread. So today, I have completed all my tasks, and I think I am well on my way to Super Au Pair… at least for today.

Très très excited for Paris… I have 2.5 hours. I just want to leave. Not to get away from the fam, but I just want to go to the city!! It will go by so fast… sad face, but I will enjoy it while I can. Anyway… can’t be too sad because I get to go into Paris on Tuesday for French class orientation… I will take going to Paris any day!!