From family life to farm life.

08 - 13 June 2019

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08 June 2019: Washed and hung a lot of the family's laundry and prepared food.

09 June 2019: Originally, it was said that I would have today off. In the end, I ended up doing a lot of laundry and cleaning up the kitchen.

10 June 2019: Since I wasn't really happy with my situation, I started looking for alternatives. So, I was unhappy with taking care of the difficult kids, being inflexible, and having half of the week completely free, which was boring.

So, I found a farm near Perth where I could also help with accommodation and meals. I can start on Thursday (13 June). Since the kids here already go to their dad on Wednesday, it was not a problem for the mother and her new partner.

In the morning, I took one of the kids to school. In the afternoon, I picked them up again. It was raining and the bus didn't come right away, so I asked Ilian to wait inside. He didn't want to and threw a tantrum. When I stood in his way, he bit my hand. Yes, children are a blessing...

I couldn't figure the child out. Constantly screaming "go away" and a few minutes later needing help. Schizophrenia greets. But it's just a child.

In the evening, the mother cooked for everyone and I cleaned up the kitchen.

11 June 2019: The mother offered me to also take care of the sister's children today. If I exceed my hours, the sister would pay me. Deal! The only downside was that one of the children had chicken pox. But I already had it as a child, so I took the opportunity to earn some money.

The total of four children wanted to go to the library. Of course, they wanted to use the computers there. I let them for an hour, but then I made them read. Strangely enough, they wanted to go home shortly after. Who would have thought.

From 1 PM, it was only the two own children again. I watched them until 5 PM. I actually wanted to pick up my abandoned jeans at the old place. Well, tomorrow then.

12 June 2019: Watching over the little one again. After a lot of ignoring, he finally wanted to play. After going through everything, I just parked him with my phone and let him watch SpongeBob. Suddenly, children become very quiet and stare like zombies at the small screen. I can now understand why many parents do this when they want peace and quiet.

13 June 2019: The last day here. Fixing the backpack according to Shona's (the mother's) instructions. Since I had too many hours, she wanted to offer me food first. In the end, she gave me some money. She handed me $50 (around 31 Euros) for 12 hours of extra work. Actually pretty low, but I knew about her financial situation. I stayed there until noon because it was raining. Then I took public transportation to the farm. They picked me up at the train station. In the evening, we went fishing.