midsommar lunch med tyska
Midsummer is here and since it's one of my favorite holidays i decided to introduce it to eva the worlds bestest german! so we had some swedish meatballs, potatoes, heavycream, chives... it was delicious! next year it's the real deal again! glaa midsommar allihopa!
waiting...
So sitting here waiting for the kids. its insane how much we actually send just waiting. waiting for something fun to happen, waiting for someone, waiting in line....just waiting. but now they here gotta go!
nytt forsok med mobil uppladdning?
Okay, gonna see how this works out and if I'm gonna be able to update more on the go. normal day today compared to yesterday that was 4th grade graduation. so went to scool, it was singing, cake and lunch and later on a waterfight in the back yard. pretty fun day that ended with a track party. long day, but still a good one. started to realise (again) how proud the americans are to be americans. and i mean that in a good way, different religion, different backgrounds but together as a nation creating a we feeling. it's funny that i feel a little bit halvamerican. guess almost a year can make u feel that...
A little bird whispered...
A little bird whispered in my ear that I actually do have a blogg... Went in here and saw that me latest tribute to the blogg was rather depressing, so let's change that! Life's good! Went to American Idiot last night with Linda and now I'm hocked listening to Green Day! It's monday and it's a new week with work and a lot of other fun stuff!
Enjoy life!
L
The days you just want....
The days you just want to stand on the top of a mountain and scream and shout! Yeah, for those who haven't guessed it yet, this is a bad day... This is the day when the kids are driving you crazy... This is the day when nothing is good enough... This is the day when everything goes wrong... This is the day when every single thing has to be a fight... It's called the bad days of being an au pair... Maybe I shouldn't complain... I have an awesome hostfamily even if I lost my patient with the kids around lunch today...
And what can you do about it? ... That's the thing... you're stuck... you just have to keep on going... even if it feels like your head is gonna explode... not only from the noise they are making, but from the sound of your own voice saying no, excuse me, indoorvoice please, take that off, do this, do that, listen to me! ... Right now I'm done... I feel like a wreck... It's not even that I have a headache... I just feel empty, like I turned myself off... like I didn't have enough energy and I went on save battery or something...
... but tomorrow is a new day... and tomorrow Linda's coming! And after friday I'm off! And it's new years! And now I finding myself sitting here trying to give myself a speech .. Lets see if it works... Gonna talk to a person that have a way of cheering me up now so lets hope that works better, because this feels a little bit pathetic...
Maybe I shouldn't post it, maybe I should put on a smily face and show that everything is perfect... but sometimes it's not and why not tell that as well. So here it is, one of my worst days in the states and I didn't even tell what's wrong... Cause it's not really anything specific that is wrong more than just a crappy day. So all relatives that reads this, I'm not going home yet... I signed up for one year and one year it's gonna be...
Love you all!
L
The day before
So it's the day before christmas, still gonna celebrate the 24th at Robyns house with some friends, decided that long ago so that's what I'm gonna do and we are gonna have fun! Got invited with my hostfamily but can only be in one place so had to pass, even if I would like to celebrate with them all.
So Today I'm gonna buy a present to the grab bag, ingredients to my swedish cookies and candy, meatballs and some presents to my hostfamily, I know they don't celebrate christmas, but I don't wanna be the only one opening my presents, it's not the right feeling over that! And feel like they have been so nice to me during my stay, really feel like a part of this family. And I didn't give Sharin or Dave something for Hanukkha so thought this is gonna be a way to show them that I appreciate them, cause I do. Feel I've been so lucky getting this family even if the kids sometimes goes on my nerves or something else, it's normal stuff. I mean I'm living with them would be weird if I didn't felt like that from time to time. I don't believe in the perfect family, but I believe in the right one, and that's how I feel about my family in America.
And for those who don't have facebook... it looks like I'm going skiing with them the 25th! So excited! Even if it's just for the day I can't help to feel like it's gonna be like going home. I know I'm just gonna close my eyes and pretend I'm skiiing in sweden, or maybe not going down hill thou... Feels like I can't stop smiling! And yesterday I got a green packet from the best family! So thanks! Still haven't opened it, but my fingers are itching!
Love you all! So take care! And be careful with the christmas food, so jealous of the ham I'm missing, and not being with you all of you, but I'm carrying you all with me in my heart. Saknar er!
(Och mamma jag ringer idag nar jag gor julgodis for att prata lite, sa va hemma, haha)
Merry Christmas!
Whop it!
So this sunday I decided to go with Robyn to the city for some feeling better stuff. Because she had just like me felt a little homesick the past week so she dragged me with her to a beginner hip hop class.. When we got there I asked the girl next to if it was the beginners class. I just wanted to make sure, because the rest of the class and the first instructions "the warm up" was kind of hard and intense! The teacher Ms Viee (not sure abt the spelling) was really cool and she saw me do at least one thing right that she told me abt, to bad I got so happy I forgot everything again thou... She taught us whop it! Which is a crazy ass dance move, haha...But still 1 and a half hour later of fun and humiliation the class came to an end. And that's when I realized that it apparently wasn't just the class that watch me doing all the misstakes they also showed the classes on a tv-screens in the waiting room...thanks for that!) But as Ms Viee said (looking at me) fake it till you make it! Not sure If I even was dancing the same dance in the end ... but it was fun anyway, haha.
Then It was time for us to take the subway to the South African restaurant Madiba in Brooklyn. And after some google maps and asking some people we finally found it in the rain. I ate fish, calamari and some slap chip, really deliciuos and it was nice to get a break from my own cooking and fast food, miss the food from sweden thou! Miss a lot of things with Sweden at the moment, but in the same time this is the place where I should be right now, in this period of my life. Hope everybody feels that, like they make their right decision, because in the end of the day you're the one living your life, not your mom or your boyfriend or your friends... Guess I just wanted to say that for all of those who actually read this blogg now and then and that are thinking about what to do next in life, go with your guts and fight to make your dreams come true!
Take care!
L
Who stole the cookies out of the cookie jar...
So had this amazing weekend, life is good. I didn't go with my host family to celebrate thanksgiving, but they brought back some leftovers, yummi! They told us that we can eat it and you really have to try these cookies, they are sooo good! Said and done... We ate some cookies and I gave Gernot some as well for his bustrip back to DC. Then I toke them with me to the movies...after all sharin (my hostmum) doesn't like to have sweets at home cause she know she will eat it. So I was eating these really delicious cookies had 1 and a half left when I felt oh time to stop eating now I think... As we are leaving the movies I get a text from my host mum asking abt the cookies.
S:Where is the cookies?
Me: I ate them, or should I blame moby (the dog), haha
S:You ate all of them? there were like 30 in that bag? Aren't you sick?
Me: I can bake some new ones, if you want?
S: No you can't, it's a secret family recipe and we get them once a year at thanksgiving... I had three and dave none...
Me: Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't know that..
Turning to the girls, OMG I ate the them all!
Dave (my host dad) enters the conversation
D: I can't believe you ate them all... I'm not talking to you. You are soo dead, no better up your grounded!!!
Stacy is the one reading the text cause I'm driving, she looks at me and I look at her, eyes are wide open and shit is the word coming out over our lips... Thinking abt what to respond...
Me: I have 1 and a half left on my way home with them...
D: Okay, I'm talking to you but my stomach isn't. My stomach is mad!
Entering the front door...
D: Who is it? (joking but still serious)
L: It's the cookie thief, but I have one and a half left. Dingeling the bag in the air.
D: Give it to me...
Then I started my excuse, like you normally don't want sweets in the house... And we where joking about it, so now I'm the cookie thief and all the relatives know about it, that's great considering I'm going there on sunday to celebrate Hanukha with them. Already heard it from their grandpa, but the good part is that their cousin promised to make some new! I'm saved, and guess who is not stepping anywhere near them?!
Over and out!
Everything
Gonna throw myself in to the car soon to meet up with Stacy and Robyn, but before that. Kings of Leon in Maddison Square Garden, loved it! <3 Pictures and hopefully maybe a video is coming soon. And thanks for the mail and the little hi from Lalabo, really appreciated it! So thanks for making yesterday and today to a good day! The internet isn't working to my laptop so that complicates it a little, but until it works again... Take care!
And dad you will never believe me... but guess who didn't have batteries in the camera watching the Rangers? Sorry, but guess that means I have to watch one more game, haha. They won by 8-2 against Edmonton!
OMG! The car broke down...
Så vad hände igår egentligen? Jodå det var en helt vanlig dag, barnen hade lite aktiviteter så körde Gabby till hennes sånglektioner medans vi väntade lekte jag och Jacob i parken. Sedan tänkte jag att vi skulle åka till Oheka Castle där de hade ett trick and treat event, tänkte det här kan ju bli kul, ett slott och lite aktiviteter för barnen gratis, perfekt! Hmm, Ja, det hade det säkert varit om vi hade kommit in...
Så till och börja med hamnade vi i en bilkö för att det var så många som ville dit. När vi står och blinkar för att göra den där sista vänstersvängen, först i linjen, ser jag hur en lampa på bilpanelen börjar lysa, oljelampan. Okej det är inte bra tänker jag, hoppas inte motorn skär sig, hur långt kan jag köra? Vilken olja ska jag ha? Fan att inte Sharin eller Dave är hemma så de kan hjälpa mig. Aja, det löser sig nog, får väl ringa dem och så får jag fixa det själv...Längre hann jag inte i mina funderingar förens lampan började blinka...Oh nej, this is not good! Och värre blir det...
Rök börjar komma ut från bilen...I huvudet tänker jag: Oj, shit, detta är inte bra, hoppas inte barnen ser det, vad fan gör jag nu?! Mer rök kommer, barnen upptäcker det, blir rädda, i sekunden efter så börjar rök komma in i själva bilen! Okej, nu är jag rädd på riktigt! Barnen börjar skrika och allvarligt talat det hjälpte precis inte min stress nivå... Hjärtat slår snabbare... Okej vi måste ut härifrån! Bilarna passerar snabbt utanför. Hmm, om jag öppnar fönstret kanske? Hmm, nahh knappast att det funkade... Stänge av bilen illa kvickt sen... Så stanna i bilen eller bli påkörd?! Så kändes det! Jag måste ut! Vi måste ut! Tog ett djupt andetag, försökte lugna ner mig och få lite kontroll. Okay, I can do this, do not panic...! Hört att man ska var lugn i sådana här situationer... LUGN!?
Kids here is what we are gonna do: "Ta det lugnt, allt är under kontroll..." i helvete heller?! Men vad säger man till två vettskrämda barn? Försökte lee lite försäkrande som allt kommer ordna sig...(tror inte jag lyckades så bra med det) "Sitt still och öppna dörrarna försiktigt och tryck er ur bilen och håll er pressade mot bilen hela tiden!" Så där stod vi uppflugna mot bilen i den värsta tänkbara rusningstrafiken... Som tur var fanns det poliser på plats eftersom slottet fått stänga 2 timmar tidigare än beräknat pågrund av att det var runt 1000 personer för mycket! Så de stannar trafiken, lotsar oss över vägen och där står jag med två barn med en miljon frågor, i chocktillstånd, när polismannen lämnar oss!? Okej att han behövde hålla koll på trafiken sätta ut en liten varningskon men ändå...
Så där stod vi i diket, skakandes ringer jag Sharin, my hostmum, hon blir orolig... Får väl erkänna att jag är inte var den lättaste att förstå med min fram stammade halft hysteriska osammanhängande beskrivning av vad som nyss hänt... Men hon får grepp om alltihop och lugnar ner sig när hon förstått att alla är okej...
Problem återstår dock, bilen står väldigt olämpligt till och behöver bärgas, hur kommer vi hem?!? Sharin ringde vår lilla repratör, så Marty kastade sig i bilen. Men skjuts till oss var svårare... Men det fixade sig till slut... Så där satt vid vägdiket med två barn och försökte komma på smålekar för att hålla dem sysselsatta och varma. Sen blev det McDonalds som kompensation och jag lät dem slippa lite läxa, kände inte att jag hade ork att tvinga dem igenom allt.
Mys framför tv, sen tror jag att de somnade någongång vid 11... hmm, inte mitt val, men allt går inte alltid som man tänkt sig...
Så det var min dag det! Kände jag var tvungen att ta en bild mitt i eländet!
Next one...
Awesome weekend! I'm gonna write some more, but so far I been exhausted, went up, sent the kids to school, then back to bed till now (12). And soon I'm off till the gym with Eva, hopefully I will have some time I have see... it might be tonight or tomorrow cause I might go the the movie tonight, just wanted to give a quick view what's going on.
Philadelphia here I come!
So was working this morning and now I'm off to buy some food, print my tickets, return a book, borrow 2 new so I have something to do on the bus. Going take 2-3 hours to Philadelphia, then for the bus trip back from Washington on 4 hours. Cause the distance I'm traveling with Linda is probably just talking if I know us right! So the plan is Philly then Washington tomorrow and stay at a friends house in Washington till Sunday and then our long weekend are sadly over. But so happy I got off the whole friday and half of this thursday! But now I have to charge my camera, pack and do some errands so off I go!
Take Care
L
Mat tips sökes!
Okej, så här är ett av mina försök att göra ätandet roligt för barnen. Jag behöver tips på vad man kan laga! Så lämna gärna en liten kommentar med nått gott tips! Tänkte potatisgratäng, så sugen på det! Men mer! :)
Grattis pa fodelsedagen Stacy!
So today was Stacys Birthday! And we celebrated that with going to cheesecakefactory, yummi! We where 8 girls and it was so much fun, just a little sad when you realize you have to return to work right after it... But today was a good day with the kids! They did their homework, they where eating the food, they where a little bit crazy, but the good kind. So today we had a spinning competition, talk about getting dizzy! My price was that they are gonna be good kids all day tomorrow, let's see how that is going to work out, haha. I'm not going to be able to write what we (me and Eva) gave to Stacy cause she havn't got it yet... She got a happy B-day card and some instructions, so you have to wait till next wednesday to see what we are gonna give/do with her.
Just have to say that hearing germans try to speak swedish is probably just as fun as hearing me talk german. I'm so bad at it, but I'm laughing my pants of when they are speaking swedish.
(Might add that I'm too lazy to plug in my computer, so you just have to deal with me writing in english... hope you don't mind and if you do...hmm...that's bad...just joking or I'm I?) Haha, so tired right now and I've been told not to post anything on the internet before reading it twice, but on the other hand I never do that... So good night, good morning, good day, what ever suits you best!
Take Care
L
Grattis på dig!
Grattis till Ida som blev 18 nu i dagarna! Jag har inte glömt av dig! Och tänkte att jag skulle bjuda på denna fina bilden från mitt favorit café vi gick till i somras. Mums! Du ser så så..förälskad ut i ketshupen, haha älskar felstavningen! Nästan så man får bryta upp den, säg keet-shupp allihopa! Till saken igen i alla fall, grattis till världens bästa kusin! När vi ses igen så ska vi fira ikapp allt, glöm inte det nu;) Och snart ligger en liten överaskning på posten, ska bara posta först, haha! Så ha lite tålamod så kommer den, snart...ganska snart hoppas jag i alla fall:) Grattis på dig!
