Island Paradise – Covid alternative summer

So here we are on the island paradise of Koh Chang. And what a beautiful place it is! I promise this isn’t a gloaty post!!! I’m fact despite being on a beautiful tropical island, I’m desperately missing our annual trip back to the UK! We should be frolicking with...

Bye bye lockdown, hello ‘new normal’

So here we are over halfway through 2020 and what a bloody disaster it’s been! Would be handy if we could just write it off and come back afresh in Jan 2021!! As we are well and truly saying goodbye to lockdown, it’s a chance for me to reflect on the past 6 months. It...

Homeschool – Locked in and locked down

So… here we are, Day 6873(!?!?!) of homeschool lockdown and all is as expected at Begley primary. Just not that organised! It’s taking every ounce of my strength to even vaguely follow the timetable the kids have for homeschool and anything on top of that generally...

Covid-19: Stay the f*ck at home

My mum’s just texted my sister and I. One of her friends’ daughters has just died from Covid-19. The text ended: …don’t get complacent. I love you both so much. This brought the seriousness of the situation home once more. I’m not being complacent, far from it, but...

Esther the Easter cat

So here we are, week 4 in isolation having just enjoyed a quiet Easter with the family. I’m learning a lot about myself including what perhaps my days before lockdown really consisted of. Basically, I spent much time in coffee shops, visited lots of non-essential...