I've had several
interviews now; one of which was an interview with a 3rd
nannying agency. I figure the more jobs I can apply for the better my
chances are of getting one that I really want!
On Thursday I had an
interview with a lady called Sukhi who has 2 sons; Kieran, 5 and
Hari, 18 months. She seemed lovely and the job sounded pretty good.
They live in a Suburb called Clapham; on the Northern Line of the
tube. Kieran has mild autism; he is quite high functioning, but does
not like sudden changes to his routine, and only eats 'dry, crunchy
foods'.
On Good Friday I had an
interview with a family in Ealing Broadway, and got to meet their 8
month old son, James. They were really laid back and friendly – it
didn't even really feel like an interview!They asked me to come back
for a trial on Tuesday (11th April), so I'm excited about
that!
I flew back to
Edinburgh that night to spend Easter with my 'wee Scottish pals'. On
Saturday I did my best to make a “football” (an Australian soccer
ball) cake, for Max next door who turned 11 on Good Friday and is
having a party on Easter Sunday. We spent Saturday night decorating
hard boiled eggs to roll down a big hill (A UK tradition!). I
decorated one for Susan and I (a hedgehog and a silver disco bunny),
Ian made a simple yet impressive snail, Bernadette made a cheerleader
and Neil made a Welsh dragon. There were plenty of others too (see
attached pictures)!
On Sunday morning we
drove to the base of a big hill near Fife, took our eggs and climbed
to the top. From someone who lives in the hills, I has quite
impressed, haha. It took about 30 minutes to climb; the first 2/3rds
weren't too steep, but the last part felt like it was almost straight
up! (Worse than Bailey road for any Glen Forrestites reading)! We sat
up the top and caught our breath for a bit (and waited for the
stragglers). I took some photos of the view, but it was so windy that
I was struggling to hold the camera still! Eventually we launched our
eggs off the top of the hill, but they didn't go too far, and Max and
Jay (Susan's neighbours' boys ) brought them back up for us to throw
a few more times. Going back down the hill was much easier that the
ascent, and we sat at the base and had a picnic lunch; which we
finished just as the rain began!
When we got back I got
stuck into icing the two mudcakes I had made the day before.
Unfortunately one of them had fallen apart slightly, so there were
two halves of a soccer ball, rather than one whole one (!) but they
tasted nice and that was the main thing. We stayed until late in the
evening, and I went back next door to finish packing and get some sleep before my 7am flight to London tomorrow!
