Au Pair in Blue Bell

Anyway, I am at Rieke's house right now, we will make pancakes for lunch and maybe watch a movie, it will be nice. :)

I have laundry running at home too, so should go home to switch it over later. But it is nice here.

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It is not like a phone would be nice right now, not at all... I am all fine! :) I actually think it is good to be without it for a couple of days. But it makes me wonder, how did they do it before the phones came? haha!

Btw, just to mention it, I am getting an iPhone, we will see how I can handle such a hightech phone....

Going to the gym now with Markéta, trying body combat today..

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Tonight me and Rieke will go to the TBC class, and then we will go to the hot tub and sauna and relax a little bit. Looking forward to it!

You're on my mind :)

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I really wanna travel, and explore a lot, my half year here has opened my eyes for that. So my thought is.. I really want to go to Australia, and I have thought about doing volunter work. So why not come home, maybe work for half a year, then go like in January next year and work in Australia! There are so many options, haha! But I have time to change my mind again I guess ;)

So many thoughts in my head!

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We rented our skis and then we went up the mountain. So nice! :)

Me and Anne at the top.. it looked pretty funny, cause it was only snow in the trails, nowhere around them, haha...

Me and Steve in the lift, on our way up!

A part of the ski area.

We had such a great time today! Me and Anne are definitely gonna go there again, if we have time before all the snow is gone :) I had a smile on my face the whole day, in a good mood right now.. Think what a little bit of snow can do ;)

I am exhausted after the day, and I feel sooo tired, fresh air can't be healthy, haha..

Anyway, gonna sleep pretty soon I guess, godd night!

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After that I went to the movies with Steve, it was nice, the movie was great and the company too. Had a great day yesterday.

Today we are going skiing, will be totally awesome! Looking forward to it so much!

See you.

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I will fall asleep with my lovely parents by my side tonight, keep the picture by my side, miss you sooo much!

Love! :)

Sleep tight everyone.

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Back home I just changed and then I went to the gym as I mentioned earlier. Me and Rieke did the TBC class today. It was hard with my poor sored muscles, but it was okay. Then we did some sprints again, and Steve joined us, haha. He must think we are crazy that are doing so many classes for the moment, and then continuing with the sprints after. Let's see, I asked him if he would like to join for skiing on Sunday, but I have to ask Anne first, maybe she wants to go just with me, and then that is okay, would be fun just with her too! :)

Anyway, I just got home from soccer now, and I felt like I was sooo slow today on the field, my legs... were somewhere else, haha.

Just a shower left, and then bed. Need the sleep, but it is hard to get my body relaxed again after so much hard work today.

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I am back home now, which feels good, think I am gonna clean my room a little bit, at least put my washed laundry in the closet. Tonight it is soccer again! I am so excited, we are getting into it again. Will be fun. I'll go to the gym around 7 p.m. and then go directly to soccer at 9 p.m. Will be fun :)

See you!

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Anyway, Monday we had a playdate with Chris and the kids, it was good, and I got an update from her vacation, nice, she seemed to have a good time with her friends. So much looking forward to when  Elin comes here in April!

Yesterday they were back in school, and had karate in the night, so I went to the gym... I started with one hour of spinning, then one hour of TBC, which is only muscles, omg.... I am sooo sored today, really! And stupid as I am.. I took another class today, Stability ball, which was muscles too, it is even hard to go to the bathroom right now!

But, I can feel that I have done something... and I had so much energy today, so went to the car wash, got all the salt of the car, then back home, I did a total makeover inside the car. Which means I cleaned the whoe inside. It looks so good right now!

I might go out for a walk with Steve, depends how late he is done lacrosse, but probably I will. I need it, have too much energy today ;)

Night everybody!

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I was home at 5.15, and left at 5.30... and I both showered and chose clothes and put make up on... pretty impressed by myself ;)

Anyway, got to Dani's around 6, she lives in Jenkintown with her husband!? I was so surprised, thougth she was an Au Pair, haha... But, she had been one for 2 years, and then got married. She seemed so happy :) But she said she missed Germany off course, I can imagine! Anyway, just have to say, she is an amazing cook, the food was soooo good. Haven't had that good food for long :)

Now, I am gonna sleep, tired and the kids are home from school tomorrow, they wanted to bake "drömtårta" as known as Dreamcake for them, so that's what we'll do.

Good night..

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Lollo and Nicolina :)

We met Axel at "Five Guys" and had lunch there, then we sat there for a long time, don't know how long, haha... we were just talking. It just feels so good talking, and noone understands what you are talking about. Back home, or at Nicolinas house, we made apple pie and ate the "Marsansås" we bought at the museum. Yummie! :)

The apple pie was delicious!

I drove Axel home around 7 and now I am back home, I am sooo tired, think I need to sleep! Gonna see what's on the TV and maybe fall asleep to that.

It is so funny how it is, we mix Swedish and English kind of.. Start a sentence in English, then realize it and change to Swedish, haha... And sometimes use the English shortings, but well, we are getting american, and I have been here the shortest time, haha ;)

Good night.

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I was supposed  to play soccer tonight, but ended up randomly going ice skating again, with Steve. It was so much fun, people thought we were crazy, haha. After the ice skating  we went to the soccer, but I twisted my ankle early in the game, so we went to a pub, met some other girls there, that I kind of knew. Anyway, I had so much fun tonight! We talked, and talked and talked, but it was great. It is nice sharing the Swedish culture with someone, haha ;) And we have so many interests in common, can be a good friend. He actually asked me if I wanted to help him put together a closet from IKEA tomorrow... he was like, it is so complicated from there, and you are  Swedish, so maybe you know, haha... Well, to be honest I think IKEA:s things are complicated too ;)

But, I am going downtown with Nicolina and Lollo tomorrow, to the Swedish/American museum, to eat "semlor" Will be yummie!

Anyway, gonna sleep now, have work at 6.15. Good night :)

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I cut and glued and yeah, a lot of fun, haha! Happy about my first page.

In the afternoon my hostmum took the kids to karate so I was off at 5 p.m. I just made myself ready for the gym and was there at the spinning class at 6.15, after an hour of spinning I did some muscle workout ofr my upper body.

I started talking to Steve again( been talking to him before about working out together) But, since I have been sick for so long, I haven't been at the gym. Anyway, we talked for about an hour or so after the workout and then I went back home. Might go to the gym tomorrow night.. Depends if I wanna be tired at soccer or not, haha ;)

Now it is time for some sleep again, need my energy for ice skating tomorrow with the kids :)

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I feel like I don't really wanna eat, haha, nothing tastes good anymore! Anyway, I had a yogurt for breakfast and then I just relaxed and did laundry. I met some girls at SB at noon, and that put some light into my day, really enjoyed it, and that puts me in a good mood too! :)

The new girls are really nice(they are from another organization), and I think I will start working out with one of them.. when she gets her membership... haha, which obviously can take a long time.. If I know the Y right. But, the time will come! ;)

I went to the gym tonight, felt good. Did 35 mins of cardio and then 30 mins muscles. A good workout, I guess, I was tired after!

The girl was a bit of a trouble today too, but her dad was home early, so he could help me. Good! :)

Anyway, time for bed now, the girls(Anne and Nathalie) are coming over for breakfast tomorrow, will be fun!

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I couldn't make the beds, since I felt horrible when I was standing up, but I thought the boys bed was okay, but should have changed the sheets there... My hostmum came down around 5.30 and said you must at least check his bed, and now I (as usual) feel really really bad about it. Cause I always do when I do something wrong...

I just had some toast with butter, just to see if something stayes in my belly. Good so far...

I also think my hostmum think I am a bit wimpy, maybe I am.... Maybe I should have act as an adult and taken the kids from school and spent time with then this afternoon.. But my stomach was so bad. I don't know, sometimes I feel like a child, and sometimes I feel like an adult. Right now I feel like a child.

Hopefully it feels better tomorrow, hope it will! :) I don't wanna seem wimpy to the kids, nor my hostmum and dad.

Anyway, gonna try taking a shower now, then try to get some sleep.

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I went back home and then I picked up "The Hunger Games" at the library. Finally. And what did I do today? I finished the whole book... 300 pages. But I just couldn't stop reading!

I am in line for the next book at the library, hopefully it won't take too long! :)

No, I haven't had enough sleep this weekend, so time for bed!

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The sixers game, it was so cool! I definitely wanna go to one again, what a feeling!

Had a great night with the girls, and Anne and I will probably go skiing soon! :)

The night ended good too, I was chatting with Stan for a couple of hours and then I fell asleep on the cauch, haha..

That was my Friday night.

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Nathalie wrote me and wanted to go to Starbucks around 11 so we did that, sat there chatting for I guess 1 or 2 hours and then I just bought socks at Walmart before we headed back home.

At home I thought it was time for some cleaning in my room again. So I did it from scratch, and made my bed which is VERY unusual. I felt something was really wet on the floor, and when I looked into it, It was wet in the corner behind my bed and like 20 cm in under my bed,, all along the wall!! I looked it up, and went into the gym which is located right next to my room, and it was wet there too! OMG was my first thought...

I realized something was wrong obviously.. And when my hostmum got home I showed her and she realized it aws the workers that is redoing the pool area that had caused the trouble.

They were stupid enough to turn the water on outside... And who doesn't know that if you turn the water on outside when it is minus degrees (celcius) the pipe will crack!

In the night I drove the kids to Karate and sat there waiting for them. There is one guy that is always supervising the class that was sitting there, and it was ony me and him sitting there.. It was so obvious we both wanted to talk, but none of ud dared I guess... His eyes.. haha... I could kill for them ;) I am too shy!

And finally, I could go to the gym, FINALLY! I did one hour of Spinning and some weights, then I went back home.

Now it is only the shower left, then it is night night :)

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And the twin, he had some trouble solving a math problem.. I looked at it, and said to myself that I should know it, haha... Think that was Math course B or something... I looked and looked and looked... Then I went down to my room and refreshed my math a little bit, thought for a while, and suddenly, boom! There it was, the solution, haha. He said he wasn't allowed using trig, but then we couldn't find another way so that is how he solved it, I think.

My calculations...

And! It is snowing again now, let's see how much snow it is tomorrow.. :)

This picture is taken a couple of hours ago, a lot more snow by now..

We'll see if I can go out tonight as planned, if they allowes me to drive, I will.

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Well, me and Nicolina said that we wanted to see each other more often, haha, with start from today. So we'll see how that ends.

Probably this weekend, and I invited Anne(the new Au Pair) to come with me to the basketball game on Friday since Chris couldn't cause she is working late. We'll see how we solve to get there, but we'll have fun! =)

Over and out.

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Before ( you don't see the things from the other part  of the closets.. a billion cars)

After: Part 1.

After: Part 2.

As I said, happy about the result, now I don't know.. what am I gonna do during the days now? haha..

Again, time to pick the kids up.

See you!

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Before...

After!!

Looking good, doesn't it? ;)

Well, now I am going to pick the kids up at school. Have a nice day everyone!

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I watched New Moon and Eclipse in the Twilight Saga. Then it was time for the Super Bowl game. Very big over here! Huge! Just say you are  watching the game and everybody knows. The final of the NFL league.

I made myself some popcorn and sat down in the cauch in the basement, the game is still on... But I am so tired, we'll see if I have energy to stay awake the whole game. Go Patriots!!

Anyway, good night ;)

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I am tired too, so think I might take a powernap later since they aren't home.

My mood is getting better again, and I think the last type of antiobiotics I got really helps me... and I just say.. lucky the antibiotics, haha!

Well, haven't done the vaccuum yet, but I will do that too, later.

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As my boy said this morning, now it is actually spring, it is the 3rd of February now.

I love it! I have missed the winter, yes, the snow, yes! But, I will try to go skiing at least once before it gets a little bit warmer in the "mountains". And then, I won't miss the snow anymore. This is good, hopefully the summer comes fast :)

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Yes, I went to the doctor earlier, he said the same thing as the nurse on Monday, an infection in the ear, and a huge tonsil. He was surprised that the amoxicillin didn't work for me.. so he prescribed something "stronger".

And... when I got to the pharmacy to pick it up.. it was fucking(sorry for the words) $182!!! OMG! I feel like I have been robbed, haha. For antibiotics?! Hopefully this will work.... Otherwise I will... like... I don't know! Haha.

Anyway, the doctor was really nice, he wanted me to call if it didn't get better by Monday, then he would send me to an ENT doctor. I want this to work now..

Nope, got to fold the laundry and then pick the kids up by the bus.

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Woke up this morning, again with not that many hours of sleep. Since I didn't reach the doctor yesterday I tried again today, but he wasn't in. So I just tried another place, and the girl that answered the phone was so nice, if you consider the unpleasant one that answered on the other practice. So, now I have an appointment at 10.30, let's see what the doctor says! :)

I think my tonsils is like the ones to the right.. It feels like I have something in the way when I am trying to swallow things..

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Anyway, I put the kids on the bus and then I rested for the rest of the day, and tried to get some sleep. Didn't end well, but think I got a couple of hours at least. The girl was really good this afternoon, and we had a great time playing outside when the boy was at Hebrew school. When the rest of the family got home I just felt like I wanted to go to bed, exhausted! But... made the kids dinner and then everything went wrong. A crying girl, a crying boy, fighting and screaming. None of us could get them to stop!

My hostdad left to do something and I stayed upstairs, felt like I wanted to help out, it was such a mess with the kids. Now I am in bed, been watching part 2 and 3 of the Swedish reality show "Stylisterna". Waiting for the next one!

"Amoxicillin" my beautiful pink pill for the infections.

I will have to call my counselor tomorrow, to see where to go for an ENT doctor. My hostmum think I need to do that..

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