… how nice it is to have a place to sit and relax, another place to sit and do some work, another place in which to cook, and another place in which to eat my meals.
The last time that there was anything remotely like this was maybe in Expo at one time or another, but before that I just can’t think. But it’s really the acme of bourgeoisie that I can sit and do that in my little apartment here.
And it makes a whole world of difference.
What didn’t make a difference however were the several bad attacks of cramp during the night. It’s no good having a reasonably early night and aiming for a reasonably long sleep with this kind of thing happening.
At 09:30, being unable to go back to sleep again, I decided to leave the bed. The usual start to the day followed by breakfast and a chat with my friend in the UK started off the day quite nicely and then I adjourned to the office.
First task was to search through the computers here and look for the dashcam stuff. All of that needs transferring over onto the dedicated hard drive that I bought in Liège so that it’s out of the way and I can review it in due course at my leisure.
But then I suddenly remembered that it’s the Pardon … “Granted” – ed … today – the religious ceremony in the open air when they bless the water and the rocks in order to give a safe homecoming to the sailors.
So dashing outside, tripping over Gribouille as I passed, I made my way the the harbour wall.
And there I was just in time to see the religious ceremony down below. It seems that I’d missed the Blessing of the rocks and the water.
So I came back here and carried on working, ending up with a rather late lunch at 15:00.
I went outside just in time to see the end of the Blessing and parade of boats, not having missed it at all beforehand.
And it’s uncomfortable eating one’s butties in a crowd. I’m not the sociable type as regular readers of this rubbish will recall
Back here, being concerned about the lack of web server, I rang up my web host. “But it’s been on line since Friday!” he told me. So next time I’ll remember to clear my cache before I do an upgrade, won’t I?
And then I carried on working again.
Tea was once again another candidate for the best pizza ever. You’ve no idea how much water comes out of frozen mushrooms so they really do need defrosting and draining off before you cook them. Yes – three meals again!
After that, we had the usual evening walk, with the headland strangely deserted. And it’ll be back to work in a minute. I’m really pleased with how my little apartment is turning out. 39 m² it is, and yet it does all that I need.
A balcony and sea view would have been nice, but on my budget it’s rather hoping for too much. This is the best that I can do and it’s all working fine.
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