Wow, it's been a long time. Everything has been fine. We had a disconnected Christmas, the family distributed all over the place, so we celebrated quietly, at home. Anne came over. Same for New Year's Eve. Very quiet and I think we appreciate quiet sometimes.
At the Winter school break, Chl came to spend the week with us because she was enrolled in the pony club week-long half-days of activity. It was great fun. So much so, she is doing it again, during Spring break, next week.
A little over two weeks ago, I fell. I missed the curb and tripped onto the street, landing on my right side. I knew something was wrong when people tried to help me up and ended up dragging me to the sidewalk. One guy, who actually saw me fall came running from his work and stayed with me until the pompiers (Fire brigade EMTs) arrived to take me to a hospital, told me that I was the 10th person he'd seen fall exactly as I had at that spot and that the city was aware of the dangerous extra-high curb. As soon as I'm really up and about, I'll go back and thank him, again. He called the security people from the Gare de Lyon; some police showed up; other passers-by stopped to see if they could help. I felt very well surrounded.
So, today I voted. I had hoped to be able to walk (with crutches) all the way to the polling station. It's normally a 5-minute walk. I just don't have the stamina I hoped for. Paul drove me over and picked me up. That's done.
I'm making headway with our taxes. I am in the process of calculating the French tax on something in order to claim a foreign tax credit on the U.S. taxes. Then, I can finish both the U.S. and French declarations. I just can't sit for long. It's stop and go.
And that's it.
