This time last week, I was happily telling you that I'd finished off the big translation job and sent it all off for the Norway project. Then on Monday, I got an email. "Sorry, I've just found two more documents that need translating." *Sigh* Well, I've made a start on those but this week's job was filling in the end-of-term reports. The "conseils de classe" kick off this week - each class (I have seven classes - five main classes and two groups) has a meeting that lasts about an hour to an hour and a half, all after school. At least it's almost the holidays once they're over !
Sunday 22nd November - Just a lazy day, taking some time to chill out. Caught up with my family on the phone and Sophie on Facebook, then headed out for a walk with the dog and Juliette. This is what we have to fill out every time we go outside during the confinement. You have to put in all your ID details (name, address, date of birth, place of birth), the date and time and the reason for going out. Then you sign it and this pops up, giving you an hour's time outside. If you're stopped by the police without one, you get a fine (€125, I believe). It's fairly quick to fill out but it's a pain if you just need to pop to the corner shop !
Monday - It's my afternoon off so I had an appointment with someone about changing the boiler and all the government help that is available. They were cold callers who had phoned me and it actually fitted in with my current plans so I said OK. They said they'd come at 2pm, then phoned back and asked if they could come at 1pm. I said that would be a bit tight for getting home from work but 1.30 would be OK. Well guess what? They never showed up ! Blooming gits ! I waited in for about an hour then gave up. I went shopping in Lidl and ... ta-da ... they finally had some tinned tomatoes in. Yay ! They haven't had any for the last three weeks so I stocked up. I've been craving spaghetti bolognese and lasagne and chilli con carne and all those things that need tomatoes !
Tuesday - It's been feeling a bit nippy this week, so when I saw all these birds lined up on the roof opposite our house, I wondered if they were getting ready to emigrate. Either that or their loft insulation is rubbish and they were warming up their feet !
Wednesday - It's my afternoon off and I cleared lots of school work then chilled out online for a while. This website popped up in my facebook page and gave me a giggle. It's people who asked a photo editor to tweak their photos (in this one for example, the boys all want to be the same size) and he does all the changes quite literally. Some of them made me laugh ! It's here if you fancy a look.
Thursday - Usually I come home and catch up with the kids at lunchtime on Thursdays, as I finish at 11am and start again at 2.30pm. This week, though, I decided to stay in school and carry on filling in my school reports. I managed to get most of them done. Just one class left - phew !
Friday - Finally the end of the week. And I even grabbed the time in my lunch break to finish off my reports. Yippee ! As you know by now, Friday afternoon finishes off with my naughty class (their last hour and mine). This week, one pupil was excluded, awaiting his "conseil de discipline", in which it will be decided if he gets kicked out of school or given a final chance. Then - completely unexpected good news ! - another of the troublemakers was called to give his books back because he's changing schools. This is great news as it will totally change the dynamics of the class. Phew ! I got home just in time to see the sunset with lots of birds flapping around in the sky.
Saturday - This was Pierre's breakfast that he made and proudly came to show me. Three slices of bread in a double-decker Nutella sandwich ! And he ate every mouthful then even finished his lunch not that long afterwards ! This actually gave me the idea of making double decker cheese on toast - hmmm, I might have to give that a go !
What a busy week. I bet you can't wait for the holidays.
ReplyDeleteThat form you have to fill out to go out is such a good idea. I would love something like that over here. It might stop people being out and mixing with others so much.
Hooray for the tinned tomatoes and Pierre's breakfast looks so good! x
Looking back, I can't believe how full-on the last few weeks have been. I'm making up for it now, chilling out while I'm on holiday - phew !
DeleteLol @ Pierre's sandwich! What a pain that you had to do more translation work, sounds unfair that it's all dumped on you. That form sounds rather restrictive, what if you need to queue for longer, for example, every time I pass the post office recently, there is a huge queue snaking outside. Glad you got tinned tomatoes. Good news re your naughty class too.
ReplyDeleteThat is the problem with the form. As far as I know, it's only for "leisure/dog walking" that you're restricted to an hour. I've gone on to the phone version as it's quicker than printing it out and filling it in.
DeleteHow frustrating they have given you two more translating jobs but least it goes to show your doing a great job of it if they want more doing! How annoying that the boiler people didn't turn up! But yay about the tinned tomatoes, that was a win for the week. Oooh a double decker Nutella sandwich sounds quite tempting!
ReplyDeleteIt was bad timing, with everything arriving at the same time. I didn't realise just how knackered I was until the holidays - now I'm just unwinding and loving it ! lol
DeleteOh yum, I am now thinking about cheese on toast! Good to hear that one of the troublemakers is leaving, I hope that will make it easier for you. The sunset looks beautiful
ReplyDeleteThe class has calmed right down now. It just goes to show how one or two pupils can completely corrupt a whole class !
DeleteHow frustrating to be sent a couple more documents to translate when you thought you’d finished. I can imagine it’s a pain to have to fill a form every time you need to go outside. Annoying that the boiler person never showed up. I love those photos where Photoshop edit requests are taken literally – they make me chuckle too. Glad you managed to get the reports all finished. #project366
ReplyDeleteOh no, more work. That's a lot of hassle to go out for only an hour. Haww it's very annoying to have an appointment but they don't show up. Woah, that's a lot of birds. Hahahhaha, I loved seeing all the pictures of literal edits by the photoeditor. Hmm interesting developments at the school. Double decker cheese toast sounds tempting
ReplyDeleteI am LOVING Pierre's sandwich!!! Genius!
ReplyDeleteOhhhhh the naughty class has totally changed then! Now I want to know if the boy got excluded, this is better than any soap on TV!
I'm chuckling at the thought of all those birds lined up warming their feet! ;) Awesome image!
My parents aren't really going out much at the moment, think they are fed up of filling in those papers too... but news on their grapevine is that quite a few people have been fined, but it is so spread out where they are down in the SW! Hope you are having a fab week! Sim x
One boy got excluded, one boy left (changed schools) of his own accord and the rest are now as good as gold - unbelievable !
DeleteI've seen a similar post about photoshop and some were hilarious. Good luck with the translating. Tricky to imagine the paperwork scenario: I have hardly left the house except for work, will I ever go shopping again?! #project366
ReplyDeleteI know, it's crazy, isn't it? I ended up doing most of my Christmas shopping online in the end !
Deletegrrrrr to the last few translation pages. It must be really annoying to fill in the forms every time you go out. I may have to try the triple decker cheese also. It amazes me how many basic recipes start with onion and tinned tomatoes, glad you managed to get stocked up. I love those photo editing sites, can spend hours on them
ReplyDeleteBusy busy bee on your days off - you got lots done
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