Two Steps Forward, One Back

1.8.14:

This week has been more of the same but with strange weather, depressing news, and a few worries about Christian thrown in:

• Visits to Christian on Tuesday and Thursday, coming back with Brian and then Terry and Ann.
• Dinner of chilli with Nick and Lizzie on Monday
• Drink in the bar on Tuesday night with Nancy who is back in the vilage for the summer
• Dinner with David, Laura, Martine and Maggie at the restaurant on Thursday after which I went over to the bar to listen to the music and where I joined Nancy and her visitor, Lynda . The singer was mediocre, I have to say.
• Dinner chez Nancy on Friday
• Three sessions of physio for my back
• Had the front door painted
• Supermarket shopping with Maggie on Friday

Christian hasn't been so good although he doesn't really let on. He's been having difficulty with his breathing and is starting to accumulate a bit of water around his middle.

Weather:
28th: 24°, Rain in the afternoon
29th: 25°, Sunny 
30th: 28°, Sunny and windy
31st: 31°, Hot and sunny
1st: 28°,   Rain and thunder

Headlines:

• Heavy Israeli bombing in Gaza. Schools hit and the death toll is mounting rapidly
• Conflict in Libya intensifies with expats being evacuated
• Ebola deaths mounting with more African countries being affected
• 100th  anniversary of the outbreak of 1914-18 war in France