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hey!

yes all of these are late.. its because we haven't had wifi for the first three nights..

so anyway, lets begin with LA.

on wednesday morning i got up at 3:30am and grace drove me to the airport.

flew to philadelphia which was an hour flight and then to LA which was six hours. and whats worse than a six hour flight with no leg room? a six hour flight with no leg room and a kid behind you kicking your seat the whole time.

so i got to LA and got the shuttle from the airport to the train station and then walked about five blocks (in sweltering heat, and i had on winter clothes which was great) checked in to my fancy room and then i was going to go to universal studios for the rest of the day but because it was already 1pm and the receptionist said it closed at 6pm when its not summer i decided it would be a waste of money.

so i walked around downtown and looked at the markets, then got some sushi for dinner, had a shower and went to bed at 7:15.

about 45 minutes later my roomie turned up. her name is lauren and she is from australia too.

so i introduced myself looking like complete shit, and then went back to sleep.

next day.. xo

18.

Hey!
Sorry its late. I went to star bucks last night and when I got home I wanted tI sleep because I had to get up at 3:30am.
So yesterday, I slept in until 8:30am and then started packing for my trip! Went and got my hair done at 12 and I love it.. It's more golden now which is nice.
Then I went home for a quick shower, and went to meet Julia at Starbucks to say our last ever goodbyes. It was sad..
Went home and finished packing and then grace and I took the kids to Ben and Jerry's for free icecream day - the line was monsteroly long and the kids fought the whole time but it was still good. Went home and had fish for dinner which was delicious.
Then grace and I went to shop rite so I could buy sunscreen and face wash and then to my second last Starbucks with the girls. Where I had to say goodbye to mickaela and pauline as well :(
Well anyway I am going to enjoy the glorious LA weather now and go to the markets. Blog again in a few hours! Love ya xo

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hey.
into the teens! mum and dad, i will be seeing you sooooooon!
oh and guess what. i didn't set an alarm this morning. it was just beautiful. and i didnt even get the kids ready. its kinda strange not doing everything anymore.
today we dropped rach and G to school so their dinosaur projects wouldn't get ruined then went straight to the gym - my last ever session here.
worked out for an hour and a half, returned the redbox dvds, came home and showered, ate lunch and watched criminal minds.
then we decided we needed a half hour nap before the kids got home.. except just as i fell asleep the doorbell rang because the postie needed me to sign for a package. and then just as i fell asleep again harrison got home.
so i got up and helped out a bit then watched 'once upon a time' that i missed last night because of my extreme bed time.
grace made tacos for dinner, we ate, i played and won foozball against G and then escaped the basement before the boys tackled me to the ground.
and now i am waiting until 8 when gossip girl is on and i can eat my sorbet that i forgot about last night.
goodnight! xo

20.

... so we woke up this morning at about 11am, had some vegemite toast for breakfast, watched E news and i painted my nails clear.. and THEN the girls decided to peer preasure me into going to get a manicure, after they were painted..
so we went in and there was a 45 minute wait, so we went and sat in a maccas and had an iced coffee while we waited.
got our manicures done - mine a purple with chunky glittery sparkle nail polish over it and they look awesome. so now i have sexy nails for my trip on wednesday.
went and brought some sorbet from stop and shop and got a couple of redbox dvds as well.
came home and watched 'honey 2' which was really good except it was a bit too much like 'step up' for me. and then 'tower heist' which was reallllly good! heaps funny too.
ate our leftovers from last nights dinner and then showered.
now i am going to bed at 8:10pm.. earliest ever i think.
goodnight xo

21.

hey!
sorry for the late blog. i was busy attending to other things ;)
so yesterday - well, i can't really remember..
but i am quite sure that grace and i just bummed around the house, napped and thats about it, until 6 when we started getting ready for my going away dinner.
and i wore my hair in a side braid which turned out fantastic and it was my first one ever on my own hair.
and also, when i went to put in my left earring it wouldn't go through the hole. like seriously? i am nineteen and my bloody earring hole closed up? well anyway, i got the sucker through because i WAS going to wear my feather earrings haha i had to have a couple of breaks though and drink water in between because it was making me feel like i wanted to vomit.
so we took the awesome cake that grace made (i pretty much just oversaw the baking) and went to the mexican resteraunt that i made a reservation at for 7:30pm. so all nineteen of us showed up and our table wasn't ready until ten past freakin' eight! can you believe it.
so we finally ate, then the cake came out which everyone loved, and they sang happy birthday to me which was awkward lol
said goodbye, grace and i came home and then lauren came around and we had a good old night, playing cards, drinking moscato - a whole three litres and eating vodka gummie bears.
and we went to bed around 2:30am.
next post. xo

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hello australiaaaaa!
guess what? it's been 365 days. three hundred and sixty five days! oh. my. god.
i remember my first ever post.. like it was yesterday.
and now i have been here for a year, and i will be home in twenty two days.
and i'm not an au pair anymore.
and today was my last ever day as "official" au pair.
woah.
so i will see you all soooooooon! so very very soon!
today, was busy.
kids went to school, we had breakfast, got dressed and then went to micheals - to buy feathers for rachels project, to staples - to return grace's diary, to stop and shop - to buy eggs, to the liquor depot - to buy supplies, to old navy - well just because we could, and we were lost looking for target, so the obvious thing to do in that situation is to shop (i brought chloe a shirt, me some cute peachy coloured shorts and some blotting papers for my face haha) then to target (once we found it) - to buy another diary, and finally to starbucks - to buy an iced coffee, which i paid for out of my coin purse.. don't you hate it when people do that? lol
so we got home and finished rachels dinosaur.. we put in all the feathers, red and purple ones, and now it looks awesome.
then grace went for her second and last driving lesson with ed while i ate lunch and watched criminal minds.
then the kids got home and three of them went straight with their dad so we only had harrison and he watched youtube all afternoon so grace and i baked my going away dinner cake for tomorrow night.
it took about three hours altogether - and that included a trip to stop and shop to buy more chocolate to melt and icing, which convieniently didn't come in the packet - and now it is a two tiered cake with chocoalte shards around it and its just beautiful.
oh and we had this awesome frozen dinner, watched say yes to the dress and i tested out my 'space saving vacuum sealer bags' thats came today and they are bloody great! they actually work! best $40 i have spent all year.
then we went to the movies to see 'mirror mirror' which was hilarious.
came home and discovered that i have the new internet explorer because my computer updated last night, so yay for that.
and now i am waiting for dad to call me back - he called when i was about to go into the movies - and i am hoping its soon because i didn't even nanna nap today and i am extremely tired.
goodnight! xo

23.

hey!
this mornign the kids went to school and grace and i met aluren at the gym for spin class.
and it was wayyy extra hard today. the weight lifting was insane.
then we left there and decided that we wanted fruit salad for lunch so grace practiced her driving and we went to stop and shop, got fruit salad, as well as 20 single yogurts because it was 20 for $10, got milk, grace got a diary which we need to take back because it doesnt have the day on the pages which is stupid.
dropped off some clothes at the consignment, then came home to eat and watch tv.
i had a shower and then a nap while grace went for a driving lesson with karen's dad and then by the time she got home the kids were home.
so then we had to help rachel and garrett both make dinosaur hats for their projects that are due on monday..
got those finished and dinner done and now were done and watching vampire diaries.
goodnight xo