Speedos Galore!

So... the last few days have been a little hectic. The parents are away on a business trip and taking care of 4 kids basically on my own has been a task! They have people helping me at night, but they mainly help with their french homework. I still take them and pick them up from all of their activities, cook dinner, give them baths, put them to bed, etc. You know the expression, "When the parents are away, the children will play?" I know it all too well. They are great kids...but they are kids, you know?

So Monday I took them to their swimming lesson. I completely forgot about the fact that a lot of men wear speedos here! OMG. I walked out of the dressing room, only to see this extremely obese, hairy french man in the tiniest speedo ever. I seriously had to bite my tongue from laughing out loud. It was hilarious. So when the kids finished their classes, I was desperately trying to get them all together and changed. This man approached me and asked me if I spoke French. I told him that I only spoke a little, but that I spoke English. He then asked me for my phone number, "so we can get to know each other." Please take a moment to imagine this scene. I am chasing kids, dressing them, looking like a crazy person, and this man with a speedo is going to ask me for my number? HA. So I promptly told him that it wasn't my phone and that it belonged to my host family, so I can't give out the number. He told me he was looking forward to seeing me next week. Eww... I can't date anyone who wears a speedo... sorry!

Today everything was going swell. No big glitches until I had to pick up the little girl from dance class. All of the school and activities the family plugged into the GPS for me. Awesome, right!?! The only problem was that the address for the dance studio was wrong. I was so lost. Luckly, I remembered that the au pair I met the first day has a kid who goes to the same studio at the same time. I called her. She helped me find the studio and got my kid ready! Thank God for her! Then she invited me to go out tonight with a couple of au pairs from my town. I need the break!