French quarantine 2.0, day 2

8,233 steps 

We gave away 5 bags of clothes and miscellaneous items and threw away another few bags of stuff that was too old/broken to salvage. We're almost all the way unpacked except for a few small piles of clothing. 

School starts tomorrow. I like how France is doing this lockdown: schools open and restaurants/bars/nightclubs/churches/nonessential shopping closed. Basically adult indoor leisure activities can't happen. Which is terrible for the businesses supporting the activities, but good in terms of reducing covid transmission. I do wish more stores were open; I don't know if there's a high risk of covid transmission from shopping versus the obviously dangerous things like bars & restaurants. 

Yet again, we met up with tons of friends, spending the late afternoon together at the park. I think we've socialized more in the past 48 hours than in the previous 3 months in the US. 

I'm on the hunt for scaffolding with a platform that goes at least 2.5-3 m high (for a ceiling that is 4.5 m). I also REALLY want a SDS max hammer drill. *Cough cough* Christmas present. The drill is expensive but will be necessary for the huge renovations we'll be doing, like chiseling out tunnels for electricity & plumbing in plaster and drilling anchor holes through rock walls.