La rentrée!

It's a big week this week. I will head off to Biarritz today from Pau ahead of a flight to Madrid tomorrow morning. I have a 2 day planning meeting with my new EMC team. I am looking forward to going back to work so I can get some peace and quiet. Whereas I used to say that being a stay at home mum was just as hard as any other job to ensure I didn't offend anyone, now I genuinely believe it. On my way back from Madrid I will pick up a Danish girl. This has been pre-arranged - it is not as if I am giving myself 48 hours to complete a ridiculously difficult adulterous task whilst in the Spanish capital. Kathrine is our new au pair and she will replace Marianne who returns to England on Friday. Thankfully Marianne has a few weeks of holiday left to get her energy back before she embarks on her second gruelling year of academic study (and nightclubbing) in London.....In addition to all this, I am actually only spending 2 days in Madrid (the meeting is 3 days long) because Thursday 1st September is la rentrée for Maxime - his first day at school. Both Sandie and I are looking forward to this big event, maternal tears are expected. In fact I am just back this morning from taking him to the hairdressers to make sure he is looking his best. The operation was a great success although it cost me the largest chocolate gateau known to man. A big week indeed.....