The capricious television does not work this evening in the family living room in Paris.
So it is in front of the computer screen connected to the France 2 newscast that Celine, 46, follows the presidential address alongside her daughter, Louise, 6, and her son Arthur, 8.
Her husband, a police officer, had planned to be at the cathodic meeting, but an "emergency at work" prevents her from being there, "that's the job of a cop."
“Marseillaise” on the air.
“Be careful, kids are off, he will make announcements that concern your daily life!
»Warns Céline, presenter on a radio station, who allows herself a glass of rosé to relax in the face of so many uncertainties.
Emmanuel Macron draws up the state of health of the country, evokes "a more deadly virus".
"Do you understand what he's saying?"
»Asks the mother.
" Yes !
Arthur replies, his fist snuggled up against Rodin's “Thinker” chin.
“There is suspense, a bit like in manga,” laughs this fan of Japanese drawings.
Céline is impatient: "Come on, he spits out his Valda pastille!"
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The tenant of the Elysee announces a week of school at home, followed by two weeks of vacation before returning to class on April 26 in nursery and primary.
The forty-something is "a little relieved".
“He still takes everyone on the wrong foot.
I expected worse after what we experienced last year around the same time.
A week of school at home is a lesser evil, ”she breathes.
A hell"
It remains to be seen how the couple will manage to organize themselves.
"It's a real question," replies Madame.
At that hour, another question mark.
“We cannot telework because of our professions.
Well, if the police fall into the category of priority personnel such as caregivers, perhaps our children can be accommodated in a school, ”she hopes.
She has very bad memories of "home schooling" during confinement, a year ago, when she tried to take care of her offspring, while trying to "work" remotely.
“Hell!
It's not complicated, it's impossible.
Well then, I am incapable of teaching, of explaining a multiplication.
Already that the homework, that makes me drunk… ”, she is alarmed.
Louise, for her part, liked it when her father taught her "to write letters".
The holidays fall by the wayside
Another "concern" to be resolved: the "kids" then being on leave a week earlier, we will have to find a solution here too.
The use of "vaccinated" but elderly grandparents, domiciled in the south of France, "is not won".
"We are in the m ...", she sums up.
What is certain is that Arthur, in CE2 and Louise, in CP, will not remain alone in their room.
"I'm doing stupid things," confesses the boy with the angel's face.
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What is also certain is that the week of escape all four, as of April 19, "is messed up".
“The family home in Corrèze is more than 10 km from Paris,” smiles Céline.
"I'm sad not to go on vacation," continues Arthur.
His dad, he commented to us from a distance on the Elyos verdict.
“Three weeks with children immobilized in the city, it's going to be difficult.
Hopefully the measures bear fruit.
It shouldn't last too long ... "
