made it

not keen on new year shenanigans, depressing. this one was pretty memorable though

the whole christmas was class. mostly subdued for obvious reasons

pointless to complain, to be yet another declaring what a strange year, what a shit year, meh he he he

i did better than average, kept a job, kept a good living, and so far, did not get ill.

most of the time i am aware that i am happier these days than i have ever been.

new years eve this was amplified bigtime

the plan had been to spend the eve with my kids & partners, which for a start was exciting - to be invited at all.

then, new strain super spider covid. i read a newspaper article written by a doctor on an itu ward in kent. we'd never flouted the rules really, but didn't always completely respect them, especially since they were issued by a bunch of incompetent liars who couldn't even follow the rules themselves

we ended up with the inevitable virtual meet up on line. during which meg messaged us & promptly potentially ruined her birthday surprise

i had arranged a cameo message for her birthday later in january

this is a service whereby one hires famous people to deliver personalised greeting videos

so i did that

an actor from one of her (our) favourite US TV shows

she'd found him on the site herself & txt to say 'wouldn't it be funny to get him...' etc

after a quick conflab on the zoom call, it was agreed i should send the video immediately

i called mtp's partner and tipped him off, asking him to get the reaction video, then sent the cameo

and that's how it played

perfectly actually she was staggered by it

a perfect end to that 2020 nonsense, hopefully a good sign for this new year

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