Did anyone else audibly groan at the prospect of the schools opening “as a first priority”? It’s obvious to me that rates spiked in September just as the kids went back and everyone started mixing again. It would be the definition of madness to do the same thing again and expect a different result. I think we need to have vaccinated a lot more people before we can even consider sending the children back to school. With that being said though, I don’t have children myself and even though I have been struggling mentally with some of the aspects of this lockdown (not having seen my Mum for over a year, not being able to cuddle with my boyfriend), I have real sympathy to everyone on here who is homeschooling. It sounds stressful enough for those not currently working, let alone those of you who are also trying to juggle working from home. It makes me feel like I have it easy, even though I have days where I cannot bear to get out of bed and face the day.
I am category four and I spoke to my GP surgery this week, who told me I should expect a call in the next few days to book me in for a vaccine. I am hoping that receiving this will make me feel overall more positive.
I am also pro the idea of closing the borders. It’s worth a try for a month to see if it makes any difference in my view.
We should have been in Spain in Sept/Oct. Goa in India from mid October to 26th Dec. German New Year river cruise from 29th Dec to 5th Jan. A week in York in Jan - then off to Vietnam for TET for 3 months. 
I just remembered that my husbands car has to go in for a service next month and I will have to follow behind in my car to bring him home then take him back again when it’s finished. Almost as excited as if we were going on holiday! We won’t know ourselves when we can actually go on a holiday or to a gig again! 
