It is the day before the new year so we're having a bit of a look at things from the last year on this blog
One reason this blog continues to exist is the need to have a space for more middle or even grown up things at times having deliberated at times the need to keep it going with having the littles one.
We normally publish a kind of review but as I have said before this year has been in such a state of flux it's been no sooner than I had a planned and at least partially written blog ready then it's been all change so of necessity it is different than the planned one.
The year has been very much the year of the virus from us feeling towards the end of twenty twenty that the worst of it was with those of us who had been more or less shielding coming out of the woodwork as I visited Sandbach a few times before we went back into reverse.
It is kind of hard to underestimate how it feels to be think you can be out more, even perhaps staying with friends only to have it dashed in the new year but that's how it was with the Delta variant.
Because of all of that inevitably a fair bit of blog coverage was devoted to the ups and downs this virus and our battle with it.
The one saving grace of the year was the Vaccination program that had got away around December 19th the previous year and was ramped up across the year getting the overwhelming majority of adults vaccinated which although we needed to have second vaccinations and in the last two and bit months boosters to deal with both the inevitable drop in protection over time and the Omicron variant that appears to date to be faster at spreading if less severe.
So far in after a dismal few months in the Winter and Spring we have had less restrictions in England for a longer period than pre March twenty twenty, able with caution to have christmas with families and even celebrate new year because that linkage between cases that are very high and people in hospital have been decimated and some for good measure.
That was a massive achievement.
Vaccination is working although we remain to stay cautious and be sensible about mixing with people especially large groups.
Education got back to class although I remain concerned about the long term developmental and psychological impact of this whole period on children's welfare missing schooling, social learning and mental health it has been bad enough for many adults part from underscoring inequalities.
I did read more comics and listen to music in part to keep the continual dripping of anxiety from covid heavy news reports and speculation under some control, avoiding being a news junkie and spending more time out of doors.
I managed to get to one of our littles meets which helped no end with recovering from the stresses and strains of the last fifteen months and we had a Halloween party too.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed our next meet is able to happen in a few months time.
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