My Job-
The first night I arrived, Caterina and I went for a cappucino (They usually only cost one euro and are delicious. In your face, Starbucks) to discuss my job. Basically she says that Alessandro and Leone get along fine and there is plenty of love, but they don't talk much and Leone, she feels, needs a good older male role model to be able to talk to and look up to. That's me. I basically take him to school, pick him up from school, take him to tennis 3 days a week, and help him with homework, things I guess an older brother would do. Caterina said she specifically hired a male au pair for this because Leone's ears perked up when the idea was mentioned. She described him as very intelligent but not very focused. He can play tennis or run for hours but also wants to sit and play xbox for hours. And his school is not very challenging and his grades aren't great. She took him to a doctor to see if it was ADD but the answer was no. I think the job in all sounds like something I will be really good at doing and as long as we get along okay. I told Caterina that I remembered what it was like to be 13, and that it is a difficult time and that I thought I could really help Leone. She might have been ecstatic with this answer but I honestly have no clue. She is like the stereotypical italian matriarch who is never satisfied. The good news is that during the day while Leone's in school, I have several hours and a car in which to explore Firenze (Florence, to you westerners).
The first night I arrived, Caterina and I went for a cappucino (They usually only cost one euro and are delicious. In your face, Starbucks) to discuss my job. Basically she says that Alessandro and Leone get along fine and there is plenty of love, but they don't talk much and Leone, she feels, needs a good older male role model to be able to talk to and look up to. That's me. I basically take him to school, pick him up from school, take him to tennis 3 days a week, and help him with homework, things I guess an older brother would do. Caterina said she specifically hired a male au pair for this because Leone's ears perked up when the idea was mentioned. She described him as very intelligent but not very focused. He can play tennis or run for hours but also wants to sit and play xbox for hours. And his school is not very challenging and his grades aren't great. She took him to a doctor to see if it was ADD but the answer was no. I think the job in all sounds like something I will be really good at doing and as long as we get along okay. I told Caterina that I remembered what it was like to be 13, and that it is a difficult time and that I thought I could really help Leone. She might have been ecstatic with this answer but I honestly have no clue. She is like the stereotypical italian matriarch who is never satisfied. The good news is that during the day while Leone's in school, I have several hours and a car in which to explore Firenze (Florence, to you westerners).
posted by J.B.K. at 3:52 PM
5 Comments:
Hey, Does Leone play halo2? If so what is his gamer tag. So the starbucks thing. It's only one euro? Sounds too cheap to be true. Don't wreck the car on some espresso induced hysteria and/or coma.
You should edit those links on the right of the page to link to places around town that would give the reader a feel for what life is like over there... just a thought.
Anyway, I look forward to more ramblin's.
P.S. Is there a fly in here? I keep hearing this buzzing... Note to self: do something about that before bedtime.
also, another thing... there is some option that allows you to turn on some sort of spam protection for comments. I highly recomend that you do that. One day on my blog I loggod on, and all of a sudden I had about 30 comments on every post and they were all for viagra or free sex or something, and it took about 2 hrs to clean them all out of there.
Your readers demand more frequent updates!
If you are going to put things in there about caterina or others you don't want read, you may need to require a password or something.
Jimmy,
We just got back from Michigan. We were anxiously waiting to hear from you, so we were really pleased to get your email. I really enjoyed your ramblin's. Your impressions and reactions are terrific--they really help give us a good idea of what you're experiencing and feeling.
Wow! I can't believe you live in a castle, complete with a medieval tower. The kitchen is gorgeous--with all those copper pans, etc. And what a view from your bedroom!
I can't wait until the next installment. How are things going with Leone? How's your driving in Firenze? Are you picking up any Italian? What is your cell phone number?
Love, Liz
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