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"Remembering Pennsylvania - part one"

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"Remembering Pennsylvania"
By: Tee Jay
4-26-06

It was almost a year ago but i still remember as if it was just yesterday. I had been signed up on this au pair site for nearly three weeks. At first I was just on there to see what it was all about. I had really no intentions of searching for a job. Or accepting one, for that matter. But one day the email came.

"We saw your profile and feel you fit what we are looking for in an au pair. Please check over our profile and if you feel the same way, you can contact me for more information regarding the situation. Thanks for your time."

I was shocked. I didnt think anyone even noticed my profile. I rarely was on to keep it active. Or maintained at all. My profile alone, I didnt think I had mentioned anything to offer. How did they think I was what they were looking for? A young girl with a desire to experience something new? Loved children, was willing to travel to them, non-smoker, non-drinker, no car. Salary expected, I chose something in the higher range, not expecting to even get noticed to begin with. I didnt reply. The email sat there in my inbox for over a week.

Over the weekend, I got in a fight with my mom. Again. Once again I walked out the door, and walked the streets. The streets of the neighborhood I grew up in, the streets I spent my childhood walking and biking on. Though I didnt live on that street anymore, I still considered it mine. Every where I looked was memories. On this particular day, memories were the last thing on my mind. This time walking all I could do was cry. It felt good to let it out, as it was raining a slight drizzle. The summer breeze still lingering, making the coolness of the rain tolerable. Rain drops and tear drops mixed together and glided down my face dripping off my cheeks.

It was then, at that very moment, that I realized it was time to get away. It was time I went off and did something on my own, for myself. I was old enough. I had just turned 19. I could make my own choices. I could take that job if I really wanted it. I could move out, move away, if I really wanted to. And I did want to. From the moment I got that email I couldnt stop thinking what it would be like to accept the job. What it would be like to move somewhere new and live with someone new and experience something new. I was excited. And for some strange reason that I couldnt figure out, I wasnt the least bit nervous. It felt right in my heart. It felt like it was the right thing for me to do.

Smiling at my decision to accept the job, I dried the rain and tear smears from my face and wandered back home. The next day I got up early and headed down to the library to email back my acceptance. And to find out more information of the potential situation I was getting myself into.

*to be continued*

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bigvizzi26792 on

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even though you said you didnt wanna give me a hug, b/c i might think you're psycho, i send a hug back!!! thank you

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xblingxblingx on

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yay lol and you're welcome =) (btw dont get confused.. its xweezerx just on my other name

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bigvizzi26792 on

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ooo thats ok! i might be a blonde, but i do catch somethings... lol

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xblingxblingx on

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lol i cant say anything bad about blondes coz im one.. well was.. dun look like it now but LOL i didnt want u to be like wtf who is that? O_O even though im sure you wouldnt have been confused.. better to avoid the confusion to begin with eh? xD lol look at me now im rambling.. *sighs* ttyl

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bigvizzi26792 on

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its ok! blondes have more fun anyways!!!!!!!!!! Smiley

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xblingxblingx on

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haha thas for sure *does tha ya ya blondes rule we make da othas drool dance* lol

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bigvizzi26792 on

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you gotta teach me how to do that dance! sounds like a fun one!!!

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xblingxblingx on

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oh it is. it goes something like this..

with a little secret moves thrown in.

lool =)

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bigvizzi26792 on

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thats great!!! maybe we should get together and enjoy the ya ya blondes rule we make da othas drool dance. it looks like soooooo much fun. but then you'd have to let me know about the secret moves... only blondes can know!

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xblingxblingx on

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lol YAAA that'd sweet id deff let ya in on da secret moves.. but if anyone not blonde sees an tries to copy us, we'll jus give em candy n send em to china!

deal? lol

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nadja on

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Wish the rest of the story will arrive soon I like the style and I feel very close to it. I've beeen myself an au pair and it was the star for a never ending travel..

Take care

Nina

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xweezerx on

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aww.. thas cool. are you still one now?

i've been so busy with school work i forgot to post the rest lol but ill post it soon.. just for you =)

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nadja on

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No I used to do that during the holyday because Iam a student the rest of the year and it has always been such great experiences. But now I want to travel on my own that's why i'll study in the us next year. but may be i'll do au pair again, after school it's such a good way to discover new culture.

;-) Ciao

Nina

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bigvizzi26792 on

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i totally have to agree with you on that one! but we'd have to make them buy their own plane ticket! lol

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xweezerx on

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omg i just got the best idea O_O we can tell them they have to go to china to learn!!

lol they would be so jealous of us, they'd hop on that plane in a heartbeat xD hehe

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