I don’t make new years resolutions, cannot see the point, but I do believe in reflecting on aspects of life from the previous year and considering ways to improve on them throughout the new year. Last year was an ‘okay’ one for us – the kids did well at school and everyone stayed safe and well and that’s the most important thing to me.

Personally for me this year is going to be quite an academic one; I’m almost through the second module of my university degree and am really enjoying the subject…history of medicine. Things are rolling along well too with my first language module – German – and I have picked the lingo up quite easily and am even able to say things to my German daughter-in-law. I intend to follow this through to advanced level as I love the German language and find it fun to speak. Not sure at the moment what to do with the German with regards to a degree – this is my first language module – but I am sure I will find something to slot it into. I don’t intend to study anything other than German…certainly not French as I never enjoyed speaking that language when we lived there. As it is I am working towards a history degree, this year I will be studying the Enlightenment and Romanticism eras and they will go towards that, but would also like to slot in a music module. Too much choice for sure.

I’ve other avenues of interest that have been closed off for a few years that I wish to open again, but they depend on time-permitting. With the job, the module work and study, plus the family to look after I am running out of time to set aside. Oh yes…I intend to get to the hairdressers this year – if I can remember where I last went. Yep – it’s been that long!