Friday 13th it is, hooray. Last Saturday we celebrated the 20th anniversary of PUC Ultimate, I was around the very first years and a huge bunch of legends showed up for a half-day hat tournament and another half-day of chatting, eating, drinking and laughing. Good times, back then and now. There’s not much to write home about, winter is here and I’m working under cover from my bed. Working hard on my government service, there’s so much to do and it’s so rewarding to lift this application to new heights. It’s almost the weekend, time to put my computer away and to wait for Monday in order to restart. Mr Weekend, why did you invent it?

This morning I made cycled all my way to the Ministères Transition écologique et Cohésion des territoires, Transition énergétique et Mer‘s office in the Grande Arche at infamous La Défense. That’s over 16 kilometers one way, basically twice what Monster Max is doing to get to his school (much earlier though, and every day). Luckily I had a Beta.Gouv colleague leading the way, especially the last kilometers are quite a nightmare in this formerly car-only business district that has its roots in the 1960s. A week at the cottage with gardening and more is done, Max’ birthday celebrated with 19k more people, and my heat pump (initially planned for fighting this summer’s heat waves, it now first serves fighting winter cold) installed. Back to work, that is coaching my AI to improve my Lucca application.

Waiting for Claude’s usage limit to reset… wo ist oben, wo ist unten?

Rentrée ? Done! It’s already its week #4 and I just said bye to motivated Max, who’s leaving the house at 7.10 in the morning. It’s starting to be chilly, and more annoyingly: it’s getting darker. The mornings are still beautiful, with the sun rising in now three minutes (Diane, it’s 7.33), but soon commuting at this evil hour will be less fun. Effi’s sleep is getting more reliable again, except for a sick night like today. Back to Beta for me, Monday is Carvivo time and the rest of the week belongs to where my heart sits. Last week I attended my first séminaire with the team, two days and one night with the crew in Paris. The day at a overwhelming French ministry building with our startup de l’état’s main sponsor, the Agence nationale de la cohésion des territoires (ANCT), and the night we went bowling, dining and drinking. Not much sleep but much fun. Now the family is up and active, it’s time to start my day.

The first week of the rentrée is almost done, I spent most of my time at The Good Start right on the canal. What a beauty of a spot! My beta coworkers are slowly coming back from vacations, and I started a new three-months-long CTOaaS mission alongside. Fully booked until further notice: my life as a freelance keeps doing perfectly fine. My parents are still in town, babysitting ever-eager Effi until later today before returning home. Last weekend we all celebrated mum’s 70th birthday, with all sisters plus families in beautiful Pantin. What a success, with William having eternalized our beautiful family through an arty-as-usual photo. Tomorrow I’ll do my rentrée with the CSP, looking forward to spin my legs a little.