Right about this week a year ago, Cameron and I moved to the Mansion.
It has been quite an experience and I honestly didn't think we were going to be here this long. There's no doubt that we love the place we live at and it's location. During the year and four months I've worked here, it has its good days and bad days for sure.
Jeanne has been extremely generous but the job could definitely make me a little loopy at some points. I can't say that I feel like Jeanne is a third grandma to me but I do consider her a good friend. We have a great time trying new fancy restaurants, reading gossip magazines together, watching tv shows, and buying new pocket books (purses). She's really not your average elderly lady at all. She is loud and overly opinionated and has the mental energy of a 7 year- old. She doesn't like walking so instead she rides a motor scooter. When we go downtown once or twice a week, I wheel her around in a wheel chair. I feel like I have learned so much from her. She has an awesome memory and it's interesting to hear about her life in high society.
The Mansion is HUGE.
- 21,000 sq. feet
- 4 acres of beautiful beach front land
- 17 bathrooms (yes... I said seventeen)
- A tennis Court
- An indoor and an outdoor swimming pool
- 4 car garage
You can kind of get the picture. The house constantly has work to be done on it because the salt air and rust really takes a toll. Since we are constantly doing fix-up projects, Cameron and I have learned so much about what goes into fixing a house.
This next picture is Jeanne and Henry, her 91 year-old boyfriend. They've been dating for 35 years. They don't really interact much now because neither of the listen/communicate well and Jeanne ends up zooming off in her scooter upset. They occasionally watch a Mets game together and play Bridge on Sundays.
This job and mansion kind of reminds me of the movie Orange County. Nice house, crazy mom (Jeanne), old guy who is kind of out of it (Henry), Nurses that don't speak english (Henry's tongan nurses), and the normal kids(us). Unfortunately we don't have a Jack Black. If anyone has seen this movie a few times, you would understand. Just weird.
It's just a bizarre household and sometimes I look around and laugh.
Jeanne is a hoot and there's always something exciting going on.
Despite those crazy moments, we are glad to be here.
10 comments:
I can't believe it has been a year. What an experience though right?
what's it like living in a mansion...i can only imagine. i've seen orange county bunches of times, used to be my fav, so i see the picture. be grateful you don't have to be broke like the rest of us.
i am so glad to see a picture of her because I have NEVER seen her before--it's good to put a face to all these stories. Also your set up sounds sweet and I think the job would be fun, nice restaurants and such!
21,000 SQUARE FEET!?!?! That place is a monster!
17 bathrooms? ... are you kidding me. Who would ever need that many bathrooms.
Seriously 21,000 square feet? You always said "mansion" but really... That's like a palace! My mom and I laughed about the Henry part.
Cameron makes a good Jeanne. I'm just curious how many bedrooms there are in a house with 17 bathrooms? That place is huge!
What a FUN experience! These will be sweet memories of your first years being married together. Usually you get the mansion later in life but it is okay to do things a little backwards =) We want to come visit!
I can't believe a year has gone by! There's nothing like mansion life. It's funny because you try to explain working at the mansion to people, but no one really gets it unless they've actually worked there. There should be some sort of a club for us. Good luck and hope Jeanne is easy this week!
By the way that picture of Jeanne and Henry is pretty good. It looks like Jeanne has no hand. How creepy would that be?!
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