jess, sunshine, and van

pictures from our vacation in Nice.


what jess did all weekend.




a necklace that I really really really wanted, and it wasn't even THAT expensive...being with a group that wanted to keep moving helped.
maybe I thought I could steal it.


dead fish in the ocean


lionel's littlest baby.

we liked leaning in high places; and I swear we are not about to orgasm from altitude change in that one photo.

I like to eat nicoise flowers
I was bored; Van was super stressed out; at least jess had fun at the golf course.

us in Nathalie's studio jess in car.
us attempting to jump many times
scaling walls


and sitting in walls

van spying on me while i was doing yoga/dance/taichi poses and flexing my ultra-muscular arms.

beeeeeeeeeaaach

jessica groping me accidentally on purpose made me grow a beard


boohooo...she left.

no more fighting

My aupair job just got much easier as of a few minutes ago.
Even before I arrived, Sabine told me that Ariane had a difficult personality, and that we needed to be firm with her and stand our ground. That's why I always went out of my way to contribute to her education as a human being - I felt that I owed it to her parents who are so good to me, and I would hate to see Ariane become an adult being the way she is.
However, I just realized that I really don't owe it to Sabine and Amaury to install order in their kids brain if they don't even do it themselves. I have never seen them win a power contest against Ariane--they would yell back and forth, send her to her room and ground her, but then give her what she wanted the a few hours a days later. They win the skirmishes, but she always wins the war.
so....I'm just going to just going to save my gunpowder and just stop caring. no more forcing her to do anything that's good for her; no more correcting her when she does or says something wrong; no more fun things with her either, because then I'd just start to like her again (despite everything, she's actually a pleasant kid when you're just playing).