Holiday! Celebrate!!

Hello dear readers. Sorry I’ve been AWOL but it’s been really busy – I’ve got a gazillion plates all merrily spinning in the air and it’s been pretty intense. But now, rejoice! rejoice!, I have one precious week off work. You know how you keep going on and on because you have no choice, and then you get a week off and you’re hit with a tsunami of exhaustion? That was me on Friday night; I hadn’t realised how difficult it’s been to just keep functioning and smiling for the last 4 months. It feels like I’ve got PTSD which is highly dramatic and obvs not really true, but it’s the only way I can describe it. I was considering sneaking off to France which as a healthcare worker I’m allowed to, no quarantine (awesome) but I decided not to. I don’t want to lie on the form to say I’m going on business when I’m not. Obviously I wouldn’t be flying – that was miserable enough before Covid. Can you imagine now? Nope, Eurostar all the way baby, hence Paris or Amsterdam or summat.

Instead, I shall be staycationing and working on much-neglected AlaraApothecary business. The retail industry is in a real bind at the moment. After the initial flurry, footfall is declining again because the shopping experience is so rubbish. After being on my feet for 9 hours each day, I can’t tell you how much I hate queueing up at the supermarket etc. And so does everyone else – you know what you hardly ever hear now? Laughter. Molto depressing, as we say in Firenze. Shops have to bring back that fun element or the high street is doomed. If I owned a non-essential store, I’d get a whole Hawaii vibe going : leis upon entry ( you can sanitise them and let them dry before individually bagging them), and little shot glasses of punch – boozy or otherwise. Let’s get this party started. In this spirit, I’m going to have nothing on here today that is not amusing. There is just too much depressing stuff going on. AlaraApothecary: we lift your spirits. Therefore, I’m sharing all my favourite memes and videos etc from the last 4 months (4 months! It’s so wrong!!). No post would be complete without an example of how amazing God’s creation is. Have a deko at the video of the Aurora Australis at the bottom; consider it your sermon for today. Don’t let anyone convince you that you’re nothing special; compared to you, the aurora australis is a cheap handheld sparkler. Have a fabulous week.