Waiting for Claude’s usage limit to reset… wo ist oben, wo ist unten?

Rentrée ? Done! It’s already its week #4 and I just said bye to motivated Max, who’s leaving the house at 7.10 in the morning. It’s starting to be chilly, and more annoyingly: it’s getting darker. The mornings are still beautiful, with the sun rising in now three minutes (Diane, it’s 7.33), but soon commuting at this evil hour will be less fun. Effi’s sleep is getting more reliable again, except for a sick night like today. Back to Beta for me, Monday is Carvivo time and the rest of the week belongs to where my heart sits. Last week I attended my first séminaire with the team, two days and one night with the crew in Paris. The day at a overwhelming French ministry building with our startup de l’état’s main sponsor, the Agence nationale de la cohésion des territoires (ANCT), and the night we went bowling, dining and drinking. Not much sleep but much fun. Now the family is up and active, it’s time to start my day.

The first week of the rentrée is almost done, I spent most of my time at The Good Start right on the canal. What a beauty of a spot! My beta coworkers are slowly coming back from vacations, and I started a new three-months-long CTOaaS mission alongside. Fully booked until further notice: my life as a freelance keeps doing perfectly fine. My parents are still in town, babysitting ever-eager Effi until later today before returning home. Last weekend we all celebrated mum’s 70th birthday, with all sisters plus families in beautiful Pantin. What a success, with William having eternalized our beautiful family through an arty-as-usual photo. Tomorrow I’ll do my rentrée with the CSP, looking forward to spin my legs a little.

…by a moonlight shadow!

July is almost over, soon the real vacations will be kicking in. We spent already a splendid week at the cottage, with a bunch of friends and a quick cheers to the Tour de France, passing by almost-nearby Cercy-la-Tour. Loads of stand-up paddleboarding in the river, loads of exciting-as-always Tour-de-France TV watching, and also loads of productive work on “my” Lucca app. I also managed to acquire a decent new race bike for growing Max, his new LeBonCoined Merida Reacto 4000 is quite a looker and surely served as a pro vehicle in a previous life. Now a couple of weeks off, and then turning some big pages: Effi will be going to “school”, and Max will be going to the collège… while I’ll continue to spent my day with my new best friend Claude.