And so it continues.
In the UK there are signs that things may be improving, Sue
and I along with a large percentage of the population have had our first vaccine
jabs (the only time I have looked forward to an injection), and restrictions
are gradually being lifted in accordance with the governments plan. However
worldwide the story is more mixed – Australia and New Zealand have opened up to
each other and my mother has had holidays in country, but India and other
countries are showing significant spikes and new variants.
As a result, we have decided to delay our 2019 Spanish
holiday another year as we cannot guarantee that this COVID situation will be back
to normal by the summer.
Sue and I continue to work from home, and we are quite happy
for the arrangement to continue.
As the weather in the northern hemisphere improves, we have
been out in the countryside (we are so lucky with where we live for access to wide
open spaces to roam). The Rule of 6 means we have hosted several small outdoor
gatherings, mostly around a fire pit as it is still quite cold out. We have
managed to get together with family and friends in gardens (often to help with
projects). We have had a mini heat wave, and times, snow.
All of this has prompted us to do some work on the house and
garden, with plans to replace the windows at the back, adding patio doors to the garden, and to remodel the
open space by moving the furniture to a new patio and digging out a sunken area
where we can put a dedicated fire pit to keep us warm during the colder times.
We are getting help which is just as well as I am feeling the repercussions of
physical exercise in my old bones.
I am sure this will not be the last of this but we have hope
that things will improve.
