Double Trouble!
We just found out that we are getting TWO South Korean exchange students -- a boy and a girl. My collection of Asian people is rounding out very nicely, don`t you think?
I am not quite sure who these kids are, and why their teacher picked our tiny school for their exchange program. This is the first time our school has done this. All I know is that half a dozen elementary school kids will come over with their teacher (who will stay in the convent -- a young, pretty, South Korean woman with those elderly nuns). The kids will disperse to households, but few people signed up. I know a few mothers who were thinking about it, but decided they couldn`t do it with just one bathroom -- we have two, though, so it should be okay.
I will cut this post short because I have to go clean like a madwoman. My house is filthy, and I just realized the cleaning woman isn`t going to come this week because of Thanksgiving. (Yes, I am not working right now and yet I have an au pair and a cleaning woman -- see, I have absolutely NO EXCUSE for living such a chaotic life!) Since we are getting kids of each gender, this will call for some major changes in sleeping arrangements around here.
Oddly enough, my biggest worry right now is that they`ll be homesick in our homesick home, which is kind of like worrying about them getting wet in the rain.....
I am not quite sure who these kids are, and why their teacher picked our tiny school for their exchange program. This is the first time our school has done this. All I know is that half a dozen elementary school kids will come over with their teacher (who will stay in the convent -- a young, pretty, South Korean woman with those elderly nuns). The kids will disperse to households, but few people signed up. I know a few mothers who were thinking about it, but decided they couldn`t do it with just one bathroom -- we have two, though, so it should be okay.
I will cut this post short because I have to go clean like a madwoman. My house is filthy, and I just realized the cleaning woman isn`t going to come this week because of Thanksgiving. (Yes, I am not working right now and yet I have an au pair and a cleaning woman -- see, I have absolutely NO EXCUSE for living such a chaotic life!) Since we are getting kids of each gender, this will call for some major changes in sleeping arrangements around here.
Oddly enough, my biggest worry right now is that they`ll be homesick in our homesick home, which is kind of like worrying about them getting wet in the rain.....
posted by L. at 10:53 PM
4 Comments:
I think you all will have a realy nice time, since Big Son and Daughter are pretty much their ages, and there will e one of each gender for them...
what a lovely thing you and Hub are doing... :)))
and yeah, sometimes getting wet in the rain is inevitible... no matter how big the brolly...
but, I think you'll all be fine... :)))
a friend here has two little girls, and doesn't work and has a housekeeper... she and I discussed what exactly are the kinds of things that make our lives do-able... we have satellite TV, she has a cleaning lady... you do what works for you... :)))
mollle
Hi - any brighter today? I just woke up so maybe you have an opportunity to sleep in a little.
Will the turkey breast stretch to two more?
Good luck - Probably be hearing more from you about all this. More mashed potatoes and gravy may help.
My step mom had an exchange student a few years back and we had to force her onto the bus to go home she loved it so much. We had another echange student for a whole summer from Celyone. Beautiful woman. I loved that summer, I was about 9ish. Then the war started there again and we have never heard from her since. She fell in love with a man from the wrong tribe - that is a blog for me to write hmmm
Try to think of it as improving Asian relations.
First, there is no need to have an excuse for having a cleaner and an au pair. If you can then do!
I think you are brilliant.
Looking forward to hearing more about your expanding collection.
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