Today I got offered an au pair job in Verona, Italy.
The family seems WONDERFUL. They are so sweet.. and so BEAUTIFULLY Italian. They have 3 young children.. Nicola, Elena & Fabrizia. We spoke on skype, and I showed them my ukulele.. they weren't sure what one was. IT WAS SO CUTE. I love them.
It surprises me though, how NOT surprised I am that they picked me. Like, it seems surreal, but at the same time it feels like it was going to happen all along, you know. I don't know.
They want me to wait until the end of this month or so before letting them know my final decision. They want me to weigh all the options because they I guess are worried I'll get homesick or something or be unhappy or whatnot. I get that. So now I am having to contact the other families I've spoken to and be like uhhh idk where you are on the decision making process but... I can't be your au pair GAHH IM SO SORRY I FEEL LIKE A HORRIBLE PERSON. It is seriously like a knife through my heart saying no to these people. Even though I wasn't offered anything for real for real except for by this one family today. I love them all and I haven't met any of them. Maybe I should just BE Mary Poppins and fly around underneath an umbrella and whip my ukulele and a kiddie pool out of my hippie style bigger on the inside bag. Seriously though. I am emailing this one guy right now, and my heart is breaking. Even though I don't think I want to be the au pair for his family, my soul weeps at telling him no. Every time that happens, I feel like I've missed an opportunity. Is that weird? I mean, I can't say no to EVERYONE.
And ever since I saw the first photo of these kids (the Verona kids) I was like.. I want those kids. They are SO FRICKIN CUTE.
There is one family I am holding out for though.. maybe 2. I need to hear back from them both before I make my FINAL final decision. I never thought this would be so difficult..
AND. And. There is also a lady in Ireland who might want me. That just throws a huge wrench in all this. I am really trying to advocate for her to just take me out of the applicant pool for January, and allow me to be her family's au pair starting in August 2012. Which would be amazing because the Verona peeps want me until the end of July! Annnnd the Ireland lady likes to keep her au pairs through an entire school year, but she says that a semester length would be fine as well. So yeah. Things are taking shape.
My stomach is doing somersaults, but I think I am moving to Italy in January.
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