a kind of moving on;

I am still having major issues what family to go with for this au pair experience. I just made a pro/con list for both... and the list of pros was EQUAL to the list of cons for both families. I seriously cannot think of how I am going to make this decision. I sent a couple more emails and asked a few more specific questions, so perhaps that will help distinguish them more in my mind in terms of the benefits of each and how I would fit in with each family.
One thing that does make the Verona family stand out to me is that with the hours they would have me work, I would have to get up early every day. In some ways this is of course a drawback, but at the same time, I would be AWAKE and be able to spend the day out exploring and stuff while the kids are at school. OR I could like roll out of bed and get them out the door, and then go back and sleep for some more hours and relax if for example I had gone out later in the previous evening after they had gone to bed. I would be done earlier each evening, and then would be more encouraged to go out and do things. Whereas, with the other family, in Rome, I would work 4-9pm only.. no early mornings. So that means I would have to create my OWN motivation to wake up and do things, or either do things a lot later a night, which, though I'm sure it would be FINE, may not be a good idea when I am super new in another country. Sure, I can be as much of a night owl as I want after I've been there a while because I will know people and such, but at the beginning its probably better to be out when the sun is out so that if I get lost or something I can call the family and be like hey where the crap am I and how do I get back to you. So yeah, the hours are more encouraging of exploration with the Verona people, especially when I am brand new there. .. Maybe they win? I don't know. I've been refreshing my email for some hours now hoping people would reply asap.. but.. none has so far.

The bag I'm going to use as my carry on apparently arrived today.. but I think it got here while I was napping so.. I THINK that it was left in the office thing of my apartment complex. I will look forward to fetching it tomorrow. :)

ALSO! This is good. Apparently there is like.. some sort of mini-consulate in CHARLOTTE. SO that means I do NOT have to ride a sketchy bus at 1am to Philadelphia to get my visa.. I CAN JUST DRIVE 2.5 HOURS OVER TO CHARLOTTE! This is pretty splendid. :D Not sure when I'll go yet, but I am very willing to have a buddy go with me, so please let me know if you'd like to be that person.

That is all that's happening. I just wish I could have only one job... because my life right now is exhausting and stressful and I am having to sacrifice SO MUCH TIME I could be spending hanging out with people.. like RIGHT THIS MOMENT, instead of having to go to bed in a little while, I could be hanging out with Erin.. or I could be in Greensboro with Sarai and Tyler and Erin Miller and other people..

but I am sitting on my couch, planning to go to bed in the next 30 minutes.

Boo.

Anyway, that is all for now. Goodnight.