Sabrina arrived from Germany last night. She is adorable. She is tiny and ha a very small voice. She missed a connection, so she arrived very late, and by the time we got her a phone card that worked, figured out the right combination of numbers to access the phone card, and then figured out how to dial Germany, and then got her settled in bed it was after 1 a.m.
So, I called in. I didn't feel right about just leaving her in the house by herself until we got home when she hadn't been shown where everything was. I didn't know how well her English would do if she had an emergency. The benefits of working a temp assignment. I do have a very slight fear that they may fire me tomorrow. But they shouldn't. I know how to do the job. I am not a slacker. And it's in their best interests to keep me. At this point, I must be adopting the Generation Y attitude of "What's in it for me?"
All of a sudden, I feel like a mom. I even got a van. That's right I will wear my soccer mom status with pride. I stayed at home with Sabrina today. I spent some time with her, I gave her some space. We watched funny kitten videos on You tube. She started putting some of her stuff away.
I felt so strange. I don't know what happened, but it's like a switch tripped in my head that said, "This might be clean enough for you, but it's not clean enough to have children living here." And although we had spent a great deal of time cleaning and preparing for their arrival (Magdelena arrives tomorrow night) The kitchen just wasn't clean enough. I even cleaned the oven.
We started the morning off with pancakes which she told me that they are larger in Germany and that they put Nutella on them and roll them up and eat them by hand. When she saw her fork and knife she asked if she was supposed to "saw" them.
We have had some other fun things like trying to communicate with her what a mushroom is.
Michael only knew the word Achtung in German and so he kept saying that he knew a lot of German and then he would use different facial expressions and say it with a hilariously serious face that caused her to laugh a lot.
Michael is absolutely darling in all of this. He is relishing his role. We are both people who wanted to be parents long before now, but the opportunity never presented itself.
We have to greet Magdelena at the airport tomorrow evening. Let us hope that she is able to make all her flights. Her traveling process is over 24 hours long.
Posted by hawkie at January 16, 2008 05:25 PM