A fun family......and some 'fun' questions

As I mentioned in my last post I was released by one family, but I was also waiting to talk to another family.

Well I finally got to talk to the Mom is the second host family and she was really nice. We talked about what she wants from an Au Pair and about her kids. We talked about emailing as a follow up and we have done that too. I emailed saying how lovely it was to talk to her and she replied with some questions for me.

I answered all of her questions which were 'fun' questions that required a bit of thought on my behalf. I am hoping to hear back in the next couple of days.

I will update again when I hear back.

One gone, another coming

So this morning I received an email from the family I have already had an interview with and unfortunately it was not good news. They have decided to go with another Au Pair. The good part was that they wished me luck and said that if I was ever in California that they would be more than happy to let me visit them.

In other family news I am waiting to hear back from another family about an interview time.

Just a brief update

Over the past week or so I have had a Skype interview with one family and hopefully I will hear from them again sometime soon. I have also received a profile from another family, so I should hopefully hear from them sometime soon also.

That's it really on the matching side of things. I have also been organising Halloween with some friends and what costumes we are going to wear.

Hopefully I'll have more news soon.

The BIG 20!

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.

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.

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....

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