So today Rosie finally got to see the genuine 'joys' of au-pairing. The day where I'm expected to be in two or more places at once, and cater for the girls' individual demands. Whoop! It is a very staggered day where you can't actually sit down and get anything useful or important done because you have to be back on your feet in twenty minutes again. We went to the dentist, we walked the dog, we bought meat for lunch, we did a school run, we went to ice-skating via tennis... And we filled our spare moments catching up on all-important 90210 and Gossip Girl episodes.
In many of our car journeys today (a total of 12 car journeys and comprising a bum-numbing 230 minutes) we concluded that brothers were far more entertaining than sisters as we swapped childhood stories of black eyes to tumbling into the dishwasher, going down the stairs on trays/in duvets/in boxes - and thinking it was a good idea - to using double beds as crash mats and safety landings... and questionable scooter practise mats(!?) and getting very over-excited with Harry Potter and cereal box computer games. I've been crying with laughter on many occasions today!
This evening after ice skating Rosie finally saw the warts and all of caring for childern-that-aren't-yours. I drove Marie (a menace today!) and Elisa home after ice skating and OH-MY-GOD it was stressful and tiresome. They have this nauseating 'laugh' which is more like a litter of pigs being dragged to the abattoir by their tails from the back of the truck, but sounding rather more enthusiastic. In other words, it is the most high-pitched DEAFENING noise I've ever been forced to sit in front of in a small Renault Clio with no emergency exit. Au-pairing is not for the faint-hearted.
Tea was my fabulous Shepherd's Pie. Rosie said it was the best one she'd ever had - and not in a cheesy 'gee that was awesome' way. I feel honoured. :)
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