Yesterday, four and a half years after she started working there, I finally got to see inside of the secure building that is the workplace of la bienheureuse. The excuse was a meeting with a lawyer specialising in tax affairs who was giving us a lesson in how to fill in our tax form. Up until now we've had it done for us by accountants provided by the company under the terms of la bienheureuse's transfer to Lyon. This year we're on our own. Not that there appears much to it, particularly if we do it online, but it was nice to get one or two points and questions cleared up. Taxes in France are still paid in arrears, so this is last year's tax we're talking about - more detail on the subject in the adjacent post...
Anyway, very nice it was too. The building la bienheureuse works in, I mean. Pleasant landscaped inner courtyard, bright airy reception area, greenery everywhere. I passed up the opportunity to go upstairs to see the inner sanctuary, la bienheureuse's office, which was deemed 'too untidy' for the meeting with the tax advisor. Maybe next time...
As for my own work, as usual it's a bit of a struggle to buckle down to it. But once this piece is posted, I resolve do so. Once I've been shopping for weekend provisions. Though it's pissing down with rain at the moment, so that might have to wait. Maybe lunch first, then shopping, then work...
