Saturday, January 8, 2011

I'm 'only' the AU-PAIR...

Yesterday COULD have been good. It COULD have turned out alright. I spent the whole morning talking to FOUR different automated telephone machines which is as depressing and dull as it sounds... (chasing customer care for undelivered christmas presents, calling up HSBC because they thought it'd be funny to lock me out of my online account etc). I even managed to fine some big plain envelopes in the house to use, so if my parcel doesn't arrive, I can't blame the fact I'd made a bad envelope! I even sat down and did some French revision/work, and am slowly conquering the world of The Future Tense, and in the afternoon made my best ever snack-box for the girls after school, before Tennis. Neat sandwiches with the crusts cut off, I even peeled an orange and wrapped it in foil for Marie so she wouldn't get sticky fingers or leave peel all over the car floor, gave them all clean, fresh bottles of water for tennis and got to school early for Marie... and then it went downhill. 

I waited for 40 minutes in the playground for Marie - to the point where the playground was desert and the teacher was locking the gates. I then spent another 10 minutes walking round school with teachers trying to find Marie, and no one knew where she was! I finally texted Carolne to say she hadn't turned up, and O.M.G. I don't know why i am so surprised, but she texted back saying Marie was at a birthday party and she'd forgotten to tell me. Oh. Jeeze. well, cheers. I only spent like, hmm, an hour of my time running round looking for her, making a packed lunch for tennis and arriving early to pick her up. No problem WHATSOEVER. It's not as if you have to TELL the person minding your kids that they aren't where they normally are. You know, we au-pairs come with special telepathy features. Pffft. 

So after a night of ranting and venting, I have now been able to write a post that isn't all the insults and abuse i could hurl at Caroline and how unorganised and CRAZY this family life and behaviour is. Keeping CALM (and no guns involved).


 

On a side note, the weather weekend is far too miserable to do MY PLAN. (Plan = Scuppered.) I came up with it last year in November time, but it was too dark to do it. It will happen. :) 

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