Bye, bye, January 2021, you were the WORST

January is never the easiest month to get through, but between vet bills, homeschooling, tooth trouble, and alcohol mishaps, Esther N McCarthy is particularly glad to see the back of the first 31 days of 2021.

Is it just me or has January 2021 lasted twelfty eons instead of the usual 31 days? It was the month that just would not end, like Zoom charades with your inlaws. ‘Free Willy. Uncle Marty, it's Free Willy, we get it. Put it away.’ 

I usually love January, the house is full of booze and poinsettias and you can take time to recharge because there’s no pressure to go out after all the high jinx and late nights and festive celebrations. Ha! I had one lunch out in the whole of December 2020. (Don’t get me wrong, it was amazing, I still have the bruises and the credit card bill to prove it.)