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Reflecting on last year, part 2
May
Not the best month for me, it started with being home with Covid, then getting my car stolen and written off, with no insurance because I had left the keys in the car, and also with the death of Bovril my black cat. All these things are discussed in a previous entry so I will try to find some more positive things.
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New Year, looking back, looking forward Part 1
I have not been blogging pretty much all year, so I am going to try and give an idea of what has been happening.
January
I was working on the alcoologie unit, and applied to leave the pool and work permanently with the addicts.
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Kitchen update
I have been here for four days now, and I can see things happening. It’s difficult because a lot had to happen behind the walls, so it’s difficult to judge how much work has been done.
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Progress of a sort
So I arrived back at Chabaneix yesterday afternoon. In the morning I finally took the sad decision to say goodbye to Bovril, who has been declining over the last few weeks. I couldn’t leave him alone for fear that he might fall and not be able to get up…
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Crazy
Ok, I haven’t posted in a while and I will do some catch up posts soon, but today I want to share something that has completely dumbfounded me ( Read more... ) -
Ad fontes
It is difficult to keep writing so forgive me if this is all a bit disjointed and boring.
Almost every day I find myself thinking « oh I must tell Mummy that « or something similar.... it takes time.
Anyway I have found comfort in the project which is the house at Chabaneix, and I had to go last weekend to pick up Rosie’s carte de resident.
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Awkward
Last December during a wet weekend I decided to create a profile on a French dating site for « seniors « . My friend Karine had told me about it, and she had enjoyed meeting and interacting with people via the site, so I thought that I might as well ( Read more... ) -
Summary
It was one week ago today that my mother died, peacefully in her chair sometime between getting up and taking her pills and 10 am when I tried to call her.
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I am trying to write an entry but I hate the new app on my iPad. However I am at Chabaneix so I don’t have a choice. What do other people think about it ?