Three weeks!

I am trying hard to stay focused on my project in France despite being somewhat sidelined by a husband who recently underwent surgery and who needs an awful lot of my attention. While I am happy to give him everything he needs, I have to admit to feeling emotionally and physically wiped out much of the time. 

Thinking about the Clocktower Cottage and mentally rearranging furniture, imagining funky pieces of vintage wall art on certain walls, figuring out how to turn grain sacks into Roman shades, thinking about everything I will throw out and what to keep, is a good way to cheer up and distract myself so I dont get too lost in matters out of my control.

I asked my Realtor for some recommendations for a handyman and a housekeeper and she provided a couple of people she knows who come highly recommended. 

The handyman's name is Ludovic Mora. I love the sound of it! Surely he is the sullen type with hunched shoulders and a constant five o'clock shadow. Perhaps we will have a pastis together at the end of a long day, then he can return to his donkey, whose name could be Marie. Maybe he brings Marie with him on odd jobs and she snorts her displeasure when he ignores her for long periods. I could do my part by having a selection of treats on hand. Carrots seem so cliche. What else do donkeys nibble on to pass a dull day?

The housekeeper's name is Sue O'Neil. Just Sue. Just O'Neil. I'm having a hard time trying to create a mini fantasy encompassing a woman with that name. But, for a housekeeper it's a perfectly good and efficient-sounding name. Someone who can be trusted to get the job done. Someone who speaks English! I wonder what language Ludovic speaks. I wonder if he has a nickname. Ludo? Vic? Gosh, I am just a nut!!