So last week was an amazing but long long week. It was long because I worked a lot, the kids were off school on Monday and my girl was off Tuesday, but it was a good week nonetheless. I am definitely getting used to life over here and loving it more and more. The more I do it, the better I get at it, the whole schedule and driving and currency difference. Here are many random thoughts about life right now:
The whole of last week I kept thinking to myself, I cannot actually believe this is my life right now! If I think back to 6 months ago, I was stressed about my future not sure about whether I should even follow my dream of going to America to au pair, and thinking even if I wanted to how on earth would I afford it?! How could I manage to get here? It amazes me! My own story inspires me to always follow my dream. I remember day when going to America was as hopeful as a Cinderella story, and now look at me!! If you have followed this blog right through you will know what I mean.
So I feel like somehow I should keep telling people to always follow their dreams! I have so much faith in God to make things happen, and in myself to make things happen. Someone once said, if your dreams don’t intimidate you, they insult God, and that is so true! My dream was big, and for a less than fortunate girl like me, it was a dream too big. But look, it came true and now I look outside the kitchen window at the beautiful pine trees outside, or sometimes I sit on the porch and breathe in the icy morning air and think to myself, this is all I ever wished for and more! I am living my dream come true!
And while I’m on my little tangent, I just want to thank anyone who has contributed in any way to this travel adventure of mine, THANK YOU! I appreciate it more than words can say.
Ok second random blurb thought: people have been asking me lately, like what’s the biggest thing that is different for you or that shocks you the most? The culture, the driving, New York… So I thought you reading my blog might be interested :)
I think among the biggest difference for me is definitely the driving. Driving on the right hand side of the road, jug handles, and lack of circles, not to mention the obnoxious drivers!
Then the food is crazy! Its yummy, and the candy is soooooo good! And the portions are so big I always share with a friend, or order the starters! My favorite thing in America so far is a chicken wrap. Simple I know, but really good. AND THEY HAVE UNLIMITED FRIES!!!
The other thing is the houses and the areas I have seen so far. The houses are extravagantly big and they rarely have fences around them! Seeing a house without like 10 meter high walls around it is crazy to me, just crazy. And people have like garden furniture outside! Isn’t that weird? In S.A. that would never happen.
The other big difference is the food- like my stomach took for ever to get used to the food here! Its just totally different and many things are convenience orientated, and calorie conscious! All the menus have the calorie count of the item before they even have the price of the item.
The biggest thing that shocks me is the amount of stuff people have and have access to here. A simple ting like the park is crazy different. At home the parks have over grown grass, and maybe one jungle gym on it, and barely any children use it. Here, the parks have like games at them, multiple jungle gyms, and they are crowded with kids all the time. And the variety of clothes in clothes stores, and the different types of clothes and just everything is like home upgraded… but it’s pretty cool to experience all this I must say.
So there you have it, a crazy blurb about my thoughts about my life… hehe :)
Feel free to leave a comment or ask a question :)
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