Fiat Fail

So I made a boulette today uhg! I was parallel parking my car to try to get a close spot at the train station and proceeded to scrape against a pole. I got in my spot fine, but I was trying to get as close to the wall as possible and that pole was in the way. It made a little scraping noise, and I thought no biggie. I was wrong. The back passenger door is scratched and dented pretty bad. Why me?!?! I had to take my train to go to Paris, so I let the problem leave my mind until I got back home.

On my drive home, I was tempted to lie and say a car randomly ran into me while it was parked, but I never could really do that, but it did cross my mind. When I got home, the dad’s car was there, but I couldn’t find him, so I just watched the new Grey’s episode and went to pick up the girl from school. The dad greeted us when we came back, and I immediately told him, so I could get it off my chest. I just explained what happened and offered to pay, and he didn’t seem too happy, but I didn’t expect anything less.

I then had to wait to tell the mom when she got home what happened. I could hear the dad tell her from my room, and she gasped, so I was like great, this is going to be so much fun! I was talking to the prev au pair on facebook what I did, and she told me that the mom wasn’t going to be happy. I skyped and told my mom everything, and I was dreading dinner and confronting the mom, but I sucked it up and did it. It was not a bad conversation. We spoke calmly, and I offered to pay again, and she said the deductible was 200 euros, and I told her I would get the money in two days, and she said she appreciated that.

So what’s done is done. I effed up, and now have to pay. I need to move on! My mom is a sweetheart and offered to pay half, thank you mom!!!!! You’re a lifesaver even if you’re an ocean away. I really appreciate this and everything you do for me! You put through my venting sessions every day and don’t tell me to get over it; you sympathize. Again thank you! I love you!

Ok so I think I have failed to mention this tidbit of my au pair job. I am always mentioning laundry. Well to make matters worse, I am always doing laundry for a simple reason. The kids legit wear their clothes once and put them ALL in the dirty clothes every day. WTF. I don’t wash something until there is a visible stain or smell, or if I just know that I haven’t washed it in a while. Uhg it is sooo annoying. I really think they do it, so they don’t have to put their clothes away themselves. Lazy butts. Ok I mentioned this. Nothing more to say other than it is ANNOYING.

So I had my first French class today in my lower level. It went much better than my other class. It is a little too slow paced, but that’s ok with me. I am comfortable speaking in there, which is all that matters. I met two British girls, and I think we will hang out after class on Friday, so yay for friends hopefully! The only bad thing is our classes our 2 hours and 15 minutes, and my old class we got a break in the middle, but not this one. I was burned out by the end. I may ask the teacher if we can start doing breaks. The teacher is a guy, which is interesting. I have never had a male French teacher, but he seems really nice, so I like him.

Jérôme bought our return tickets from Bordeaux, so this mini trip is all squared away. One less thing to worry about. I am worrying about my holiday trips though. I am going to Burgundy with Paige and then London/Brighton with Jérôme and Nico (so far), but I haven’t bought tickets or figured out accommodations. A little stressed, but I have 3 weeks to figure shiz out. But all this travel is the first week of my holidays, and then the second week, I have no plans. I will have a week of nothing in Paris, which will be wonderful. I can run every day, research grad schools, and catch up on life/sleep in general.

Also stressed about the decision to go home for Xmas. It is like half and half for me. If I could combine home and Raleigh then it would be an instant decision, but Raleigh is 5 hours away and everyone will be gone for their break, so it won’t be “poppin” there. Home would be great, but I’d get bored within a few days and just daydream about free time in Paris. Or rather Nice because I could join Jérôme for Xmas, but I think I will feel weird not being with my fam for Xmas. So idk what to do. I need to figure out soon because of plane tickets.

Tomorrow I am planning on running, ironing, making banana bread, and hopefully watching TV shows, oh and sleep. Tomorrow no school for the girl, and I will have more free time because she is going to an orientation for her middle school. So this Wednesday won’t be as busy as usual. I am excited. I am making banana bread because there are old bananas I can use, and it is a good peace offering for screwing up the car.

This post is all so random, but my life is random sometimes. I mentioned I watched the first episode of the new season of Grey’s; it was uber depressing, and I cried a little. But I forgot how much I love that show!