So I know I haven't kept everyone posted with my life and plans for the future. But it's about that time that everyone be up to speed on my latest adventure in life. I have moved to the Washington D.C. area to become a live-in nanny! I just moved in on Sunday (Monday was my first official day on the job). I nanny for two kids, a girl and a boy, which means I basically make sure to get them to all their activities and obligations, and then help them out with things like homework, and making them dinner. And so far, I am loving it. The highlight thus far: I asked the girl on Sunday night what her favorite thing to do was, and she responded "play with you". She also introduced me to her friend as her new nanny who is super nice, so funny, and has the most beautiful long hair. Both kids are just so great though, constantly happy and energetic, just the way kids should be!
The family has a 2-yr old yellow lab, so that's been an adjustment. Fortunately for me he doesn't jump or bark really, so I have remained very calm, and might I say me and the dog may even have a potential friendship in the future. (Anyone who knows me realizes this is like a superhuman feat for me).
One thing that is less easy to adjust to is DC driving. See, I'm well versed in NH driving, which means the craziest thing that happens to you is that you get stuck behind a tractor for 10 miles. So this whole merging onto highways, getting onto the beltway, parallel parking downtown, that's all a lot to adjust to. (My success story was parallel parking at noon today on NJ Ave. let's all celebrate that one). Oh also, there is this concept which is so foreign to me, there are roads which prohibit turns during certain times of the day, which can make for some unfortunate errors. Also, people drive psychotically- they use horns liberally, so you never really know who they're honking at or if you're the target of their full-fledged horn attack, they don't use blinkers (to the point that I'm really not sure if their cars even have blinker features) so you never really know where they're going, and they seem to take yellow lights as a personal challenge and speed up if a light turns yellow (I've been honked at for stopping at yellow lights- and I never slam on the brakes for yellow lights, so it's not like I'm posing a hazard by stopping). But alas, so far I'm surviving the driving, so I figure it only gets easier from here (right?).
I have passed Georgetown cupcakes twice now, so I figure its only a matter of time before I break down and hit them up, yum yum yum.
That's all for now!
Rachel
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