So this week has held a very important day for me... My 20th birthday!!!!
I have finally left my teenage years and have entered my twenties. I didn't do much for my birthday but I did go to the movies on Tuesday (my actual birthday) with a few of my friends. I also had a family dinner on Saturday and I had a special Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting which was super yummy!
So far I have enjoyed my first 2 days of being 20.
Wednesday, 26 September 2012
UPDATE: Talking to a Host Family
It's been over a month since my last post meaning it has also been over a month since something has come up.
Last week I received an email from a host family asking that I take a look at their profile and letting me know that I could email their current Au Pair if I wanted. I emailed them back letting them know that I had read their profile.
I received another email that contained a few questions for me to answer. I took some time to think about the answers and type them out. It took me about two hours to finish typing the email which included a couple of questions of my own. They emailed back with their answers and said that they were going away for the weekend and would talk together and then talk to me again when they got back.
I have also emailed their current Au Pair and we are going to sort out a time to Skype so that she can tell me all about being an Au Pair for this family and what its like being an Au Pair in South Lake Tahoe.
Haven't heard from the family again yet but its still Tuesday (night) in California.
Last week I received an email from a host family asking that I take a look at their profile and letting me know that I could email their current Au Pair if I wanted. I emailed them back letting them know that I had read their profile.
I received another email that contained a few questions for me to answer. I took some time to think about the answers and type them out. It took me about two hours to finish typing the email which included a couple of questions of my own. They emailed back with their answers and said that they were going away for the weekend and would talk together and then talk to me again when they got back.
I have also emailed their current Au Pair and we are going to sort out a time to Skype so that she can tell me all about being an Au Pair for this family and what its like being an Au Pair in South Lake Tahoe.
Haven't heard from the family again yet but its still Tuesday (night) in California.
Thursday, 16 August 2012
Interviews and Upsets
Since my last post I have been talking with the Host Mum that I mentioned and we talked a few times and she contacted my references and asked them some questions.
The last time we talked was on Monday and I was told I would be told of her decision in the next few days.
Well today I heard from Michal (Au Pair Link OE) and she had emailed me to let me know that the family had fallen from matching and that they wouldn't be offering me the Au Pair job. Then a couple of hours later I received an email from the Host Mum saying that they had decided to go with another Au Pair, but that she wished me the best in my search for a host family.
I think the thing that upsets me most about this is that I didn't hear about this from the family first.
Things happen for a reason so maybe it wasn't meant to be....
The last time we talked was on Monday and I was told I would be told of her decision in the next few days.
Well today I heard from Michal (Au Pair Link OE) and she had emailed me to let me know that the family had fallen from matching and that they wouldn't be offering me the Au Pair job. Then a couple of hours later I received an email from the Host Mum saying that they had decided to go with another Au Pair, but that she wished me the best in my search for a host family.
I think the thing that upsets me most about this is that I didn't hear about this from the family first.
Things happen for a reason so maybe it wasn't meant to be....
Wednesday, 8 August 2012
A change in US Partner agency and an Interview
Ok, so over the past couple of months things took a downward turn. I hadn't been on view since the middle of June.
Michal (my International Rep) called me and we talked about a new plan of action. We would cancel my application through InterExchange and put it through Go Au Pair instead.
My Go Au Pair profile went live last week (Friday) and also on Friday I received a Host Family Profile. After the weekend I received an email from the Host Mum saying that she would like to talk with me.
Today (Wednesday) we talked and once we finished talking she emailed me and we are going to talk again in the next few days.
Can't wait :D
Michal (my International Rep) called me and we talked about a new plan of action. We would cancel my application through InterExchange and put it through Go Au Pair instead.
My Go Au Pair profile went live last week (Friday) and also on Friday I received a Host Family Profile. After the weekend I received an email from the Host Mum saying that she would like to talk with me.
Today (Wednesday) we talked and once we finished talking she emailed me and we are going to talk again in the next few days.
Can't wait :D
Thursday, 12 July 2012
Releasing the tension within.........
I'm going to seem really petty right now, but I sometimes get a bit jealous when I hear that other girls are on view and I'm not. I understand that its probably because they are all over 20 and I'm not quite there but surely someone is looking for an Au Pair without narrowing the search to Au Pairs aged 20 and over.
Although my 20th birthday is only 2 1/2 months away it seems like its going to take an eternity to arrive. This is probably one of the only times where I wish I was just that little bit older.
I truly believe that the perfect family for me is out there but where? and how long will it take for them to find me?
I am still 100% positive about being an Au Pair is the US of A but my family is starting to have doubts and that negativity can become so overwhelming sometimes that you just want to give up. Well I don't want to give up but I'm not sure how much long I can handle all of the negativity and cynicism.
Normally I wouldn't write anything like this but I guess I just needed to blow off some steam and get it all out before it becomes too much and takes over.
Much love,
Ashleigh Marie xo
Although my 20th birthday is only 2 1/2 months away it seems like its going to take an eternity to arrive. This is probably one of the only times where I wish I was just that little bit older.
I truly believe that the perfect family for me is out there but where? and how long will it take for them to find me?
I am still 100% positive about being an Au Pair is the US of A but my family is starting to have doubts and that negativity can become so overwhelming sometimes that you just want to give up. Well I don't want to give up but I'm not sure how much long I can handle all of the negativity and cynicism.
Normally I wouldn't write anything like this but I guess I just needed to blow off some steam and get it all out before it becomes too much and takes over.
Much love,
Ashleigh Marie xo
Monday, 2 July 2012
UPDATE: Application Progress
It's been a while since I made a new blog entry and that's because I was waiting until something new actually happened but I'm writing this entry now because I was asked via my website that I update my blog so that they could see what is happening with the progress of my application.
So here goes...
I haven't been on view with any families for a few weeks now but I'm still positive because I know that as soon as I give in to the negative thoughts I'll want to cancel my application and I don't want to do that. One of the things that keeps me out of the negatives is knowing that it's not just my application profile that isn't on view and a big reason for that is because its the Summer holidays in the USA.
I have spoken to my International Co-operator Michal about it and she has told me that things should pick up soon. With Wednesday being American Independence Day many people will be off work and won't want to be looking at Au Pair profiles, they'd rather be having fun.
I have a few things I need to change in my application and then there is nothing I can really do except wait.
I am always hoping a family will show up soon but everything happens the way it does for a reason and I reckon that the perfect family will come along.
So here goes...
I haven't been on view with any families for a few weeks now but I'm still positive because I know that as soon as I give in to the negative thoughts I'll want to cancel my application and I don't want to do that. One of the things that keeps me out of the negatives is knowing that it's not just my application profile that isn't on view and a big reason for that is because its the Summer holidays in the USA.
I have spoken to my International Co-operator Michal about it and she has told me that things should pick up soon. With Wednesday being American Independence Day many people will be off work and won't want to be looking at Au Pair profiles, they'd rather be having fun.
I have a few things I need to change in my application and then there is nothing I can really do except wait.
I am always hoping a family will show up soon but everything happens the way it does for a reason and I reckon that the perfect family will come along.
Monday, 11 June 2012
Application Video
For the past couple of weeks I have tried to film a video for my application and I never really got anywhere. I am too small to hold the camera and film myself so I had to find someone to help me, and I did....
My youth mentor AJ (Girl) helped me and we ended up filming all of the things I wanted last Friday (June 8th).
I then tried to piece all of the bits together on my Aunt's computer as my laptop needed a new cable, but her computer didn't have the movie maker that I wanted to use.
I ordered a new cable for my laptop that afternoon and it arrived this morning (Monday) and I have spent most of the day working on the video...
I finally managed to upload it onto Passport at about 3:40pm today and hopefully it is approved by the Au Pair USA staff.. although sadly it has a stupid watermark in the centre of the screen.
My youth mentor AJ (Girl) helped me and we ended up filming all of the things I wanted last Friday (June 8th).
I then tried to piece all of the bits together on my Aunt's computer as my laptop needed a new cable, but her computer didn't have the movie maker that I wanted to use.
I ordered a new cable for my laptop that afternoon and it arrived this morning (Monday) and I have spent most of the day working on the video...
I finally managed to upload it onto Passport at about 3:40pm today and hopefully it is approved by the Au Pair USA staff.. although sadly it has a stupid watermark in the centre of the screen.
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