The Alice as you knew her no longer exists.

"I'm cool because I've been pierced a lot, have a weird little tattoo, am a web site designer, traveled around 10 countries by myself, moved out at a young age, skydiver, rock climber, SCUBA diver, snorkeler, body border" Me.

That girl? Gone.

You want to know why?

Today... today I wore snowpants. Navy blue in colour, adjustable shoulder straps.

I'm going to put all the blame on the family I'm working for, well, because it's all their fault. My insistance that I was going to be okay and that -30 degree weather was "normal" for me went unnoticed, and before I knew it, the father (who is Ned Flanders without the religion) was taking off his snowboots and going to fetch me his wife's snowpants. I couldn't say no.

And then. Oh, then he made fun of me while we were walking because I was "swishing."

Don't piss off a punk rocker who's been humbeled by wearing snowpants.

"I'm almost 23 years old!" I kept thinking, and I'm wearing snowpants. I felt like I was three. I may as well be one of the children that I'm being a nanny for, because that's how they treat me.

{I was warm. But don't tell them.)