Au Pair in Blue Bell

Today it is a study day! A BIG one. Really need to do this now.. And I've actually done a lot allready. It's just the thing with getting started, and then I am all into it.

Last night I just couldn't sleep, I was thinking about home and mum, and how much I needed her here, just to hold me and say that everything was gonna be okay. I couldn't stop crying, it just kept on going. Decided to call mum from skype on her cellphone. I guess that was a good idea, she calmed me down and I felt a little bit better. Oh my god, I must have freaked her out when I was calling and just couldn't stop crying.. My mum is wonderful! Best ever!

Yes, I am really really tired. Again! Don't really know what is wrong, it is so hard falling asleep at night. I need Markus here to hold me, definitily. I never had a problem at home. My lovely boy, I miss you!

After putting the kids on the bus today I slept until 10.30 and then I went back upstairs and finished writing my essay about Astrid. And now I am done! Woohooo!

Ja, jag har inte uppdaterat på hela helgen, men har liksom glömt bort det lite... Haft så mycket annat för mig och annat att tänka på!

I slept in on Thursday morning and I felt so good! Got ready to go to Chris and I was there around 3.30 p.m. A lot of people and a lot of food.. Og my god! But this is Thanksgiving, so nice! A huge dinnertable and all the relatives around, must be nice. I enjoyed it, and it is nice to experience a big holiday here!

We were waiting for the clock to be Midnight so we could go on the big famous Black Friday Sale. Well, me and Chris went to Target, and I can just say one word.. OMG! Haha.. The line was huge, or huge isn't enough. Cool, but we decided not to get in the line, we went to Montgomery Mall instead, so much more worth it. I shoppad for 130 dollars. But got a lot of things, a lot! Boots, two pair of jeans, and some shirts.. We had a lot of fun, and we came home around 5 a.m. INSANE!

Today, as I figured yesterday, the girl stayed home from school with fever. She was very tired and looked so miserable. Well, she ate breakfast and I made her crepes with nutella for lunch but there wasn't more. And I sat with her in the cauch watching tv and I played an easy game with her.. Well, she mostly wanted to lay  down, and off course! I sat with her and she lay against me, she was like.. so hot, her body was very warm, so even I began sweating. That was pretty much our day, except picking the boy up from school and driving him to hebrew school.

Put the kids on the bus and then I just waited for the girls to come over for a powerwalk. We were out for about 50 minutes and then me and Terese was talking for one more hour before she realized she needed to go home and do laundry.. ;)

Saturday I began working at 6 a.m. and then I picked up the kid's basketballs and shirts for the Saturdaybasket they are gonna do from now on when soccer ends. On my way home I stopped at the soccerfield, really wanted to see their last games. It was fun and I had a lot of clothes on so I could watch the games without freezing my ass off! I had a great time and then I went back home, and we drove my car to the company who is gonna fix the bump in the front. (My hostdad made it, not me) Well, they are so nice to me, I can use my hostdad's car so I won't be stuck at home all the time.

Yes, Thursday wasn't more than nothing to do during the day and then the birthday dinner for Chris in the night. We had a great time and she laughted a lot when she got mine and Terese´s present. So did we.. just an internal joke, the others didn't get anything, haha, but we had fun about it, Jack and Jill, don't have to say more.... I had a great time and Chris said she felt important in my life when I just didn't go to soccer cause I wanted to come to her dinner.. Well, she is! :)

Tuesday I put the kids on the bus and then I had breakfast with Terese, Chris couldn't come. We had fun and talked about memories from High School, haha. A lot of fun! Then I did some last minute studies for the test and went to  the college to write it. Felt pretty good afterwards actually. I picked teh kids up from school and drove the boy to Hebrew School at 4.30 and went back home and played a lot of games with the girl, we had a great time again.

I got up in time, with about 3 hours of sleep in my body and got the kids on the bus, did everything and then I got back to bed, and how nice that was after the night. Slept until 11.30 and then I took my books and began studying for the test tomorrow. Will be interesting.. I studied for abot 2 hours and then I picked the kids up from school. Dance and Piano as usual on Mondays and then I was off.

I actually went out jogging tonoght, actually impressed by myself, cause I find it so boring! But it was okay, hopefully it'll get better if I get out more often...

Now I'm gonna shower and then I'll read a little more and then sleep early, actually tired. Will have breakfast with the girls tomorrow, will be great!

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On Sunday I had a soccergame, we tied; 4-4. A step forward, we scored as many goals as we've done through the whole season. Then I hurried home and took a shower and then went to Mirja's place to go with them to Trenton and take the train from Trenton - NYC and meet up with Chris and Terese at Madison Square Garden.

Everything went fine and suddenly we were in Madison Square Garden, what a feeling! Oh my god! Unbelievable, so much people and everybody was like jumping and screaming and singing. Insane! The floor was shaking were we sat and I really enjoyed the concert. We left before Foo Fighters were done though, cause Mirja had a curfew, and she was the one who drove from  Trenton so we had to leave. But still, it was incredible!









We got home pretty late, but the concert was worth it. Sooo nice!

//E

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Yes, the Friday passed by really quickly, with some studies for the test with Ying and then the girl and I played outside in the leaves, we made a huge leavepile and jumped in it, felt like 5 years old again, haha. After that I made her dinner and then went down to my room to get all the things I needed for a sleepover at Chris' house. Suddenly the girl was in my room when I got back from the bathroom and she was so cute. Wanted to have her own sleepover with me, haha. Antoher time maybe, another time! Me and Chris the other way, we watched Sex and the City and fell asleep at 11 p.m., exhausted girls, haha.

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Saturday my thought was to study, but Chris convinced me to go with her and two other girls to a footbll game in Princeton. Princeton University - Yale Univeristy. So cool. Another thing than the Eagles game, cause here there were so many  things going on around, and in the pauses. I like it! We also looked around a little bit on the campus since Princeton University is pretty famous..







When we got home we met up with Terese as Marshalls and I bought a winter coat, a more fancy one, and a hat.



Now I am ready for the winter!

We had dinner and then Chris came up with the great idea to go and watch Jack and Jill at the movie theatre, awesome! The movie was sooo good! We laughted alomst through the whole movie. Worth seeing. After the movie we felt for going to Coldstone for some icecream, and it was also sooo good. I just love Coldstone. We talked girls talk, haha. A lot of fun!

Now I am home, gonna sleep so I have energy for the soccergame tomorrow, and then the Foo Fighters Concert in Madison Square Garden, will be great! Hmm... the studies.. will try doing some tomorrow, and Monday after catching up some sleep after the concert, cause we'll get home really late tomorrow!

//E

Ja, precis så är det, klockan är bara åtta och jag har suttit här sedan jag kom tillbaka och tänkt på pappa. Hur glad jag är att ha honom och hur otroligt mycket jag saknar honom!

Pappa, hoppas du läser det här, du är bäst! En fighter!

Pappa, Jag älskar dig!

Jag älskar dig också mamma! Vad skulle jag göra utan er två?



I adore you.

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Yes, today I was supposed to study, but it was kind of hard actually, cause I had no idea about what to focus on, so I just did some things and then I went to class for review fot the test and going through Ch. 11 and 12. Ooh, I almost forgot, in the morning I was talking to mum's class on skype, they asked me some questions and I told them about their assignment for the english class. Think they enjoyed it, and now I got something to do for next week too, have to tell them about Philly. Gotta think about it so I know what to tell them, but I can probably ask mum about that too! :)

The bus for the kids were pretty late today so they just had time to have a snack and then I drove them to karate. Stayed there and waited for them, cause it was just stupid to go home and then my hostmum pick them up, cause she was allready home. And there were so much trafic, so just sat down and read my book. The book is really good(Thank you mum!) I enjoy reading it. Well, took the kids home afterwards and we had dinner, and I feel too tired for soccer today, I am like totally lost in my head, was so tired when I drove the kids home. So now I am just gonna read a little bit more and then my bed is waiting for me.



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I have told myself to be stubborn in the morning now with the girl, that she should get dressed by herself, cause otherwise she'll never learn. I know she can do it, I just don't know why she doesn't. Well, in the end she got dressed and everything was fine. Good. Since my hostmum put the kids on the bus I did everything and then went back to bed for a while. Slept too long. Think I turned the alarm off, cause I woke up again 9.45 and was supposed to leave for Chris at 10.. Didn't really succeed with that, haha. And then there wasa lot of trafiic too, took forever to get here.

Well, me, Chris and Terese went to Peace and Valley Park to take some nice fall pictures, and we sat for an hour in the sun by the lake just talking. It was really warm today, must have been at least 15 degrees.











Just some of all the pictures we took today! Can't upload them all.

We had fun and on the way back to Chris' house we went to WaWa and bought a sandwich for lunch. I went back home and picked the kids up from the bus, then we played in the livingroom. The girl had her own restaurant, and we made the menu's together while the boy was doing his homework. We had a lot of fun and the menu's looked good too. Then we had dinner when the twins got home and afterwards me and the girl continued playing in the basement until her bedtime. Actually had a great time with her today, and she seemed to enjoy to get all the attention once :)

Didn't study for the test next Tuesday, as I was supposed to do, but will begin doing that tomorrow, or have to do that tomorrow before class. And I am also gonna talk to my mum's 3rd graders over skype in english about an excercise they are gonna do in class, will be fun!

//E

Ja, idag var en tuff dag redan från början. Fick börja med att bråka med tjejen om att hon skulle klä på sig själv på morgonen, sedan bråkade de vid frukosten och blev nästan sen till bussen. Jag gick ner till mitt rum och slumrade en stund, sedan förberedde jag mig för min muntliga presentation som jag skulle ha idag.. Uscha, prata inför folk på svenska gör ju mig nervös! Kändes inte alls bra då jag åkte till lektionen. Det kändes inte som om det gick så bra heller, tomatrött ansikte kändes det som och glömde en massa... Men jaa, inte mycket man kan göra åt saken.

Fortsatt bråk med tjejen i bilen på väg hem då jag hämtat dem på skolan.. Hon var tröttt, ville vila i bilen, vilket hon fick. Men vägrade ha på sig säkerhetsbältet ordentligt. Försökte och försökte förklara om att det var för hennes säkerhet osv osv... Men jaa, hon vägrade lyssna. Fick stanna till slut och bli arg. Hon skrek typ hela vägen hem. Blev inte bättre hemma, då jag anser att hon kan bära iaf lite av sina grejer in från bilen vilket hon också vägrade.. Till slut tog hon in det, för idag var jag envis! Hon skrek nu igen och sedan när jag skjutsade pojken till Hebrew school så somnade hon i bilen, förmodligen var hon kinkig för att hon var för trött innan med! Hon sov väl kanske 10 min, så jag hjälpte henne in då vi kom hem igen. Hon ville bara lägga sig och sova.. Så hon fick väl ta en nap då tänkte jag.

Lite lugnt, tack och lov. Min värdpappa kom hem och skulle ta med henne för klippning av håret, så jag väckte henne, vilket var svårt, hon var ju typ helt borta. Måste varit otroligt trött!

Själv åt jag lite middag och sedan iväg på fotbollsträning, vilket inte heller gick så bra. Helt enkelt, en tuff dag idag! Nya tag imorrn, ska fota lite höstbilder med Chris, blir nog roligt! :)

//E

Ja, igår var det återigen måndag, tycker det är bara måndag, söndag hela tiden nu! Men det är ju bra, tiden går snabbt. Snart december...Morgonen började med en powerwalk med Chris, det var riktigt skönt, och vi hitttade en bra runda att gå, så vi gick ca 50 minuter. Dagen flöt på rätt fort med massa tvätt, tvillingarna hade ju tvätt också. Hämtade barnen på skolan och skjutsade tjejen på dans, pluggade lite och sedan helt plötsligt så frågade min värdmamma om jag ville ta med en kompis på en Eaglesmatch. Men självklart svarade jag då, så roligt. Min värdpappa skulle inte använda biljetterna han hade, så jag ringde direkt till Terese, och klart hon ville med!

När min värdpappa kom hem var Terese redan här och han gav mig biljetterna och parkeringstillståndet. Parkeringstillståndet? Var min första tanke. Han liksom bara antog att jag skulle köra dit.. Vi som hade planerat att ta tåget. Men så fick det bli, jag körde alltså till Philadelphia och körde för första gången motorväg här i USA. Det är ju typ 711 filer att välja mellan, och lite svårt att hålla reda på vilken exit och fil man ska ligga i, haha. Men det gick bra!

I alla fall, matchen var helt otrolig! Ca 50 000 pers. och en mäktig stämning. Läckert!











Jaa, det var roligt att gå på en NFL match också! :) Det var ju inte direkt dåliga platser vi hade heller.. vi såg riktigt, riktigt bra. Vi kollade upp vad biljetterna till de där platserna kostade på ett ungefär, landade på ca $300.. Bara det säger ju sitt med vart vi satt, och bara det att vi hade typ VIP parkering, haha. Häftigt helt enkelt! Såg inte hela matchen för det skulle bli alldeles för sent, men det var roligt ändå.

//E

I slept late today, cause the soccer game was cancelled, again. It is starting to get boring now.. But we can't do much about it! Then I just got up, had breakfast and went back to bed, or not to sleep, just lay down again. My thought was having a bed day today, but Rebecca wrote me on Facebook and wanted to do something, so we decided to have lunch at SaladWorks. We had a nice salad and then we went to Montgomery Mall.

I bought gloves for working out outside, cause it's getting a little bit cold on the soccer practices now! We looked around for some clothes but didn't find anything we liked, so just went back home. She followed me home, she wanted to see my new winter coat. And she liked it so she ordered a similar one when she got home :)



This is mine, I like it!

I had dinner with the family and then I skyped with Chris for a while, but she was tired after her weekendcourse, so not that long. We decided to meet tomorrow morning for a powerwalk! :)

//E

Ja, igår fredag var jag alldeles för trött för att uppdatera då jag kom hem mitt i natten.. Men barnen var hemma hela dagen från skolan, det var conference day. Så pojken hade fotboll och medan så lekte tjejen i lekrummet. Gick otroligt bra hela dagen, de var gulliga! :) Bara lite bråk, men det är ju sånt som händer. Vi hämtade Nana (mormor) vid tåget 1.45 p.m. och sedan ville barnen åka och köpa en present till min värdmamma som hade födelsedag på lördagen. Vi hittade lite olika grejor, och de blev nöjda med valen.

På kvällen hämtade jag L(en av tvillingarna)  hemma hos deras mamma, sedan åkte vi på gymmet och tränade, för att sedan plocka upp T på karate. Gick bra, körde inte ens vilse, även fast jag körde från ett helt annat ställe än hemifrån!
Väl hemma igen slängde jag i mig lite middag, duschade och sedan åkte jag för att möta upp Terese vis bion. En annan biograf den här gången, vilket innebar att jag inte hittade så klart, haha ;) Men till slut så, med lite guidning! Bion var superrolig; Tower Heist med Eddie Murphy. Kan rekommenderas! Efter bion kände vi för att göra något mer, så vi letade rätt på TGI Friday's och drack Pina Colada och åt Oreo glass, mums!
Kom väl hem vid halv två på natten eller ngt, men jag hade roligt! :)

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Sov till 11.30 idag, och gud så skönt det var! Gick upp och käkade frukost, men kunde inte fokusera på någonting, en fruktansvärd huvudvärk och det kändes som om det var lite feber i kroppen.. Så gick helt enkelt ner på mitt rum och tog en Ipren och la mig i sängen igen. Så sov till och från hela dagen. Men huvudvärken vägrade att försvinna. Har känt mig helt off!

I alla fall, det var min värdmammas födelsedag idag, så jag följde med familjen ut på middag. En supermysig italiensk reataurang med jättebra mat. Dock fortfarande lite off.. Hade en trevlig kväll, men huvudvärken gjorde mig bara trött.
När vi kom hem tog jag en tablett mot huvudvärken som min värdmamma gav mig och nu ska jag verkligen försöka sova! Match imorgon, så bara att hoppas att den är borta då..

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On Wednesday morning I did a lot of studies and laundry and worked out at the gym... A lot of things, haha.. Then I hurried to Chris around 11.30 to do highlights in our hair. We had a lot of fun reading the instructions and doing that, a lot of laughter!

I have a picture before we did the colouring, haha...



We can give you thhis picture, haha! ;)

Anyway, the hair is looking really good and I'm happy with the result, blondiiiie, haha. Then I didnt do much after that, just took the kids of the bus and payed a little bit. And also went to the gym in the night. Two workouts on Wednesday, good!

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Thursday was okay too, the only thing was that I couldn't go back to bed after putting the kids on the bus, cause the carpet cleaners were coming around 8.30. I finished my studies, well, at least questions Chapter 9, and then I went to college around 12.30 as usual. It was as bad as usual too, haha. She never do what she is supposed to, but... I read, and read and read, just need to know what to focus on!

The kids got home pretty late with the bus and then they had Bingonight at school, so my hostmum took them there. I Skyped with Chris for 2 hours, haha. Too long time ago we had seen each other, or not... But we always have a lot to talk about!

After that I had soccer practice, it was good yesterday, cause I ran a lot, and I think it is needed, want my physical condition back, but it is hard!

Fell asleep kind of late, cause my body was still warn after the practice, needed to calm it down...

//E

Today I could lay down again after putting the kids on the bus, and it feels so good that I actually have time for it. I woke up and did some more studies, vocabulary for chapter 9, almost done before class at 12.30. Then I left for class and we didn't do much today, as usual, we never do anything that we actaully can use, haha. She always loose the track of what we are talking about, but I read in the book, and that's good for me, cause otherwise I would be totally lost!

I went directly to the school after finishing class and picked the kids up, and when we got home my hostdad got home almost at the same time. So he took the boy to hebrew school and I stayed home with the girl. She was so tired that she fell asleep in her bed. So I let her sleep for about 30 minutes and then I woke her up. She painted my finger and toe nails, how beautiful, haha. But it's okay, she thinks it's fun so why not, there is always nail polish remover!

I just came down to my room after reading her two books before she falls asleep and now it's my turn to sleep. Or maybe turn on a movie on the big screen out in the basement.. Don't know.

And.. ooh, my new winter jacket came today. Totally awesome, love it! A Canada Goose jacket, soo good! :)

//E

The kids had a haloween parade at school today so they could wear the costumes in the morning, the girl was really excited, she was a cute witch, and the boy was Jack Sparrow, looked cool! ;) My hostdad took them there and I went back to bed. Slept and then I did some studies. My hostdad worked from home today so he was home the whole day. When I picked the kids up at school they were allready excited to go Trick or Treating in the night. But they had to wait for a few more hours.

We had dinner and then they went out for walking around in the neighborhood. I stayed home to see all the different costumes on the kids that came ringing the doorbell. Our hallway was so cool decorated, I love it!



Awesome, and there were a light that put cool light in the ceiling to. Halloween is so big here!



Black clothes and spiderweb and spiders on my chins. Not a good picture, but fair enough, haha.

There were so many kids coming trick or treating. Amazing, I'm impressed. I just love Halloween in the U.S.! Unbelievable. The kids seemed to have fun to, and that is also good! :)

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