Swell

I arrived in Hoboken on Friday night. I love it. The town is so cute and charming and GAH. Ton's of young people and young families and so many good places to eat. I am so excited for this year. I was a bit cautious since the previous nanny told me some not so good things about the family, but we've talked about it multiple times and I have no doubts we will have an amazing year. 

I've already met a few other au pairs, two live really close and are probably the sweetest ladies I've ever met. I can't wait to have all sorts of adventures with them. The three of us went into manhattan on Sunday and lawd. It is so surreal that I am living this close to new york freaking city. There are endless possibilities. This afternoon HM (I'm going to have to come up with a better acronym or code name for her because calling someone host mom who is only two years older than me is weird. yeah, both parents are only two years older than me. It was kinda weird at first, but we get along so well. It's kind of like having roommates I guess.) and I were talking about how we should be extra's in movies and go watch tv shows be filmed. So we spent the afternoon on google and I ended up replying to a few ads and how crazy would that be?! We also decided we are going to see Ed Sheeran together in Nov. Like, it's so great how well we get along and the baby... he is perfect! Rarely cries and is just a joy. HOW DID I GET SO LUCKY?!?!

12 days!

I move in 12 days.
The thing I'm most excited about: no jet lag :D

New Jersey it is!

Got the job :)
I found out last weekend. I emailed their previous nanny early last week to get some feedback, but just heard back from her Sunday.... after I had said I would take the job. Some of the things she had to say weren't the greatest. I replied very fast hoping she could get back to me with some more info but I haven't heard from her again. I mentioned to the HF that I was concerned about what she had to say and they told me nothing was ever brought to their attention from this girl. That they were hurt she was so unhappy. Which makes me think a bit. These kinds of experiences are totally not worth it if you cant speak up for yourself. Communication is key. If you can't voice your opinion with the things you are unhappy about with the family, what do you expect other than to be miserable? I know it's hard, I've been in that situation, but really, whats the worst than can come of it?

Anyway, we are working things out and I will probably move over there in the next few weeks. I mentioned I was a bit unsure of committing for a year based on what this girl said. So I suggested we do a trial run. Say, 90 days and then re-evaluate then. If we get along and there are no problems then that's great and we can continue. If things are so swell, we will just part ways. They agreed. So we shall see what happens. 

New Jersey?

Possibly! Had a Skype call with a lovely family in NJ today. They are super close to NYC (just on the other side of the Hudson) and I'm super excited. I really hope something comes out of it. They only have one baby, 15 month old boy. So that's exciting.

 I would really love to return to Italy... but... this is:

1. closer to home, but still far enough away
2. less expensive
3. an amazing opportunity

It would be minimum of a year. So maybe I could put a little money aside for my next trip to Italy. Here's to hoping!

Looking like crazy for a new host family.

It's only been two weeks back home, and I'm already itching to leave. Looking to go back to Istanbul :) 

An Unfortunate Turn of Events.

I was denied entry to the UK. So they sent me home. womp womp. Won't go into detail, but it's nothing too serious. And on the bright side I didnt have to pay for the flight ;) silver linings, man~

I'll line up so post about italy for the next few days :) 

Kind of sad to be home. It's pretty strange. Once the jetlag wears off (it's horrible!) I'll try to plan my next move ;)

“The only thing standing between you and your goal is the bullshit story you keep telling yourself as to why you can’t achieve it.” — Jordan Belfort