Project 366 : Photo diary week 35

 The summer is finally over - school kicks off again tomorrow. Sophie's heading back to England on Thursday morning, I go back to school tomorrow morning, Juliette and Pierre on Tuesday. I don't know how I feel about it at the moment, as everything is up in the air. Will it still be half classes or are we back to full classes? Will the pupils be staying put in one classroom all day or are they moving around as before? So many unanswered questions, but I guess we'll find out tomorrow ! Our final week of the holidays has been a bit rubbish as it's been raining really hard at random moments so we haven't really wanted to go out much.

Sunday 23rd August - I thought Juliette was still sorting out her room but when I popped my head around the door, she wasn't there. Looked in the kitchen (probably looking for a snack in the fridge !) - nope. In the toilet? Nope. Looked all over the house, asked Sophie if she'd seen her sister, then we both sniggered as we spotted a leg sticking out of the heap of covers on her bed. Yep, she was having a little nap ! What I thought was a big pillow is actually her hoodie with the hood up. Ahhh teenagers ! lol

Monday - My shopping bill will go down when Sophie goes back to England next week ! She's always spotting things she wants to try, like these Nutella doughnuts. Juliette added extra sprinkles to hers ! We spent ages doing a big shop online for Sophie's new flat in England - she'll be in confinement all by herself for two weeks so we bought loads of food, plus all the basics that we kept thinking of (toilet roll, kitchen roll, cleaning supplies, bin bags ... I'm sure we'll think of more !)

Tuesday - Another quick DIY job ticked off my list. A brand new toilet seat, as the old one was looking a bit worn out. The kids cracked me up by all lining up to go to the toilet to test it out ! It's been declared very soft and comfortable !

Wednesday - Having gone to a bigger supermarket and bought some crispy taco shells, we had tacos, instead of our usual fajitas. Very tasty and great fun to eat. I'll have to go back and buy more !

Thursday - Pierre had asked if I could fix up his old bike - the tyres needed to be pumped up and we couldn't find the pump in the garage, then Juliette said that the tyre had a hole in it anyway. One of the post-lockdown moves in Dunkirk was the introduction of a new scheme reimbursing 80€ (or €150 I think, if you're low income) if you buy a new bike from a shop located within Dunkirk. Well, why not? His old bike was getting a bit small for him anyway. We went to Decathlon, a huge sports store on the outskirts of town, where they have four or five aisles of bikes to choose from. The only problem was, the aisles were completely empty ! They had about ten pink bikes with baskets on the front (something special as they were 270€ each), three or four toddler-sized bikes and one bike that looked the right size for Pierre. I told him to grab it while we looked at what else they had, which was obviously a good idea, as it ended up being the only one there ! Luckily, he loves it. I planned on getting a photo of him on it but didn't manage - maybe next week ?! I just have to fill out the paperwork now for the reimbursement.

Friday - We headed back to the sports shop to change a pair of leggings that Juliette had bought for school PE lessons. It's a pain in the bum that all the changing rooms are shut now - I don't really understand why. Even if they shut every second cubicle, surely people could use them without breathing on each other ?! Oh well. We finished off with a walk along the canal with the dog, in between the showers.

Saturday - I finally managed to go and visit one of my friends - someone who I used to work with until she retired a few years ago. I took her a huge bag of books (everything I've read since February!) and she gave me loads of things from her allotment. Lots of lovely tomatoes (black, yellow and dark red ones), a cucumber, some apples, some pears. Plus some peanuts and almonds that her husband had grilled and some chocolate cake for the kids. It was lovely to have a big catch-up on all that has been going on in their lives.

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