This is a very poor photograph of the view from our window. The mountains in the background are the Monte Blanc Massif. A photograph cannot do this view justice, it is simply awsome.The trip became even more interesting this morning when I backed into the car of a VIP jetsetting idiot who was driving an Alpha. I had a car full of children on the way to ski lessons, passed a parking space, glanced in my mirror to see that there was a car coming, but he could stop, backed only to find he was right up my backside. I had inflicted a tiny, tiny dent in his Alpha logo that you could only see because the dirt had been scrapped off, but you would have thought the end of the world had come. I let him dance around a bit while I calmly got the children dressed in their mitts and helmets, by then he had calmed down a bit and I gave him my business card. I then received a very civilised call from his English speaking friend and it was arranged that he would get an estimate from the garage and get back to me. I stressed that it was necessary to do this without delay because we are leaving on Monday, but so far no word. Hey ho!
Now that the skiing lessons are over the challenge is to entertain four little children who have had their entertainment stolen. There are too many of us to go anywhere by car and from early morning it became apparent that we were in for a bumpy ride today. The natives were getting restless. Solution, on the expection of receiving insurance money we decided to buy more entertainment and take them to McD’s! I know, I know, this is a very weak solution but, trust me, very practical. So my son-in-law has taken them to the shops to buy one new Nintendo and three new games (after the theft we were only left with three Nintendo’s and two games, a bad combination for four warring children). This afternoon, God willing, will be peaceful. At some point in the day we may walk them up to the village. There are several activities planned for this weekend, but it will be our luck that they are all totally unsuitable for children.
Since we left my dearly beloved had had a great week and I was beginning to think that I was the cause of all his troubles, but last night he was really unwell again. If only they would start the treatment we would feel he was on the road to recovery, in the meantime there is just this panicy feeling that this "thing" inside him is getting out of control. Scary. He should get the results of his kidney function test this coming week and then they may be able to start the chemo
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