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Well I am back after taking a break from Mylot. What a very different world we live in compared to when I took a break. So much has happened in the past month that has changed our world. The Covid-19 has caused absolute horrible consequences for most of us. Unable to mix with our loved ones. Recently my aunt died of covid and we had the funeral this week under very strange new restrictions. I did not go to the funeral but was able to watch the service on- line from home. How clever and I am grateful that I was at least able to be there albeit whilst not even leaving my house. Not all doom and gloom though as my nephew who contracted it after three weeks in Intensive care recovered and has been discharged home. So for us things are very different social distancing is the order of the day. Thankfully the moronic panic buying of toilet rolls and other essentials has stopped however there are still some shortages of certain items namely Hand get, flour. I had to laugh my head off when I read about an Australian woman who had greedily bought hundreds of packets of toilet rolls with the idea she would sell them at a profit. It back fired as she could not sell any of them. The cheeky selfish woman returned the packs back to the shop. The manager refused to change take them back. I give my highest praise for this sensible store manager and salute him. As for the woman I award her the coveted Darwin award. So I am now perhaps regarded as a senior as I turned 60 in the middle of the month. It was a very different day in comparison to the partying we did for my 50th when we had a massive party for over 100 people on the Saturday and took over a restaurant for a banquet on the Sunday the actual day of my birthday. So Saturday arrived the day before my birthday not a single birthday card came through the door. Yes I was disappointed as I was expecting quite a few. Not a single card. I thought oh well never mind they will come Monday. Monday came Nada, nothing, zilch. To say I was disappointed was an understatement although I knew that they had been sent. I was reminded that the post office do not deliver on a Saturday since covid started. They all turned up on Tuesday. Some had been sent two weeks previously. So Sunday arrived and yep I had turned 60. I got up at 5:30 had a shower and then sat gathering my thoughts with a cup of coffee I then thought what the hell are you doing up at this time of the day when the rest of the world is sensibly still in bed sleeping. Nothing special is going to happen today.So I went back to bed.I had already spoken to my sister who was also up at that ungodly time. Two hours later my wife said your sister is outside I jumped out of bed threw some water on my face and went and stood outside chatting at a distance and she dropped some gifts for me. I told her that she should not have come all the way here just for that. She told me she was not going to let the occasion go without seeing me. Sad we were not able to hug just to say thank you. In the afternoon my daughter and grandchildren turned up with gifts and a massive birthday cake. The kids played on the lawn, my son in law and daughter sat at the table and my wife and I sat near the door. We got some candles and the two eldest kids blew the candles and made a wish. Devil child flatly refused and said NO. I love that kid I am sure she is doing it to wind me up. Last weekend they came again we were sitting in the garden and Devil child fell. She howled and looked at me and began to run towards me. My daughter moved quickly and grabbed her. How unfair is that when you can not even cuddle your own grandkids. So I think that she does really like me she just likes to make me laugh. Probably my fault because when she says no I howl with laughter. More has happened but I think that is enough for the moment. It is nice to be back and will be nice to have a catch up with my mylot friends. No hand shakes today, not even a hug. What a very different world.