diary entry-week 4...

Diary entries are like random blurbs and feelings about my week…

Ok so because I haven’t written in a while, cause the past two weeks have been pretty busy, this diary entry is about week four of my stay in America, as in the week before last.

Ok last week was a little crazy because it was valentines day on Tuesday and I decided to throw a little girls tea party for Jillian and her friends…. So I had lots to plan and get in order and all that…so Tuesday after ballet Jill and I went home after ballet and got everything ready, it looked so cool and she had like 5 girls over, and I baked pink cupcakes that they could all decorate themselves, how cute!! :) :) After they played for the whole afternoon in the playroom…it was mad but I really enjoyed it cuz I know I would’ve loved that kind of thing as a child…

 Here some pics :) 

 

Then Wednesday and Thursday were pretty normal, but Friday the kids were off school fro presidents weekend…how crazy is that? Presidents weekend?! In South Africa we would never take a Friday and Monday off long weekend to celebrate our president, its just weird to me, but none the less we did…So I dropped the kids at their friends house in the morning and I went to the mall to go shopping! oh my word it was so dangerous, everywhere I look I just see things to buy for people! It’s insane! Nonetheless I felt the need to first spend some money on clothes for myself so I can look pretty for work…. FOREVER XXI!!!!! This is South Africa’s Mr. Price, except better!!! Its insane and huge and inexpensive, so I bought some shoes, tops, skirt, and socks! yay…

Anyways, back to the kids, so they had their play date and I picked them up and then we went home and chilled and then Jessica’s sister came over and they hung out and I kind of got off a bit early. 

Ok so my weekend was amazingly cool and so chilled… I woke up on Saturday morning at like 12, so Saturday afternoon: P yay! And I skyped Calvin and the family went out and I skyped Calvin some more, and then when I had finished skyping Calvin, It was nighttime and I went to bed: P so it was a pretty cool day! Awful I know, but I think I deserved it.

Sunday was so awesome! I woke up early, went to breakfast with some cool au pairs at a friends house, went to church, and then went for an au pair get together at the movies with some different au pairs and we watched the vow. Ok to anybody reading this, if you are fairly similar to me, DO NOT WATCH THE VOW, unless you want to cry like an injured baby! It was just so sad, and I cried like a baby! The whole movie I cried the whole way through, it was mad! I have never cried so much for a movie before!

But my day got better cuz after the movie my friend and I went walking around the mall with her boyfriend and other friend, and we randomly got our ears pierced at the top.  We walked past this piercing place and my friend was like ahh I wana get one and I was like ok, not like I’ve ever wanted to get that, but spontaneity got the best of me and I was like ok cool lets do it! So I got it, and my friend got one, and it looks cool…

This is Wurushkah, my friend that i met here, and she's from Durban :) SA power! 

 This is her friend, shoot i forgot her name, awkward...

we went to bobby's burger palace for fries after our ear piercings

Then I went home and relaxed and went to bed earlyish…

It was a crazy week though, like emotionally and mentally, just trying to figure life out, and figure out things on my own, like its so many firsts here. First time in a new country, first time with a full time job, first time all alone, first time to make ALL my own decisions, first time living with a family I work for, first time having to pay for absolutely anything I want with my own money and getting no extra money from parents, first time having to wake myself up every day, first time choosing which things in life I think are ok and which are not, first time doing long distance friendships and relationships, first time experiencing a drastic season change (spiritually and literally), and I’m sure I could think of a ton more…

So trying to learn how to manage my life with regard to all of these, and just learning to handle life by myself.  It’s been crazy and stressful and trying to also manage maintaining contact with people at home and make time for skype dates and family time here and me-time and everything. It’s been bizarre! But you know what? This past week has been really cool and much better and the more time goes by the more I learn and the more I see things in a different light. And I’ve also got amazing people in my life that help me every step of the way and I know I am never alone.

Wow, so what a trip it must be reading this, haha how about living it :P it’s been an incredible adventure so far though. 

Oh i forgot to mention, Calvin totally spoiled me for valentines day :) He sent me a like devotional book, roses, chocolates, a 48 piece make up set, a pamper like bath kit with like bath gel and lotion and hand cream and a rose shape loofah, and a silver diamond heart shaped necklace...he's the best and it definitely made me feel so special :) just thought I'd put that in there...

Yay :) ok bye, miss and love all my South African fans, :) , and love all my American newbies :)

xxx