Long list of mistakes I’ve made living abroad for the first time and with an elderly host
Hello guys, I’m (23F) living abroad for the first time with an elderly host and I’ve noticed that I’m someone who makes a lot of mistakes and mess ups big time. I don’t know what’s wrong with me, but whenever I mess up, I always mess up big time. I haven’t told my parents these yet (nor my host) but here I go:
- scratched her pan. I burnt the bottom of a pot with milk (I used protein milk so apparently it scorches the bottom faster.. which I just leant) so it was really bad I decided to scrape it off with a knife after soaking it for the night. The bottom got scratched (obviously 🤡) and now I either need to find a way to make the scratches less visible or just buy her a new one.
- there’s a dirty Laundry basket that is in my room, apparently my glycolic acid bottle didn’t close all the way and leaked slowly onto it. There are light bubbles on-top of the lid but thankfully it’s not too bad.
- bleached a duvet cover. I love the smell of bleach in clothes (especially when I sleep in it) and so my ass decided to add bleach to the laundry. Funny enough I’ve done it before this year and it didn’t stain, so i decided to do it again. This time I added waaaay too much, and bleached it. Luckily I can replace this one.
- ruined her mattress cover thing. Basically I got it stained and I noticed how it can be unzipped. So during my big cleaning ordeal, I decided to wash the stained side in the machine because I thought it would clean better and just be more hygienic. I was so wrong. It shrunk, the wool or whatever got matted and weird and I am SO lucky the machine didn’t get clogged (I am still stressed about this, but assuming I washed something yesterday and nothing happened, is it safe to assume it’s okay? Let’s hope so).
So yes, almost 1 year abroad from Canada to some country in Europe and I managed to mess up so much. You’d assume at my big age I’d have common sense over some things but luckily for me- that doesn’t exist for me.
I’m obviously finding a way to tell her and will replace the things I’ve broken but like yes. Can’t wait to be the student that makes her regret ever opening the door for one.
I want to go home