New Year plans?

[Gemini]

Have you any plans for New Year's Eve or day?

We will be hosting our regular New Year's Eve gathering this year. We didn't last year of course. It was just us two at home, and we didn't do anything special.

We are keeping the numbers to ten, although I am 90% certain one friend won't come as she has hardly been anywhere since the pandemic began. So fingers crossed no one tests positive, we will probably be nine.
Our usual nibbles and mulled wine, takeaways and board games.

We are all triple vaccinated, are going to take lateral flow tests that day, and we will have plenty of ventilation, windows open, and we won't do the auld langs ayne thing this time.
Our living room leads to our dining room with no doors in between and we can open the bi fold doors to the conservatory at the other end, creating a big open space.

We won't be taking the New Year's Eve outdoors advice, but we are planning as safe a night as we can

We have no New Year's Day plans.

[Oma]

We never do anything for New year , haven't since the children were young .
When the Grandchildren were small we had them overnight so both sets of parents could celebrate ,

This year GS1 is having his own party and Storm is staying with us ,
DD & SIL are away for two nights , so we have gone from Baby sitting Grandchildren to dog sitting Grand dog

[Nanto2girls]

No plans here Daisy.
I find it a long drag staying up till 12.

[Daisy]

We are planning to have our usual New Year's Eve dinner. Our friend W is hosting it this year and they have a huge kitchen/dining/sunroom area with plenty of ventilation. They have been extremely careful right through the pandemic, but with the rising rate of infections I wonder if they might decide not to go ahead. If that's what they decide, I completely understand.

[Plantaholic]

No plans here, DD and SIL are going away so I will be on my own. At least I will not have a sore head the next day. I am going to DS and Dil on the Sunday and staying the night. We are just down to the three of us now, all the young family have returned home today. GS2 and his parter went back to North London by Uber, it is only £5 more than the train and underground.

[Daisy]

Plant - it will seem so quiet after your busy Christmas. I hope you've got a nice tot or two to see the New Year in though.

Our NY evening is going ahead with just the 6 of us. Lots of ventilation, no hugging or kissing and socially distanced. But it will be good to have even some level or 'normal' after last year and be in the company of very good friends.

[Lizzie48]

I am home on my own, I could go to friends but I am fine on my own.

[Gemini]

Lizzie, I think I would be fine on my own too. I love our evening here with friends, but I'm not sure I'd bother to go out, especially on my own.

[Plantaholic]

I enjoyed the fireworks in neighbours garden early for the children and went to bed before 12.

[Daisy]

We had a lovely evening at our friends'. We had all worked hard to make a special meal and our friend W is very artistic and all the decorations and the table setting looked fabulous. Their adult DD is staying with them at the moment, and although she didn't join us for dinner, she enjoyed the chocolate dessert I'm made, and we all had a lovely cuddle with her puppy - a miniature Schnauzer and very friendly.

We finally got to bed about 2.15.

[Gemini]

We had a lovely evening too Daisy
All the better I think because we couldn't last year. A lovely way to close 2021.
We got to bed at 3!

[Daisy]

Gem, I'm so glad you had a lovely evening as well. Yes, I agree, I think it was more special because of last year. I was sorry our friend M couldn't come though, but I rang her just before we went out, and OH took her a dessert round.

[Gemini]

Aww, I'm sure M missed being with you all Daisy. It was kind of OH to deliver the dessert.
Our guest who stayed away due to fear of omnicrom is a bit of a loner anyway. Her OH (who came) says she does use reasons like this as excuses to socialise even less!

[Daisy]

Gem - in a way I can understand your friend who didn't come. Socialising can be quite hard work sometimes, and after nearly 2 years of restrictions you get out of the habit. I think there will be many people who never get back to their previous levels of socialising. I think I might be one of them, as well, although I do enjoy going out, seeing people and entertaining at home. I find it more tiring than I used to.