Times flying

Well I survived my 2 and a half days alone with the kids. It was tough, I definitely struggled in regards to almost falling asleep with Emily climbing all over me but I came out alive. I said to Lorey (the neighbour) the other night how I don't think I'll ever have kids, let alone 3 and how difficult it all is and she so cleverly pointed out that I don't just wake up one morning and have 3 kids (so true), you have kids and you raise them according to your likes and dislikes and have a schedule that works for the both of you going. It's one of the best things I've ever heard in regards to being an au pair and then having your own kids.

Now, I don't know if I mentioned that I registered with a babysitting website back home to get work and had a few nibbles but not much. So I found a position that starts in Feb so I emailed the family and ende dup speaking with the mum on the phone over the weekend. She has a little girl who will be 14 months old and needs someone for 2 and a half days a week. She's interviewing a couple of other people as well but last night she actually rang Pat for a reference, which I am taking as a good sign because to call America is an expensive thing and if the other two had been really good I wouldn't have blamed her for not bothering. At the same time, I'm not getting my hopes up because I am very aware of the disadvantage I have of not being able to have a face to face interview. But the thought of starting a job a week after I get home is comforting, even though I've gotten used to the idea of being the resident cook and house cleaner at home - i.e. living a life of leisure.

Have decided to send my grandparents on my mum's side a framed picture of me to go with their Christmas present. They've given me money through the year and a Christmas present and sending them just a tree ornament made me feel cheap. So I swallowed my pride and decided it was not vain to send them a nice picture of me, considering I haven't had many nice pictures before. It's not vain is it??? Rach always looks so good in pics that they probably have heaps of her, I think the last nice one they have of me is from my deb. I would say grad but my haircut turned the evening into a disaster and I didn't like it.

Will go now, I have a large desire to eat my way through a chocolate factory so need to get some prodcutivity going to try and squash that.

Oh, the pics attached of the of the "Troll Capital of the World". Complete let down as I wanted to go to a park where they had trolls under bridges and stuff but there was nothing like that! But I did check out the Mustard Museum. And froze my butt off!! The other pic is of the Capitol Building in Madison, WI.