My birthday and news on the au pair front

Happy Birthday to me!

Amazing, I’m now 20. The weird thing about it is that I don’t really want to celebrate it.

Back in February I bought tickets to “cirkusrevyen” (circus revue) Kind of a comedy/satire show. I bought 4 tickets, one for me, my mom, my dad and my brother. Just the four of us. An experience we could join together before my brother and I would leave Denmark for longer or shorter period of time.

Usually I would celebrate by inviting my family and nearest family-friends. We would start in the afternoon having birthday cake, cookies and coffee. I would get presents and we would talk and have a great time. But this year, I just don’t feel like to celebrate. It would be nice, but I’m not in the mood

I guess it’s because I want to get “used to it” – not having my nearest and dearest family around, when it’s Christmas and at birthdays. I know it’s a part of the game – and I’m not going to quit just because, it’s going to be tough.

I know I will be homesick; I’m going to miss everyone around me, family, friend, loved ones. I’m going to miss, my daily life, which is safe and a routine. I’m going to find myself, in a new and strange country, where things not always are done in my way. I’m will probably say “I give up, I want to go home!” thousands of times. But still, I think I would stay. Being homesick and having a tough time is a part of the package, whether want it or not.

Well – there are news about my project. I have now chosen MyEducation / Euraupair as my agency. I have received a lot of papers and forms I and many others have to fill out. It’s a lot of work and it takes a lot of time!

The Danish agency did a mistake, you send an internet form, and I chose to apply for departure in November. So I received all the papers to fill out Thursday June 16^th, inclusive forms that the doctor have to fill out, references forms etc. And then they wanted it back latest this Tuesday!!! Like that is going to happen! So I wrote back to them and said that that was impossible to get it all fixed. I can’t get a doctor’s appointment over a weekend the office is closed!  

Then they wrote back to me, that they would extend so now I have until July 4^th . But that they really want the papers as fast as possible, when I want to departure in August.

IN AUGUST! How did that happen?? I applied for departure in November; their computer systems must be really damaged! Well I wrote back calmly, that I actually applied for November and then a lot of questions about my au pair application. Who would have thought it would be that difficult to fill out applications in the right way?!

Well, let’s see what they will answer.

In the end I would like to mention my newly started website. miebruzelius.dk check it out! You can get it in Danish or English, just press the flags :)