Finalized!!

So. About 2 days ago I was finalized with my future host family!!!

For privacy's sake I will call them the Smith family living in Virginia.

There was a bit of confusion over the past 2 weeks about host families so I'll try to quickly fill you in:

Like you have already read, I was matched with a family that was wrong so they re-matched me with this family - The Smith's.
Everything was going great and well on the way to being finalized with them, when one morning I logged onto my account and I had been matched with another family! I didn't really know what was happening - but then I got a phone call from the Cultural Care Au Pair office.

They let me know that the current Au Pair had to leave unexpectedly [for privacy reasons I will say she got homesick] and so they couldn't have me as an Au Pair because they needed one immediately.

As sad as I was I eventually got over it and got used to the idea of being matched again. THOUGH about 3-4 days later I logged into my account again and saw that I had been matched with the Smith family again!
I was confused but then got a phone call explaining that the Smith family really liked me and wanted me to be their Au Pair anyway - and "How soon before you can come?"

At first they said, "rather then your January departure, what about Nov 26th? You have your graduation? Ok then... Dec 6th - and that's the latest you can come for 2010. So either you come then, or you get matched with another family."

So... I am going on Dec 6th now. A whole 7 weeks earlier than I was planning!

So that's me at the moment. Trying to study for exams with the idea that in 6 weeks I will be leaving my family and friends in Australia for 12 months.

I'm going to be able to concentrate for sure.
:D