Eric organized a pickup soccer match at the château with neighbors and friends. We recently bought collapsible goals, which helped enormously. Preivously we've been using shoes or balled-up jackets as goal markers.
I went up to the château to drop Zari off--she was running a bit late, blame it on teenage sleepiness--and then had a nice run to La Réserve and back. I stopped back at the match just as they were finishing up.
Mid-afternoon Eric and I decided to brave Leroy Merlin. We had a big shopping list, including a hot water heater and a shower base. On our way, we dropped off a clothes dryer to someone in Ariane (left over from when we helped people move this Wednesday).
Because we're technically in lockdown for the 3rd time, non-essential stores must close. So in stores that remain open, "non-essential" aisles must be cordoned off. The is done to be fair to the stores that are forced to shut down.
Today we learned that decorative light fixtures are non-essential, while spots and ceiling lights are essential. Toilets are essential but sinks are non-essential. See the photo. It made us crack up to see these sections roped off.
We loaded up the car as quickly as we could--curfew was approaching. Besides all of our purchases from inside the store, we also bought fine white sand and MAP (mortier adhésif). I wanted to buy chaux (lime) but they were out of white. I didn't want gray.
We made it home just in time for Eric to buy milk and a few other groceries. While we were gone, the kids went with a friend to the Tête Carrée park.
We have had a lot of drama this past 24 hours. Zari getting frustrated with Dio and bossing him around, Dio getting frustrated with Zari, us getting frustrated with Zari who gets frustrated at us for not enforcing the rules (for Dio) the way she'd like.
I ultimately lost my temper at Zari this evening and then that made Dio cry and Zari run off in a huff. I went in and apologized to Zari and asked her to be patient with me. It's so infrequent that I lose my temper--and even that is relatively mild, mostly a VERY ANGRY TONE OF VOICE. The kids kind of go into shock because it's so out of character.
We snuggled and talked until we were feeling better and able to even giggle about things. Then Dio went in to see Zari and I heard...laughter! So the little tempest did help clear the air.
Dinner was JFO's (crêpes filled with Jambon-Fromage-Oeuf, or ham-egg-cheese). Then sweet crêpes for dessert.
We had another grant planning meeting this evening. We are probably only 1-2 weeks away from submitting our application!
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