🦠🎅Christmas and new year - The year of the pandemic🎅🦠

Well, Well, Well...

2020, It's scary really. I remember thinking at primary school we would have flying cars and all sorts but no just a worldwide pandemic to get through.

Firstly I want to wish everyone a HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I hope this year brings you all happiness and some sort of normality, I won't hold my breath though.

Christmas for me has always been family, decorations, Christmas markets & making the most of what time you have. Growing up my Nan would always come over for the Christmas week and say how she was ringing Santa to tell him every little naughty thing we did and how we wouldn't be getting any presents. Praying on Christmas eve that we would and being so surprised to see the tree-covered when we woke up Christmas morning.

We didn't get everything we wanted but we were grateful for everything. No presents before breakfast so that's where my sisters and I learned to eat toast at world record speed.

We always had a big Christmas dinner with all of the trimmings too... Pigs in blankets are always a favourite of mine.

This year has been shocking and Christmas wasn't much better. It was just Me, Dad and my 2 sisters at home. We just had a nice relaxing day with some Gin, Vodka and a lovely roast dinner. We went on lots of walks and just enjoyed the time we had. I had 6 days off work so that was really nice to not have to worry. My dad is self-employed so he had some time off which was nice.

Christmas season going gluten and dairy-free was probably one of the hardest things I have done this year. All the chocolate and cheese. I can confirm the alternatives don't even come close!! I guess the consequences of having gluten and dairy has been the reason I have stuck to it so religiously. It isn't good. I have felt so much happier in myself and I can still have alcohol so it isn't all bad! haha

I think we put our tree up on like the 18th of December which is SUPER unlike us, it's normally mid-November. It just didn't really feel like Christmas this year. Ed Sheeran released a new song afterglow which was great, love it when Ed comes back from a break always brings a better song than the time before.

I normally sit down between Christmas and new year with a notebook and pen and start to write down things I want to achieve in the year ahead, this year I didn't. I think it is because I want to just take each day as it comes, times are rubbish and the last thing I need is to stress my body or mind out by putting pressure on it.

I did however decide to do a visual challenge, The Mount Fuji challenge.

 You run, walk, cycle or swim 46 miles in 28 days. I love a good challenge and it is something I have never done before. I do want to get back into boxing when the gyms eventually open so thought this would be the perfect time to get out and do it.

I do however regret it as it is January and BLOODY cold... no pain no gain I guess...

I'm sorry I haven't written a blog recently, I really have been having an awful time but going into the new year and the new challenge I will keep you updated all the way, I feel super ready and motivated for this year and I hope and pray that this year can be good for everyone.

I have had some of the most amazing friends and family stick by me going into the new year and I will be forever grateful. I can't wait to share my new year journey with you all and now we're officially in another full lockdown I will hopefully have a few mins each day to write.

Look out for my new blog.

Love,

Chloe x