It's the Fete de la Musique and we have SUPER LOUD techno music right outside our building. I wouldn't mind a live band so much, but this doof-doof-doof is so annoying. How can people like listening to it, especially when it's so loud it hurts my ears?
(Introvert rant over)
We borrowed a friend's air compressor, wheeling it from her car, across the coulée verte, and through Old Nice to our apartment. At least it's only half the size of the old one we had been using. We still needed 4 people to carry it up the stairs.
I painted the quarter rounds one final time. They'll need touch-ups where I caulk but not a full re-paint. I hope we can get them installed tomorrow or Friday.
Dio has been having lower back pain when he does sports, so today we brought him to a kiné (physical therapist, but also somewhat like a chiropractor). The kiné is actually a friend of ours--his daughter and Dio used to play together when they were in elementary school. He gave Dio a thorough stretching, alignment, and massage. His lower back was a bit torqued so the goal is to unlock the muscles and get things back into alignment. Dio has some simple stretches to do every morning.
We chatted about our kids during the visit...and at the end, he wouldn't take any payment. "You have a large family, no worries. I won't charge you." If we'd taken the time to make a doctor's appointment, get an "ordonnance" (referral), and then make another appointment with the kiné, then he could have taken our carte vitale (French health insurance). But that would have taken a week or two at least.
It's so nice knowing people and having personal connections.
We finished Season 3 of Stranger Things. That's as far as Eric and I ever got. I'm a bit tired of the gore and the violence and the manufactured drama. That's probably why we never made it past season 3 several years ago.
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