Another week is starting. We’ve given up on our daily plan, the routines are in place and we’re never too far from each other. Norway decided to increase the number of care days for parents of young kids (from 10 to 20), and that these days could be used when the schools were closed. So we can now reduce our working hours a bit and spend more time helping Timothé and Hugo.

We had a moment of fun at lunch finding absurd translations to ask each other’s help with, like “how do you say ‘I don’t know’ in French”, or “how do you say “shut up” in French”… I guess it was funnier on the moment. At least, it’s a good way to practice English.

After work, Séverine and I worked in the garden, cutting some more branches. We then realized the garden waste disposal was closed, so now we have 15 bags we don’t know what to do with. A rather small issue, really, but a sign that we’re not done unraveling all the consequences of the lock-down.

The day ended with 2 episodes of Zorro – the boys really enjoy that show. I used to love it as a kid. It would broadcast Saturday evenings, in a programme called “Disney channel” – it was before Disney became a channel.

Today, we’ve accepted the fact that our summer holiday would look nothing like we had wished. It’s likely that we will not be able to travel to France, or at least that we won’t be able to decide this before long. So we’ve decided to rent a car for 3 weeks. We can decide at the last minute where we go. But it’s likely that it will be in Norway.