My Everyday Routine

Dear Everyone,

another school week is over and I thought I would let you know what I am up to on a daily basis. Maybe it also helps other people out there, who want to become an Au pair, to imagine what the life of an Au pair is like and what tasks can come with it. Of course that can differ from host family to host family. 

I was really surprised that after just two weeks I was back in a daily routine, doing kind of the same main things everyday. To me it feels good, because I love to have an agenda and plan everything in advance. So let's have a look at what I call my work.

My mornings start later than they did in Germany. I have to get up at 6:30am to get ready and then wake up J (from now on I'm always going to refer to the boy I look after as J) at 7am. When he is dressed we have breakfast together and then I take him to school. We walk about half an hour and come across two parks. I really like going for a walk in the morning and always feel like it wakes me up and makes a fresh start to each day. School here starts at 8.45am and from then on I have freetime. So on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays I go jogging. Fortunately I live in a quiet part of London, a bit outside in the North. There's a lot of green here and great places to go for runs. 

When I get home I usually clean up the kitchen and then go for a short walk with Harry the dog. Of course you can never predict British weather so sometimes it can be a wet walk. After that I do my workout and then have a shower if I feel like it. Till 3pm I have time to do what I please, which means I basically watch TV, read or are on my laptop. I got obsessed with watching The Great British Bakeoff repeats or Jamie Oliver's 15 Minutes Meals! 

At 3pm school is over and I pick J up. Up until recently the weather was quite nice so he could play for an hour after school outside. He would run around with his friends, buildings dens or climbing trees. Even I took a try at it. When we get home J has a sandwich and then he loves to watch TV. But I try to convince him to craft things or play board games. Although his parents have no problem with him watching TV. Of course this is different for every family. On fridays I normally babysit so J and I spend the whole evening together. On the other days his parents get home at about 5:30pm and then the evening is mine to do as I please. I always look to have a chat about our day and then I go to my room and relax like every teenager would after school, just for me it is now after work. Sometimes I go out for dinner or to a pub to convince myself that I have a social life, but I am not really a person for going out at night when I have to wake up early the next morning. 

There you have it, that is basically what I call my job for now. I am really lucky to be with a family that gives me a lot of freetime and lets me be independent. 

I hope you liked to read about all of this and if you are looking to become an Au pair, I hope it helped and informed you. Sorry there was no pictures again, but they soon will come when I start doing posts about my adventures in London and what I do on the weekends. 

See you!