Bonjour, bienvenue dans une nouvelle semaine. (That was my limited attempt at French in honour of the winners of the World Cup!)

In other news, it is the beginning of a new week, but I am not at work today. I’m back tomorrow and in Southampton on Wednesday, overall I’m looking forward to a calm week at work and praying for rain!

We did have some on Friday night and quite heavy but it barely made a dent at the plot.One of the advantages of working in town is when things like the RAF 100 anniversary fly past happen, we get to watch from the roof.And you get to see the wobbly bridge full of people, like a traffic jam…Also notable this week, Christelle’s amazing orchid, it’s so perfect it looks fake.And Gabi the wonder dog. She is a boxer, but given that she’s only little (nine months) and a boxer, she’s actually very chilled, once she gets over her initial bouncing. Also Mike and Christelle have the most realistic fake grass, I’ve ever seen…It’s been a very social week for me, I was at Mike and Christelle’s on Saturday night and at Kathy and Adam’s on Sunday (where I also got to see some other friends), so I’m a tiny bit peopled out and looking forward to a day of sorting out and straightening out the flat.

What are you all up to this week?