Well life has definitely been different over the last 15 months and the hubster and I had our ups and downs, laughter and tears!
- We got repatriated back to the UK from Greece via Germany – thanks to Thomas Cook 🛩
- Had an amazing week in Hong Kong walking miles every day exploring the city 🐉
- Had 5 holidays cancelled due to COVID-19 🌝
- Virtually attended two Galaxy Cons with William Shatner (Captain Kirk) and Henry Wilkner (The Fonz) and Lee Majors and Lindsay Wagner (Bionic man and woman) 🖖
- Struggled to work from home as my home is my home and not a workplace 🏠
- Walked 82 miles to raise money for the British Red Cross 🚶♀️
- Used TouchNote to send postcards to the family – really like sending proper post and receiving a letter ✍
- Rediscovered how much I like Corona beer 🍻
- Remembering daily for the last 7 years how much I miss my Dad 👤
- Hubster has been off work since March, now furloughed and has become the ultimate domestic god and his bread is worth fighting for 😘
- Realising how amazing my work colleagues are during the pandemic but they were already amazing 😇
- Crowdfunded several book projects through Unbound https://unbound.com/
- Watched more movies at home this year and would recommend 1917, A Call to Spy and Enola Holmes🍿
- Enjoyed lunches at the Boat and Horses with a friend 🧑💼
- Lost weight and discovered new places to buy clothes from 👚
- The joy of mid-week wine drinking – Malbec if you are wondering 🍷
- Road-trips to Whitby, Oxford and Wye Valley 🚙
- Missing and remembering Ann, mother-in-law and her cooking which always covered in butter! 😋
- Virtually attending weekly comedy gigs with Sarah Millican and friends – check out her twitter for details 🤣
- Bought a ticket to watch West Side Story at the Royal Exchange, really looking forward to it and then it was cancelled due to COVID-19 😔
- Started listening to Radio 2 🎵
- Welcomed time spent with our volunteers and Peer Support Group members during lockdown – real people, real stories, real heroes 😄
- Volunteered to paint benches at Blackley Crematorium 🙎♀️
- Invested in digital gold and premium bonds – just trying to diversify our portfolio lol 🌏
- As it’s October it means my Park Hamper vouchers are due back and then my Christmas shopping will be complete 🌲
- Managed 2 trips to the Welsh valleys to see the family, missing them all but luckily have technology and skills to use face-time and social media – missing cwtches 😕
- Pledged money to VCSE organisations that are making a difference to people’s lives 👍
- Still enjoying crunchy nut cornflakes
- Discovered overnight porridge oats – really late to the game on this one! 🥣
- In awe of the work of VCSE organisations in Manchester during lockdown and now in recovery 👏
- Fed up with having days of feeling down and working long hours 😴
- I love reading books and must make more time to read 🧐
- If you like Pina Coladas and getting caught in the rain, so do I! Well, I prefer a margarita or two or a mohito 🍹
- Rewatching Dr Who episodes with David Tennant – Bad Wolf Bay 👽
- Having time off work has meant the hubster has spent more time on his photography and he doesn’t realise how good he is – https://tbayliss-photography.picfair.com/
- Need to stop buying face coverings in different colours and styles 😷
- And lived through a national lockdown and local restrictions – and now not sure if we are in Tier 2 or Tier 3 who knows!
And who knows what the next six months will bring…
