Yesterday evening, my wife went out with some friends. She rarely does that and I think she needed it. But that means Wolfie and I spend the evening in. We had, in effect, a boys' night in, the first proper one in months, I believe. I think our last one was in March. It went as it always does: we have pizza dinner, we watch a movie on Netflix. That's about it. We are very lazy, but we enjoy it tremendously. That's the advantage of being a father of a cheeky little boy: he allows you to live a second childhood. I know I said it time and again, but it's still true. So Yes, I am looking forward to the next night in, whenever that may be.
Sunday, 19 May 2024
The Boys' Night In
Wednesday, 31 January 2024
My January (and yours)
I will start this post by aterrible cliché: this is the last day of January. A month that is often dreaded by people, often also disliked as one long, grey, dreary return to normal. I, for one, came to enjoy January. It is far from my favourite month, yet I came to enjoy it. Not sure when or how it happened exactly, but I made peace with it. It went really quickly, for one, partially because I took a lot of holidays this year. In fact, just like last year and the year before, I am currently on leave until, well, until tomorrow. It's another staycation and I enjoyed it doing nothing, or as little as possible. Maybe that's why I now love January more: I take more time off. Maybe also I am enjoying it because I feel less pressure when I do take holidays this month. Anyway, that was my January, what about yours?
Tuesday, 31 January 2023
January staycation
I have forgotten to mention it, but the last three working days of January, including of course today, I have been on holiday. I had to take leave before the end of the month, so I quickly booked them. Which means that I have been on holiday quite a lot in January, as I also took the first week off. Since Wolfie is at school, we haven't done anything special, but that is all right, I think January is not for exhausting activities anyway, if one can avoid it. I had done the same thing in 2022 and had enjoyed it a lot. So yes, in sum, I am starting to think that January is a fine month for taking short holidays, as long as they are staycations.
Wednesday, 26 January 2022
Staycation
I am on holiday this week, until the end of January. As this is a normal school time for Wolfie and we don't really have anywhere to go, I am having a staycation. And I am doing absolutely nothing with it, apart from chilling out and relaxing a bit. Dolce far niente, as my Italian friends would say. A staycation might not be the ideal way of spending free time for many, but in my case this is just what the doctor's ordered, and with it January is passing through really quickly. I don't want all my holidays this year to be a staycation, but have plenty of time to plan our next trip somewhere.
Saturday, 21 August 2021
Saturday at home
Happy Saturday everyone! How are you going to spend it? We did quite a lot of exciting things our last three weekends: see family and friends. But this one, at least today, we will most likely spend it in. Not because we are exhausted (although it is nice to stay in from time to time), but because they are forecasting thunderstorms and we'd rather not get caught in it. Beside, we have a lot of things to do on the home front, although I suspect we will do far less than what we have planned. But hey, sometimes it's good to be a bit lazy, especially during weekends. So anyway, a lazy (or not) Saturday in and a thunderstorm if we are lucky. What more to ask for?
Sunday, 3 January 2021
Polar Bear's Wisdom
I generally don't share on this blog silly meme found on social media, but this one was too funny to ignore. Today being the last day of my holidays, this is exactly what I am planning to do, because I haven't finished doing nothing.
Sunday, 20 September 2020
Dimanche
Il fut un temps où je n'aimais guère dimanche, enfin à partir d'une certaine heure le dimanche, quand je sentais la fin de semaine se terminer. J'étais alors pris de mélancolie. Je suis toujours mélancolique, mais beaucoup moins. C'est un peu parce que j'ai réappris les vertus du farniente le dimanche, mais ce n'est pas que ça. C'est en fait depuis le début du confinement que le dimanche n'a plus cet effet désagréable, comme si la pandémie avait "adouci" le jour de la semaine. Enfin, c'est mon expérience et ma perception des choses. Qu'en est-il de la vôtre?
Monday, 4 May 2020
Les drôles de vacances
Saturday, 15 February 2020
Les samedis à l'intérieur
Sunday, 9 February 2020
Windy Sunday
Wednesday, 15 January 2020
Howling Wind
Sunday, 21 July 2019
Dimanche: en faire le moins possible
Tuesday, 4 June 2019
Temps de désoeuvrement
Saturday, 26 January 2019
Les samedis de janvier
Tuesday, 1 January 2019
Le premier janvier: surtout ne rien faire
Sunday, 12 August 2018
Un chat qui paresse
Il faut se rendre à l'évidence: avoir un chat, c'est avoir un compagnon qui est inconstant et souvent indifférent face aux primates qui sont ses propriétaires. J'en prends pour preuve Domino: même avant la chatière, il passait ses journées et la plupart de ses soirées dehors. Sauf quand il pleut. Il ne vient ici que pour manger ou faire un somme, dans lequel cas il peut passer des heures sur le lit, le sofa ou le tapis et dormir. C'est ce qu'il est en train de faire en ce moment. C'est d'habitude dans ces heures-là qu'il revient, dans l'après-midi, il se met à pratiquer le farniente.
Monday, 28 May 2018
"Counting flowers on the wall..."
Sunday, 29 May 2016
Sunday without the blues
Sunday, 24 May 2015
Se sentir pantouflard
Afin d'illustrer le thème de ce billet, j'ai pris en photo mes pantoufles, au grand étonnement de ma femme quand elle m'a vu le faire. Avouez que c'est un geste d'une bêtise abrutissante. Enfin bref, je me suis senti pantouflard toute la journée, ce qui veut dire que je n'ai rien fait et suis resté dans mes pantoufles. Au Québec, on dit aussi végéter, vedger ou être vedge. Pantouflard, végéter, vedger et être vedge sont donc not mots du jour. Au moins ma prodigieuse inaction d'aujourd'hui m'a permis de trouver l'inspiration pour un billet.

