I have a lot to fill you guys all in on, so well let's start out by talking about my job here. Being an au pair hasn't been everything I thought it would be. I mean, I shouldn't complain because I get to live in Germany and learn German.....which was one of the main point I guess, but I don't have enough money to travel very much. I'm not complaining really, I'm just saying that mostly I've felt stuck here because I'm so close to all these cool things and I just don't have enough for a train ticket to see them! It's just a little frusterating! Anyway, the kids have gotten much closer to me since the vacation in February. I didn't see them for about 10 days while I was travelling with one of my best friends, Theresa, and they were skiing in the Austrian Alps.. When I got back, I was sincerely suprised and shocked when they ran to the door and fought over who got to hug me first. I was like "Who are these kids and what did they do with the what I left here?" Ever since then, the kids have been overall good and, I can't believe I'm going to say this, actually kind of cute sometimes! So I guess that's been better. But still, saving away and planning very carefully for all the things I want to do while I'm here.
I save almost half of my pocket money every month to put toward my big trips and I'll tell you that is NOT easy! I worked at one of the local schools in Plieningen for a few weeks in November and then a couple weeks again in March as a native English speaker helper. I helped the older students prepare for their final English exams by doing dialogs, correcting their English speeches, and just talking to them in English in general. Many of them are much better than they give themselves credit for and I actually had a lot of fun doing it. And I earned a little extra money that is helping me pay for my REALLY BIG trip this August. (More info on that in just a little bit...I promise!) It seems like I don't blog for a really long time and then suddenly I get this craving to share everything and I spend a whole day posting many blogs...and that's just what I intend to do today!
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