Another week has gone by already.

Christian will be collecting a brand new car this week. He’s chosen exactly the same model. The insurance paid out the whole value of the car as it was under a year old. Next year his insurance will be very expensive. Even though he hadn’t been driving long, he really missed being able to get around on his own.

Dominique has a nasty cold and sore throat. She won’t take any time off as there is too much to do. The mock exams will be coming up soon, so there is a lot of revision too. She received her National Service letter, she has to ‘report for duty’ on the 1st March (I think), fortunately it’s only for one day.

Olivier had Monday off, there is a stomach bug going round at the moment, he seems to have got off lightly and was okay by the end of the day. Yesterday evening he went to see the orthodontist, now he has elastic bands on his teeth too. At night he also has to wear one diagonally across his teeth. He was in a bad mood this morning as his mouth hurt. He took a photo with his phone, I’ll have to ask him if I can post the picture here. It’s not his week at all.

Rob is learning more and more about his postcards. Following the bidding is quite exciting and he’s starting to build up a clientele and make contact with fellow postcard enthusiasts. Among the post cards he bought recently was a newspaper article about a lady called “Miss Casse-Cou” (break neck) – Mauricia . She was mayor of her village in the early 60’s, which must have been unusual in itself in those days. In her youth, in the 20’s, she was world famous for her stunts on a bike in the circus. We haven’t been able to find out much more about her, but Rob has put the newspaper cutting up for auction and there is some interest.