Employed at Last!

December 16, 2008 is officially the day that I became employed in France.

My job? A Nounou.....translation ...Nanny. I'm working for a family with 2 daughters- Alice is 3 1/2 and goes to school 4 days a week, and Sarah is 9 months old and I have her all the time. The father is a Doctor from Nice and the Mom is a Purchaser who's originally from Montreal. Did my Canadian connections help in this situation? More than likely!

The kids are great, and although Alice doesn't speak English, I'm sure the two of us will work things out and hopefully I'll learn some french. My days will be fairly long (7:45ish to 6:30ish, except Wednesdays and Fridays, when I get off much earlier), but I have weekends off and the family lives only a few blocks from the apartment. So all in all, it's a good gig!

My official start date is Monday, but I've been by twice now to meet the kids and learn their routine. Regardless, wish me luck. The 10am wake up of an unemployed woman is much different from the 6:30am wake up of an employed one!