Hey lovely WordPress friends! Itās been a while. When I said I was taking a break back in February I really didnāt expect it to be for this long. At this moment Iām not actually sure Iām done having a break – I just wanted to say āHi!ā
So far 2021 has been pretty much as weird as 2020 was. Some things seem to be āgoing back to normalā but the reality is that everything is still different. In my house almost everyone is still working from home at least 4 days per week. Church is still different, and my course which I started during the pandemic is still online; although I have met a few of my classmates in person now. From September we get to go in to the college for one day of the course weekend. Iāll probably get a train in to the city those days – thatās still different too as masks are required on public transport.
Anyway, boring, boring! Is anything interesting actually happening to tell you about? Apart from the fact that two of my family currently have Covid? – Donāt worry theyāre okay. Fortunately just a mild dose by the look of it.
Probably the most fun thing thatās happened this year is that my friend K and I have been getting into car camping. We made wee window covers for our cars and weāve been collecting camping kit (mostly for feeding ourselves) in boxes. We pack up our cars and drive for an hour or two to our meeting point and then weāll maybe go for a swim in a Loch, make ourselves dinner over a camping stove and share some wine or cider, sleep in our cars and go for a hike up a hill the next day. Or perhaps do the hike at sunset and the swim in the morning? Anyway, thatās kept me going through this year of āno events to go toā.
Iāve joined up with a team doing street work with the homeless once a month. Thatās been interesting too – not in the same way obviously. Itās good to meet people and hear their stories though and hopefully be an encouragement and a help to them too.
Iāve managed to get myself off the antidepressants this year too. The CBT training and therapy helped a lot with strategies and stuff. Some days I still struggle a bit but on the whole I can manage my mental health and my emotions a lot better. Iāve got back into exercise again too which really helps. I joined the local gym and Iāve been swimming twice a week, going to the gym a couple of times and doing my Piyo class too, now that itās started up again.
Other than that I think life has ticked over with work, walks with friends and hanging out with family and my wee friend B. My highlight (apart from car camping) was getting to go to the Eden Project in Cornwall in the summer.
So thatās you all caught up with the excitement that is my life! š I may or may not drop by again. Depends if I can decide what to say. The problem is probably not that I have nothing to say – just that I donāt know where to start! š¤·š¼āāļø
Take care my friends. I hope youāre all well, healthy and happy. X
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