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Plans for ways to spend next week are coming together nicely. The original idea was to simply use it as a ‘week from work’ and a chance to recharge and recuperate. Now, we seem to be cramming in as much activity as possible. But can you blame us? Nearly four months of family members missing out on seeing Mathew. A third of a year stuck at home, with our only time out being spent in stressful work situations, where we both had to learn a completely new way of achieving tasks that used to seem commonplace and untesting? I think each and every one of us is desperate to get back to the things we’ve been missing, and for us the top of the list is family.

We’re having another top-notch Chesworth BBQ at ours next Monday. I shall purchase ridiculous amounts of quality meat from our quality local butchers, and I shall happily cook outside while my son gets reacquainted with both his aunties. We’re hoping to see Ted and Beryl too, but we need to be careful on that one due to their age and vulnerability. Beryl would happily walk from theirs to ours, being coughed at by confirmed Covid cases all the way, if it meant she could cuddle our youngster, but we don’t want to risk them getting ill on our account. We’d rather forego seeing them for another month if it means we’ll get to spend the next few Christmases with them.

RC 8-7-20