Madictation

Ah, birthdays. How fun they were as children, and how mortifying they are as adults. As each year ticks by, we all have that age we fear being. Mine is 30. I don't know why but for some reason it feels so scary! I have learnt so much over the years and have changed alot too. I'm happy about the changes because past me seems so annoying now. I would argue and try so hard to get my side of the story across, and have disagreements with random people on the internet. I have grown from that  and understand that not everyone deserves to know me fully, and I can't change everyone's minds. These days I strive to educate but not lecture. I want to

As we all probably are. My kids are due back to school in September and I think it's too soon, however my eldest son would really benefit from this as the school help him immensely and he loves it there. My youngest son couldn't give a crap either way, in fact I think he is just happy to be at home. In England our infection rate is increasing and it concerns me that so many people are entirely focused on our death rate. At the start we followed the rate of infection closely and as the deaths emerged, made the decision to go into a soft lock down. Now the infection rate is much higher and the death toll still in three figures. Our NHS will soon be overwhelmed because of people who believe we are all done and that it is safe to go out freely. It isn't. I hate being this negative nelly but it bothers me so much that there is this constant disregard for other people. During this lockdown I have really begun to feel ashamed of being British, with so many people doing whatever they