2021: our year
This is the yearly roundup post - as I've done almost every year for 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 seems to be skipped as I got to grips with mothering two little ones, and 2015 . So what's 2021 been like for us? After the enforced slowdown of 2020, Covid is still with us as I write: so much for the initial 2-week duration initially given! Wearing masks has become normal, gatherings are infrequent, and when they do happen we've become used to keeping a bit of a distance. Clapping for carers has given way to a jaded, tired distance kept by most people... I lament that very much, but there's hope for new beginnings this coming Spring even as we seem to be headed for another lockdown just after Christmas, thanks to Omicron. But, let's look back. We really didn't do much extraordinary stuff in the first half of the year - I stayed busy working mostly when Mr. wasn't working (evenings!) and much of what we used to do with the kids still wasn't on. So we m