A full day ahead

Slept 9pm till 8am. Feel somewhat better. Why do I get these colds ? I eat loads more salad and stuff than I did in Britain, honest. Could I REALLY have caught it from the brother who I saw on Thursday who had a cold ? Are you REALLY saying that it's viruses and there's not a lot I can do about it ?

Anyway. Today it's :

10:30 assembly at Town Hall ready for Victory in Europe commemoration.
11:00 Marseillaise
12:00 to music school for lunch (thanks for the pizza, Pat) followed by extraordinary practice
16:00 to Eglise Libre for meeting of Fédération Protestante, followed by supper (thanks for pizza, Pat)
21:00 home.

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pippinsmum said…
When we were at Gadebridge and Spicer Street Martin said he often got a old after stewarding. A Doctor friend at Sppicer always washed his hands immediately after finishing his stint on the door. Maybe as you are in France yousshould swap the handsheke fro mwah mwah
11:09 am
Alan said…
Yes. I've often made this point to people here - the cold virus is transmitted far more by hand to hand contact than by any other. You're better off doing the bise than shaking hands, really...
2:54 pm
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