posted on 26 June 2006 20:56
by
Camilla
Monsieur P. gets a job
This is major! Monsieur P. got a new job today, after 6 weeks of unemployment. The job is in Copenhagen, and it's for 8 weeks, extension possible. This means we'll have money again, and Monsieur P. will be more receptive to my plans.
Being in computers and working on contracts, life is pretty unpredictable for Monsieur P. and for his family. We (mainly I) have decided that since Monsieur P. is only home at week-ends anyway, he may as well be commuting to France as to Thanet. We can see France from here on a sunny day, and it's such a tease. Thanet is all very well, but it's been a long time since it was joined to France. Too long.
Our (my) plans are these; we will rent a flat in France, Monsieur P. will commute weekly to wherever in Europe his job takes him, while the rest of us, Mlle P., our dog DD and I battle it out (it'll be hard, but someone's got to do it) during the week. Then, at the week-ends, we'll have a great time, and we'll be together, and we'll be exactly where we want to be. Only I'm not quite sure where that is.
There is a (preliminary) shortlist. It includes Nice, anywhere in Var that smells of pine trees, Avignon, Arles, Nimes, Montpellier, the Cevennes, Perpignan, anywhere in the South and anywhere we can afford. It's not very short, is it? I'll be so grateful for any suggestions from you! I've already had some great help from colleagues in the Forum. I've been told to, as an American friend once put it, "get off my butt and do stuff", and that's good to know. Some of you suggested Perpignan, and the Southern Luberon, they both sound like great ideas. I'm very excited. And scared. And desperate to go.