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aquagoat
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Only the usual support I get when I'm unemployed, nothing extra.
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So, no income support in France like in the UK or Australia?
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Sorry to hear that... that's rough!
My boyfriend's family has allowed him to come over, so with a little bit of luck he'll be here on Saturday or Sunday.
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Couples being kept apart is also rough.
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Fortunately BF has been given the OK to come over to us. Unfortunately his mother's got sick so we're hoping she recovers soon and that it's nothing
serious.
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aquagoat
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No, no special support. But my employment agency contacted me, yesterday, so, with a little luck, maybe I'll work again soon.
Yes, it's not easy being kept apart but we manage to see each other quite regularly. Even though it's gonna be more difficult during the next few
weeks since her daughter is back at home due to the fact that she's got to be operated on because of an hernia.
Hope your boyfriend's mom has got nothing serious, Bonny.
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The doctor came to check her up and now it's the waiting game.
Sorry to hear about your girlfriend, I hope she's OK...
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Ok, it's never fun when you're kept waiting in the dark, like that.
As for my girlfriend, she's ok. I realize my previous post isn't really clear. It's actually her daughter who must be operated on. It's nothing too
serious but she will have to stay at her mother's place for a few weeks.
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polydigm
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Well, all the best to everyone, just in case!
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aquagoat
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Thanks, Poly.
I should start working again as soon as May 11th, actually. We'll see.
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BF's here! 
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Good news!!
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Well he went back home again, but we had lots of fun playing Full Throttle, going on walks and tinkering with computers and wifi. 
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Cool, glad you had a good time together, Bonny.
It is confirmed that I'll resume work on May 11th. I've got plenty of gloves, masks, gel, etc.. to work with. I'm ready.
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Good to hear! Congratulations!
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I’ve finished the veranda, but now have to sort out the floor.
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Nice! Hope you don't have to do any concrete for that
My bosses were in a sweet mood and sent all employees a box of chocolates. They're from Tony Chocolonely, the first slave-free chocolate brand. I'm
happy they've done so well and so many chocolate manufacturers have followed suit.
In the past few years there has been a trend of inventing weird chocolate flavours, Tony's were also one of the first, if not the first, to try this
out. My favourite is dark milk which combines milk chocolate's creamy structure with pure chocolate's flavour. Once I bravely (haha) bought their
limited edition Pina Colada chocolate - white with pineapple and rum. And this comes from somebody who doesn't like white chocolate too much and who
doesn't drink: it was way too good. 
Even so I found some of their chocolates more... questionable... like the White Raspberry Poprock bar. It's an expensive brand due to its fairtrade
nature and spending three euros on 300 grams of chocolate for something that may taste horrible... Luckily the package work sent also had one of
these.
Well, at least it satisfied my curiosity... but I'm glad I've never bought a full bar. Too sweet and not that much pop.
Aside from milk, dark, white and hazel, and my beloved dark milk, there are other weird flavours in it. Today I had dark almond seasalt, which I
didn't like much. I still have milk caramel seasalt, milk nougat and milk pretzel toffee still to go.
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Today is the Dutch WW2 memorial day. There are usually remembrance services at military graveyards, the concentration camps and other places - the
biggest ones at the Monument on the Dam in Amsterdam, where the king land many officials place wreaths, and the Waasdorpervlakte, where between 250
and 280 jews and resistance fighters were executed by firing squad. (ironically also two WW2 criminals, among them one of the big fish, Anton
Mussert).
I once attended the Monument on the Dam. Having a group of 100,000 people be silent for two minutes is awe-inspiring.
This year will definitely be unique.
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Good news, Poly.
Ha, chocolates can definitely be hit or miss. Not very much a fan of chocolate, myself.
Yes, this year's celebrations are gonna be quite special.
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Well, there has been the issue of two roof leaks, which I have now almost completely fixed. As I'm sure you can appreciate Aqua, having a hole (for a
flyover bracket) in a corrugated iron roof where two sheets overlap is very problematic. You can't just seal it with a rubber boot lined with
silicone, as water's capillary action is notorious and it sneaks in between. Out of seven flyover brackets, two have given me real grief. Add to that,
one is through an overlap that wasn't done properly by a builder a long time ago and I discovered that the facia board in line with it has been
silently rotting for years. It's fixable, but par for the course with this house - there have been many dodgy things that needed fixing up since we've
lived here.
I like chocolate far too much.
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