Some of you may remember me blathering about a young lady called Francesca some time ago. More recently, I'd lost contact with her again, since I believe she has changed jobs since our last email exchanges and I had heard nothing. I'd searched through old emails, to no avail.

Then, suddenly, a week or so ago she contacted me again: she and her man are to pass through Paris this week! Tonight is the night when I shall see her again. We're all going to go off to a restaurant somewhere and catch up with each other again, minus Psycho. I asked if she'd like to come along, but she doesn't want to - she dislikes 'Cesca quite intensely (for obvious reasons) and thinks that my old friend is aggressive and competitive with her. This is not entirely untrue, but it's also part of her humour: she's quite scathing at times.

I am now less concentrated on my work than I should be. Bah.