What an unbelievably long year that took a relatively short time to pass!
Okay, so I know that made no sense at all, but you might just have an inkling as to what I’m talking about.
2021 feels like a year unlike no other, for me. There were ups and downs, throughout it, but, the overwhelming feeling I had, was of existing.
It felt as if I just needed to ‘get through’.
I think I just about existed through the year if I’m totally honest with you.
Do you know what I mean?
More remote learning, though the beginning of the year. More uncertainty as Covid got its claws stuck in, then kin of retracted them, then attacked, again. So many Lateral Flow Tests.
And from September, a new class filled with gorgeous children, some of whom had the hardest collective level of need that our school had ever faced.
My brain was like mush, in many ways. I couldn’t concentrate on much more than what I was doing in school, and keeping the household going, at home.
No real breakthrough in my writing. Yes, I blogged every Monday and Sunday, with the odd other post, but even my beloved blog couldn’t get my creative juices flowing.
And even though I lost some weight at the beginning of the year, it all piled back on, and then some…
We lost my uncle, too…
Oh, then there was my Bro-in-law fracturing his ankle in two places, meaning an operation and he is still unable to walk unaided, Father-in-law getting his cataracts done, Pops having his operation, my mother-in-law having her knee operations cancelled, Mum hurting her leg at the end of the year, and another family member is hospital too…
But, as I said, there were many ups, too.
No one tested positive in our family.
We did find our forever home and I now have my own writing room, and everyone has the space they crave, including Lil Man and a garden where he can go cricket-mad.
I did get through my first academic year as Phase Leader of the Early Years department, and in School Management.
Lil Man passed his GCSEs and is now doing his A-Levels.
Lil Princess became a teenager (and she doesn’t let us forget!)
We celebrated our 20th Wedding Anniversary.
I managed to see Pops and Mum twice, at least.
I got some fabulous news at the tail end of the year… still not 100% confirmed, but fingers crossed, soon!
And that is the end of this year.
I end it exhausted, and still not 100% sure what I am walking into, when I go to school on Tuesday, or what the rest of the year holds… but I live in hope!
How was your 2021?
Come on 2022! Let’s see what you’ve got in store for us!
But I Smile Anyway... 
