Well here we are in 2021. Lockdown 3. Numbers seem to spiral. But at last vaccine 1 2 and 3 are approved. Shielding letter duly arrived. No tins of spam. Yet!

Christmas was different. Friends and family flooded. My parents ill. My sisters isolating. Our children locked in around the country. My brother made a rapid dash back to Canada. Our London children all Covid ill. As a parent all you want to do is help. In Covid land we must stand back and send parcels and desperately hoping and hoping ok.

No news from Dipstick or anyone really. It’s no doubt bonkers in NHS land for every one of them. In the absence of suitable msu tests I have made up my own remedies and doing a reasonable job.

GP rang. I hope you are shielding. You get the next vaccine after the over 80’s. Great. But do not pass go. Go

to hospital you are too allergic. Let’s see what happens. May be awhile!

But we are getting there. There is light at the end of this. Meanwhile it’s zooms argh and bridge 2NT and ukelele ( yes ukulele) and bread. We can’t eat it all so under cover of darkness and using my exercise slot to great benefit I’ve deposited loaves on unsuspecting friends’ doorsteps. Hope they’ve found it.

Here we go 2021 we can do this. Hopefully everyone is as ok as possible. That Christmas was as ok as possible. This year will be very much OK er.