mary poppins

'... fish, chips, cup o' tea, bad food, worse weather, mary fucking poppins, you know... london!?' (snatch)

jerry came back from his two weeks in sweden and sank into a miserable grumpiness, deciding he hates london. coming from utopian sweden, he sees it as a big downgrade.
worlds is so fed up with the crappy salary that he's decided to go home.. i'd actually been enjoying myself here so it was a bit of a downer jerry being so bitter about the place, but i reminded him that we're stuck here now anyway, with a lease agreement signed, course fees paid and nowhere else to go! so we have to make the most of it...he's agreed to give it a chance. i wish i could make him love london like i do......
why do i love it so much, he wonders? well firstly, they speak my language here, and that's a huge bonus after living so many years in countries where i'm the foreigner in the bubble; secondly, even if our wages are low, it still feels like the land of opportunities, waiting for us to discover; thirdly, theres so much action, so much going on around you here that you feel like youre in the centre of the world.... i dont really know what it is to be honest...just the vibe.

i decided to apply for some jobs as a nanny. apparently there's more money in it than working in restaurants.. and i make a good mary poppins. kids always love me for some reason... so i signed up with an agency and posted an ad on gumtree and my first interview is today, with a family who live right around the corner from my house!

:o)