Today I spoke with the father of the family in Iceland I want to be an au pair for; he seems like an awkward, friendly, strict kind of guy, with a very strong hardworking streak. I think he and I will get along excellently :) He's not pushy, but keeps mentioning that he really needs help as soon as possible, so I really wish I would hear back from one of the families in Stockholm I want to au pair with - I have to be in the US while my work visa is being processed, and I have to have a letter of employment before I can apply for the work visa, so I can't move forward until I hear from one of the Stockholm families again. Which stinks, because I'm so so so excited to go to Iceland!!
In other news, I started my yoga classes today. This may not seem relevant, until I point out that my group's instructor is a wonderful, gorgeous Swedish woman. We chatted after the class and when I mentioned I was moving to Stockholm this summer, she got so excited! We tried to speak a little Swedish to each other but my accent is too terrible to understand, apparently - not that I'm surprised, since I've learned 95% of my Swedish from books. Time to get practicing!
Now if only I could find that Salmiakki that my favourite Finn sent me for Christmas...
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Sunday, March 27, 2011
First-Time Jitters
I really have no idea what to say for this first post! It should probably be something big and meaningful, but I'm all jumbled up and too excited to straighten myself out. I know the blog title is saccarine-sweet, but I'm sure it's best to kick off this fiasco with a positive attitude, and it really does describe my personality and the outlook I try to have on things pretty well.
Nothing's 100% confirmed yet, but I'm in the process of finalizing plans to move to Stockholm late this summer to live as an au pair with a wonderful Swedish family. I've never been an au pair before, and I'm really nervous, but pretty confident that everything will turn out ok - I know my way around a house and DEFINITELY around a kitchen, and kids are awesome between the ages of diapers and hormones (non-inclusive).
An Icelandic family also contacted me, asking for me to come and au pair with them in Reykjavik (try saying that ten times fast) in the early summer - wow! I never even expected to get even one response when I signed up at that au pair site, and now I have two right in a row that will work right with each other and will get me out of this stale place in the USA so quickly?! I must be better than I thought at writing text interviews of myself, or something!
This blog will be a chronicle of my experiences in Iceland and Sweden - and the journey there and back, or wherever I go afterward. Hopefully someone will find this interesting, but if not, I'll always have it to look back on later and hopefully remember with a smile :)
Nothing's 100% confirmed yet, but I'm in the process of finalizing plans to move to Stockholm late this summer to live as an au pair with a wonderful Swedish family. I've never been an au pair before, and I'm really nervous, but pretty confident that everything will turn out ok - I know my way around a house and DEFINITELY around a kitchen, and kids are awesome between the ages of diapers and hormones (non-inclusive).
An Icelandic family also contacted me, asking for me to come and au pair with them in Reykjavik (try saying that ten times fast) in the early summer - wow! I never even expected to get even one response when I signed up at that au pair site, and now I have two right in a row that will work right with each other and will get me out of this stale place in the USA so quickly?! I must be better than I thought at writing text interviews of myself, or something!
This blog will be a chronicle of my experiences in Iceland and Sweden - and the journey there and back, or wherever I go afterward. Hopefully someone will find this interesting, but if not, I'll always have it to look back on later and hopefully remember with a smile :)
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