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All people should have to au pair before they are allowed to declare that they want a child. I have never wanted one, and now I know I was right. I love kids, and it's great teaching them and spending time with them, but I don't think I could do this every day for 18 years+. I just couldn't. However, it is very rewarding and I can understand why someone would. Maybe if I have a husband who wants to take a large share in the care taking...but this would be the only way. There would still be no babies, too much work.
Anyway, the kids have been on vacation. It is a lot of work to have them all day and I have hardly any time to myself so I have found myself going to bed late and getting up early and wondering what all the coffee I am drinking is doing to me. Mostly they have been good, but there are some moments I want to tear out my hair. I am so glad we are going to Playa Del Carmen in less than a week. Then I have a week and a half left with them and then I'm home.
I had a great time with Mom and Dad. I loved getting to see some more of Mexico. Mexico City had a lot more to offer than I would have thought. We went to the largest Anthropology museum in the world, and it was just of Mexico! It was amazing how many things they have. But if you see enough artifacts things start to stick in your brain...at least for me, so I was able to see some patterns and things. One day there was a gay pride parade, causing us to have a fabulous journey through the subway with a mother/daughter traveling in Mexico together. We had some great dinners, one at La Casa de las sirenas, which is made of old pyramid stones, and one at Fonda "El Refugio," which was fabulous. the setting and everything was great and the guy was very nice and even spoke some Spanish with me.
After I went back for two days to help with the kids I got to meet Mom and Dad in Puebla. It is a beautiful city, much larger than Cuernavaca, but with many different things. Here they were albe to show me some things that their guide had taught them the day before and then the second day we went Chalula. It was cool to see a huge pyramid covered with trees and all. And there was a church sitting on the top. The view from there was good too. I also had some awesome tuna steak for dinner.
Then we all came to Cuernavaca together. I showed them around and we had some great dinners together and such. The hotel we stayed in was beautiful. Nadine got us a discount, so we got to stay in a very niec boutique hotel for less. Friday we went to Xochicalco. I LOVED it! IT was the most beautiful ruins I've seen here so far. They had reconstructed one of the pyramids and it had most of it's carvings still intact. It was awesome, and the guide showed us some of the stories that were etched on it. It was very nice and in all I had a great time with them.
It's made getting back into things pretty hard. I miss being on vacation and being with my family. And it's been raining the last two days straight. Mexico is crying for Mom and Dad. But I'll get back into the swing of things soon, and then I go home. I can't believe it's almost over. I really will miss the kids, but I'm excited to start something new.

Jenn