Ti di dam, ti di dam
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lesmisloonyI really missed the way my little red phone never vibrates the same number of times when I get a text. And the polite way its alarm barges into my life in the morning at an increasing volume. It took me no time at all to be able to text easily on it again.
Yesterday went well! I was so relieved to see the mom get home before I had to make dinner because euhhhhh I am really not good at cooking and I'm even worse at making dinners. I mean, I tend to just make myself a pot of noodles. I hope to GOD she gets home early again tomorrow because euhhhhh.
But! Yesterday I got Nilou bathed! We were going up the stairs and he was sobbing JE NE VEUX PAAAAAAAS PRENDRE LA DOUUUUUUUCHE and I was like shitshitshitshit but I got him in that water of his own accord and I only got a little bit soaked while he leapt around being a fish! And he knows a lot more English than you'd think! I kept trying to convince him to wash himself and by the end of the bath he was going "SHAM-POOOOOOO!" and it was awesome!
Yoyou is MY FAVORITE KID EVER. He's so damn responsible omg I can't even. He and Nilou and Mimi were watching cartoons on an iPad (kids these days!) and he kept asking me what time it was. When he was five he was like Okay Mimi, let's go! and the two of them went upstairs and did their homework. What. Seriously. So then Nilou was my only concern.
Also this morning Nilou was putting up a fuss because he didn't want to drink his milk and his dad was like SIT HERE UNTIL YOU DRINK okay bye Ehreen have a good day and I was like huh?!? So I sat with him and he was pouting spectacularly and being like t'es pas gentille je veux PAS! and I was like why not? and he was like parce que and I was like Because why? and he was like T'ES PAS GENTILLE! and it went on for A HUNDRED MINUTES and I was like WHAT DO I DO IF HE WON'T DRINK THIS DAMN MILK AND I HAVE TO GET HIM TO SCHOOL AND I HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DISCIPLINE THIS LITTLE MONSTER GAHHHHH because I am way too timid to be like that dude. And then he was like LET ME SHOW YOU THIS THING and he ran off and I was like NO FINISH YOUR MILK OH GAH and he showed me a DVD and I was like Oh we can watch this if you finish your milk and he was like OOH and ran in there and chugged that shit. And then he even ate some of his bread and brushed his teeth! I got him to school on time and he loved me again and I was like I AM THE BIGGEST BADASS IN THE WORRRRRRLD. We didn't even watch that DVD but we can watch it after school.
After yesterday I started panicking on the inside because I was like SURELY IT WON'T GO THIS WELL EVERY DAY. After Mimi and Yoyou finished their homework the four of us tossed these bouncy balls around and then Nilou bumped his head and started crying and Yoyou was like Watch this and started going OH NO YOU'RE HURT HERE COMMMMMES THE DOCTOR! and it made Nilou giggle! Even though that was a NASTY bump! The ten-year-old is a freaking genius. I have never loved a child this much since my Sims son Mikelomanie who was the same way. GOD BLESS YOYOU. Anyway yesterday I was like I CAN'T DO THIS EVERY DAY CAN I? Even though nothing even went wrong, like, it was totally fine. But everything is going so perfectly I just kinda flipped out on the inside and then I realized! It's two days and then Wednesdays the mom is here to be the boss and then two more days and then I have weekends free!
I talked to the parents last night about how I was super shy last year and barely ever left my room and they were like Yeah don't do that this year. I told them I had already talked to them more in the few days I'd been here than I did my host family all year last year and they thought it was hilarious. I talked to them about the drama I went through in college and they were like, You see that in American films but I never thought it was true! And I was like dude. Films are true. And I talked a little bit about becoming pals with French fans and Patrice during the tour last year and Sana the mom was like Oh I watched the first season of Star Academy but I don't remember Patrice! And I was like THE TALL SHY ONE WITH CRAZY HAIR HE DATED OLIVIA RUIZ and she was like Oh ew Olivia Ruiz and I was like YEAH BOO TO HER. Haha I know nothing about this lady except that it is quite clear she broke Patrice's heart.
Anyway I am all dressed and guess what? In a hot-ass second I. AM GOING. INTO PARIS. MY PARIS. As soon as I'm done having a dance party with my iTunes.
I AM TAKING A CAMERA oh speaking of which I took pictures of my room.
AMIRITE? I don't know many people who wouldn't trade their life for anything, but I am one of them. I bloody LOVE my life.
Yesterday went well! I was so relieved to see the mom get home before I had to make dinner because euhhhhh I am really not good at cooking and I'm even worse at making dinners. I mean, I tend to just make myself a pot of noodles. I hope to GOD she gets home early again tomorrow because euhhhhh.
But! Yesterday I got Nilou bathed! We were going up the stairs and he was sobbing JE NE VEUX PAAAAAAAS PRENDRE LA DOUUUUUUUCHE and I was like shitshitshitshit but I got him in that water of his own accord and I only got a little bit soaked while he leapt around being a fish! And he knows a lot more English than you'd think! I kept trying to convince him to wash himself and by the end of the bath he was going "SHAM-POOOOOOO!" and it was awesome!
Yoyou is MY FAVORITE KID EVER. He's so damn responsible omg I can't even. He and Nilou and Mimi were watching cartoons on an iPad (kids these days!) and he kept asking me what time it was. When he was five he was like Okay Mimi, let's go! and the two of them went upstairs and did their homework. What. Seriously. So then Nilou was my only concern.
Also this morning Nilou was putting up a fuss because he didn't want to drink his milk and his dad was like SIT HERE UNTIL YOU DRINK okay bye Ehreen have a good day and I was like huh?!? So I sat with him and he was pouting spectacularly and being like t'es pas gentille je veux PAS! and I was like why not? and he was like parce que and I was like Because why? and he was like T'ES PAS GENTILLE! and it went on for A HUNDRED MINUTES and I was like WHAT DO I DO IF HE WON'T DRINK THIS DAMN MILK AND I HAVE TO GET HIM TO SCHOOL AND I HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DISCIPLINE THIS LITTLE MONSTER GAHHHHH because I am way too timid to be like that dude. And then he was like LET ME SHOW YOU THIS THING and he ran off and I was like NO FINISH YOUR MILK OH GAH and he showed me a DVD and I was like Oh we can watch this if you finish your milk and he was like OOH and ran in there and chugged that shit. And then he even ate some of his bread and brushed his teeth! I got him to school on time and he loved me again and I was like I AM THE BIGGEST BADASS IN THE WORRRRRRLD. We didn't even watch that DVD but we can watch it after school.
After yesterday I started panicking on the inside because I was like SURELY IT WON'T GO THIS WELL EVERY DAY. After Mimi and Yoyou finished their homework the four of us tossed these bouncy balls around and then Nilou bumped his head and started crying and Yoyou was like Watch this and started going OH NO YOU'RE HURT HERE COMMMMMES THE DOCTOR! and it made Nilou giggle! Even though that was a NASTY bump! The ten-year-old is a freaking genius. I have never loved a child this much since my Sims son Mikelomanie who was the same way. GOD BLESS YOYOU. Anyway yesterday I was like I CAN'T DO THIS EVERY DAY CAN I? Even though nothing even went wrong, like, it was totally fine. But everything is going so perfectly I just kinda flipped out on the inside and then I realized! It's two days and then Wednesdays the mom is here to be the boss and then two more days and then I have weekends free!
I talked to the parents last night about how I was super shy last year and barely ever left my room and they were like Yeah don't do that this year. I told them I had already talked to them more in the few days I'd been here than I did my host family all year last year and they thought it was hilarious. I talked to them about the drama I went through in college and they were like, You see that in American films but I never thought it was true! And I was like dude. Films are true. And I talked a little bit about becoming pals with French fans and Patrice during the tour last year and Sana the mom was like Oh I watched the first season of Star Academy but I don't remember Patrice! And I was like THE TALL SHY ONE WITH CRAZY HAIR HE DATED OLIVIA RUIZ and she was like Oh ew Olivia Ruiz and I was like YEAH BOO TO HER. Haha I know nothing about this lady except that it is quite clear she broke Patrice's heart.
Anyway I am all dressed and guess what? In a hot-ass second I. AM GOING. INTO PARIS. MY PARIS. As soon as I'm done having a dance party with my iTunes.
I AM TAKING A CAMERA oh speaking of which I took pictures of my room.
AMIRITE? I don't know many people who wouldn't trade their life for anything, but I am one of them. I bloody LOVE my life.
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Date: 2011-09-13 09:15 am (UTC)So glad you arrived safe/having a great time/vivre a en crevering stuff. :D YAY PARIS PICTURES.
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Date: 2011-09-13 12:28 pm (UTC)Now if only we could all find a place in our lives that was that cool.
(I have a baby sister, and the only thing you have to worry about with disciplining is being stern when it calls for it without being truly mean. Just don't let yourself get too mad at a kid. lol. I have a hard time with that, but I don't think you will.)
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Date: 2011-09-13 06:36 pm (UTC)Is the no school on Wednesdays just a France thing?
Also, do the kids speak English at you mostly? Or do they speak French at you and you reply in English? Tell me about this.
Side note, I saw your newest pictures of Paris things on facebook, and I swooned a little bit. SO JEALOUS. YOU ARE SO FORTUNATE.
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Date: 2011-09-14 11:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-09-14 06:36 pm (UTC)You seem to be settling well too which is great but I don't think you need to worry about the discipline side of things. I think as you get to know the children more and get more comfortable with your role then dealing with that will become like second nature. Like with the milk scenario.. bribery is your best friend ;) lol