#au-pair

November 7th, 2020

Day 3/100 of Productivity

I finished an entire chapter of my online French course. And I spent the morning playing LEGO with the youngest kid, which meant I spoke French all morning. I’m not progressing as fast as I thought I would, but I have to remember that we’re in a national lockdown and I can’t go anywhere to speak to others, and at home we speak English, French, and German, so there’s not as much dedicated time for me to speak French here.

It’s still early, I can work hard on my course and try new phrases in conversation with the kids.

November 10th, 2020

Day 6/100 of Productivity

Today was ... a lot. So many ups and downs.

Pros:

Did two hours of my French course

Made soup from scratch

Cooked riz au lait for the first time

Made friends with the baker!

Respectfully called in someone on twitter for their use of the term “spirit animal”

Hung up my fairy lights 😍

Cons:

Stressful dynamic with the family I work for/live with

Worked more than double what I was paid for today :(

Ate so much bread and not enough real food

And I’m dreading tomorrow because the kids are off school and they can be so difficult sometimes.