It was inevitable, as they say. COVID19 has come home. I mean, it’s not come to my home, but it came to my youngest sister’s…
It’s another new year, and I feel it’s going to be a chaotic one. Which is more reason for me to set some goals and…
As always, I had some pretty bold ambitions for 2021. And, as always, I had to let go of some of my goals along the…
I’m home! After 856 days away, I have finally returned home to hug my parents. (Real hugs are way better than proxy hugs!) I began…
I received my COVID19 booster vaccine last Sunday and am now fully vaccinated against COVID19 – and more! I don’t know if this makes me…
… and I will walk 10,000 more. (Just to be the [wo]man who walked 5 million steps to smash a goal…) One year ago today,…
My quest to (slowly) re-join society after 18+ months of (near) isolation is speeding up these days. So much so that I enjoyed not one,…
Today is the start of Global ITP Awareness Week, an international event that takes place during the USA’s National ITP Awareness Month. And so, as…
I made another step into society this week with a visit to Edinburgh. It was my first time in the city since the day I…
As I look back over my (general) health over the last 18 months, I am struck by how healthy I have been. And, ironically, it’s…
Life has changed so much in the last 16 months, but life has also been very static. Yes, everything has changed, and nothing has changed,…
Now that I am fully vaccinated and the COVID19 situation in Scotland seems to be improving, I am beginning to take baby steps back into…
I received my second dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID19 vaccine late last week and am now fully vaccinated against COVID19. After more than a year of…
It has been more than a year since my COVID19 isolation began. In that time, I have slowly lost more and more of my motivation…
Another year has gone by without my husband by my side. After 12 years of this horrible widow life, I have come to know what…
After more than a year of various COVID19 restrictions, including fairly strict lockdown measures for the last three months, we are starting to “open up”…
Today marks one year since the UK’s COVID19 lockdown measures became “law” – three days after the “stay home” orders were announced. Since then, the…
Twelve months of (mostly) isolation. Wow! I still can’t figure out how that happened, given that at the end of Month Two we were still…
Regular readers will know that I have been (mostly) isolating since 13 March 2020. This is because I am on the shielding list due to…
It has now been eleven months since my COVID19 isolation began. Eleven months! That is just crazy. But then again, life during a deadly global…