IM HERE!!!

So I am officially an american/ Jersey girl :) I left home on Sunday evening, sobbing and balling my eyes out. It was the weirdest leaving my family, and being completely alone for the biggest trip of my life so far. But alas, I soon became excited when I saw my new best friend on the plane. Tracy and I sat together the entire way to Frankfurt, and when we got there, we met about 30 other girls who were also going to be au pair's in America. 

In Frankfurt, I ate a Frankfurter :P, paid R46 for a pack of ordinary gum, and paid R95 for a 3 minute call to home.... not very impressed....hehe

Things I loved about the plane was taking off, landing, and turbulence...the food was average, almost sickening, and the economy class seats were tight. but on the way from Frankfurt to Newark International, I sat with more newly made friends, and a seat apart from someone, so I had more fun and space :)

Arriving in America felt so incredibly surreal, like I was alive in movie that wasn't going to end. At first all I saw was high ways and factories, but as I started going out to different places, including New York city, I saw movie pictures!

I had a really good time at orientation, because although the classes were super long and tedious, I met a group of really awesome homies, who I hope I'll be friends with forever... Shanely, Tracy, Dee, Brenda, and Fraser... yup, my top five, and after a brief 3 days with them, i love them to bits...they were family when I was away from my own, and they were friends when I needed them... plus, altogether, they're REALLY funny!! :)

Meeting my new host family was amazing!!! they are fantastic, really cool, chilled, so not awkward at all, and when i walked into my room, my host mom had framed photo's of me and my grandparents and my boyfriend and best friends!! I literally started crying, it was so beautiful and thoughtful.... and the kids have stolen my heart already! they are the cutest children in the world, I think I might steal them... :)

just JOKES!

So sorry this is just a quick post and a quick update, but I officially start on monday so we'll see how things go from there...

Thank you to everybody and anybody who either through emotional, spiritual, financial, or intellectual support made this dream of mine come true, you will never know how grateful I am!

All my love form the United States of America, 

xx :)

This is it!

This is my last morning in my home, and in 9 hours and 10 minutes I will be on that airplane flying to my dream. 

People keep asking me how I feel, and I keep telling them not to, because I don't know how to feel. But when I woke up this morning, I had a great feeling of complete joy and ecstasy of excitement. While I am extremely nervous and scared of certain thing, I came up with a phrase to help myself along:

“Here’s the thing about adventure, if you allow fear to hold you back, you will never live outside your own home; in fact you may never live at all.”

So I’m trying to think about the good things about moving away from home to help me.

I have packed my bag, busy re arranging hand luggage, and sorted out the rest of my life that I’m leaving here, I realised my entire life at the moment weighs 25kg’s :P. so yes, I am ready to rock and roll and have the time of my life…

So America, look out, here I come. I’m ready for the biggest adventure of my life, and am so so excited!

Thank you to everyone who has walked the journey with me so far, your prayers and support and excitement has made this possible. Also thank you God for helping me every step of the way. God know this has been my dream for the past five years and in 9 short hours I will be seeing that dream come alive!

Oh how exciting life is.

Goodbye, Hello

So this is it, the end of yet another year, and as due: a time of relflection

For one, i never wanted to be working on new years eve, but i am, which symbolises a lot about this year. I spent most of it working my butt of, either at school or babysitting my way to America next year. i finished Matric this year, despite all odds trying to get me down, and I got accepted to work and study and live overseas next year!!!!

For another, i had my heart broken, fixed, broken, and fixed again. My love life has been on a roller coaster ride this year, but i have a feeling this one is staying a while...

For another, i learnt a lot about who i really am and what i really like..... like i dont like children all that much if they're not well mannered, and i dont let people walk all over me any more, and i think my foot phobia was a huge pyschological vibe all along....

i think the biggest thing i will take away from this year is that life will always be tough, but as long as we hold onto our hope in Christ and say our prayers, we'll make it out through the end :)

happy new year and I hope in this new year of your life, you will do great things! I believe in you ;)

xxx