The latest variant of Covid has proved to be extremely contagious but mild...a good combination. Fortunately non of us caught it...though DS1 wouldn't have objected to a few days off work. By the end of this month it looks as though all restrictions will be over and no more self isolation for Covid infections...so you're off work if you're actually poorly but not if you are asymptomatic which makes sense to me. DD is less happy about it...she has health anxiety, which makes total sense and is angry that clinically vulnerable people like her are not being prioritized. There is no way anyone can protect everyone from Covid... anyone who wants can have 3 jabs against the virus...and lots of publicity encouraging people to get them (but still just over 90% have had the first vaccine never mind the rest). Covid is going to be around a long time, possibly forever, and we have to learn to live with it, not good if you have health issues like DD but that is life.
DP got a stomach bug and was ill enough for a couple of days...nowhere near as ill as he makes out but his over acting scared DS2 who is constantly worried about getting the bug...DP does love the drama and likes to make out he he so heroic. I would seriously love to know how he sees himself and the world... not sure how much I would recognise. I think he sees himself as doing far more in the house than he does...he had a questionnaire to fill in from the NHS and it asked how many hours caring he did a week, he wanted to know how many hours to put down for caring for DD!!! The honest answer would have been 0 but I imagine he put down full time...he really does seem to think he does everything and that the whole family would fall apart if he wasn't here doing all the work. Totally delusional!
DD has a post that went mildly viral and got over 8M views which was slightly surreal ...unfortunately it doesn't help any of her other posts which barely get seen at all due to Instagram's weird algorithm. We went out to Burton Agnes to take photos in the wood which are carpeted with snowdrops...very beautiful and very cold...the photo was lovely but has been seen by barely anyone which is hard for DD. DF turned up to meet friends there just as we were ready to leave...he had mentioned going but I was sure he'd said another day...annoying but fortunately he didn't say anything fatphobic to DD, he is obsessed with peoples weight...he even asked after the cats weight!
DS1 is seriously talking about starting working to getting a driving license, he really does need his own transport but I'll believe it when I see it. He is also weighing up just renting so he can move out rather than hanging on here in the hopes of buying. He is finding being here hard with DP and DS2 ...and also DD some days... I think he would also like to start dating and that's super hard if you live in your parents house.
Other than that life is fairly quiet...which I like. DF seems to be coping just fine without DM, I miss her not at all which is hardly surprising given how little she added to my life for far too many years. I don't hear from DB at all but that's not new and isn't going to change no matter how much DF fantasises about us as a loving close family.
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