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Birthday!! I had pre-picked my outfit of the day during packing yesterday so it was a quick and easy wake up. I got to work setting things up in the kitchen for breakfast and am eventually greeted with song from the stairwell. It's very sweet. I'm given a little present bag with some fancy soaps and a travel pouch. Breakfast is easy and so is drop off. When I get back I make my own breakfast and then open the package from home. I tear up a little at the cards. I miss those people.  French is at noon again and it takes a half hour to get there. The rest of my morning had been spent quickly doing the homework that I hadn't all week. I will try to be better about that in the future. Class is good! It melts my brain a little. I get gas on the way home and call mom. It's really nice to get to talk to her today.  When I get back I make sure I'm all organized for tomorrow before collecting the boys from school. Back at the house they run in first and tell me to wait at the...

Morning rush is not so rushed, the mum decides to do the school run. I relax until pilates. Then I most certainly do not relax. It's ok, I like the class and it feels good to do regular exercise again. I'm finishing writing this many days later so I'm not altogether sure what else I did. I definitely packed my backpack in preparation for my trip tomorrow. Talked to friends. Laundry. Oh! According to my photos I made peach crumble. Well that's as much of a recap as you'll get. Sorry.  I'm hoping to do more weekend trips this time around, so I've decided that you'll get a bit of a photo entry for these instead of a normal blog. Suck it up.

Wednesday Wednesday. The mom's home, ankle is still bad. In the morning they invite family friends over to hang out, which means I'm basically off the hook. Except then I am in charge of ringleading the children to the boulangerie and back. It's a little chaotic but we make it. The kittens are spotted again, which the kids love. I take Thing 1 to choir for 11. Normally this will be time for me to do homework with Thing 2, but because mum's home and the friends are still around I get to hang around in town alone for an hour. Score. I drop him off and wander to the English bookstore. I make small talk with the lady who owns it and head to the back room to peruse the second hand books when another customer comes in. Two more to add to the growing stack of unread novels growing beside my bed. I park myself at a cafe down the street from choir and read an already underway book until he's done. We head back for lunch just after noon. Thing 1 has football in the early afte...

I left this until way late to write so who really knows what I did on Tuesday. Is that a cop out? probably. The mom hurt her foot so I drive her around for some errands. I get sent out to do groceries later in the day. I hit a new grocery store, Super U. It's giving Loblaws. I lay out in the sun for a little while before walking to pick the boys up from school again. They pretend it's the end of the world for a couple of minutes. My dinner is baked pesto eggplant. Very delish.

I jump out of bed after I snoozed my alarm, remembering that the mum was going to pop out to the bakery first thing and I might be home alone with the boys. If I am I should probably get them up before she's back. Turns out she was home, so I offer to do the run instead. I'm ever glad I did because while I wait in line two little kittens run out and do that freeze frame that cats do when humans perceive them sometimes. One's all black and the other is tabby. Adorable. I get a pain au chocolat (Thing 2), a croissant (Thing 1), and a baguette.  Breakfast goes by quickly, and the mum just takes them to school. She's only back for a little while before she's off to a doctor's appointment. I put on a load of laundry and head to the couch with my book for a bit. I get through some things on the to-do list and get tasked with a grocery run. Perfect timing as I've just finished the walnut bread. I walk to the school to pick up the boys later on, which is a nice chan...