Feeling slightly competitive...

So far, we are doing pretty well as we head towards the end of the second week of self-confinement. We have found our daily routine between télétravail, online schooling, live-streaming uni lectures, yoga classes via zoom, exercising that ancient treadmill and, of course, the virtual aperòs with friends.

We also have more time for family meals and board games... turns out Monopoly has become a brilliant tool for the kids to practice their negotiation skills... and believe me their Neapolitan side comes out in full flare at times.

We do not regularly play board games but I have found this a good way to take Expat hubby's mind off work and cheer up my teenage daughter who is missing the interaction with her peers tremendously. Of course, it all starts heading south when Expat boy - who hates to lose - realizes he is running out of cash... but the giggles and the laughs far outweigh the Mummy-Son gaming feud.

The French government meanwhile has confirmed a further two weeks of lockdown and I am waiting for Amazon to ship the Louvre Cluedo game by tonight.