Better than a Job

Less than a week left officially. I have been "pursuing" summer jobs in Turkey that fall directly into my lap making the date of my "ex-pat" title abdication a much debated question in American circles. My pseudo-application process ended today with an interview that I don't see following through to employment so I will leave Istanbul for Munich on Tuesday and be in DC a week from today.

The summer jobs were all nannying types although one was distinctly for the position of "governess" because the family already had a nanny. I have yet to figure out the difference between nanny and governess or where the comma is on Turkish keyboards. Today's interview was fun. It started with the mother paying for two tall Starbucks iced coffees with a 200TL ($140) and it ended wıth the father outlınıng the house hierarchy for me (I outrank the cook maid and driver but not them or their child).

I had emailed my sister Margit yesterday who responded that there was no longer a point in nannying for the wealthy because the book and it's Hollywood manifestation had already been published and produced and what else worthwhile could come of my summer? I remain unemployed but at least I get a blog post out of it.