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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]After a month, travel from Europe, OP you are not jet-lagged anymore.  You are probably depressed and that's why you are so tired and napping.

Have you signed up for a class?
Have you joined a gym?
Do you have any hobbies?
You need to get out there, I agree with PP.

Have you talked with your HP about the week they will be in Mexico in a conversation - can you ask if they are open to you taking some time to travel while they are away?

You need to allow your HF some space too . . . going with the HF on vacation is not a right or expectation.

Talk with your LCC.  Find other APs to talk to - in your cluster, on facebook groups, wherever.

Maybe rematch is right for you . . . but there are probably not a lot of other families with just one school-aged child looking for a rematch AP.  Be prepared that your rematch family may be more demanding (more children or younger children).[/quote]
How much availability are you thinking most LCCs have for this sort of thing?[/quote]

Maybe I don't understand your question, but this is what LCCs DO.  When a host family or an au pair has an issue or needs assistance, they help.  I'm a host mom, but ours has counseled us through some solutions to issues we were having, offered to come to our house to talk to all of us, hooked my au pair up with friends or rides, and suggested courses to her to complete her educational requirement.  She maintains lists of things to do with kids, events happening in the city, checks in with all the au pairs monthly with a different monthly cluster meeting, sets up a buddy system for each new au pair, etc.

That PP advised the OP to "talk with" her LCC about how she is feeling.  If you think an LCC doesn't have time to talk to an au pair who is struggling, then what do you think the point of an LCC is?[/quote]

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