So ... How's Your Girl?

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Might as well have been in suspended animation, as far as my social life was concerned, until June when I finaly got to a (socially-distanced) gig at The Jazz Cafe in Camden with a friend. A few other scattered gigs, muchly appreciated, but mostly life was mundane stuff like grocery shopping, car MOTs and services, bills to pay, Covid vaccines and twice-weekly Lateral Flow Tests etc. As a corollary I have always kinda liked walking, and walking reduces my blood sugar (= good for diabetics), so this year I’ve been walking tonnes and really enjoying it. First thing I crave in the morning now is a big hike through a muddy forest with the dog. Family are all well and happy, daughter happily enjoying Year 8 at her school and my son looking forward to going to ‘Big School’ in September. Became financially secure after selling my buy to let house to some lovely people (neighbours three doors down from us).

Generally OK – no health disasters (just aging). I think I finally “got” this Working At Home lark and actually created a proper office space rather than the dining room table. In speaking, we also use so to intensify words, phrases and clauses. We stress so quite strongly. This usage is very common among some younger speakers. It has a meaning similar to just or just like:

In other areas, Grant says the UK has been weakened, particularly in its influence and power on the European and world stages. There are so few people who know what it is like in our country for other people from different cultures. The extent of economic damage from Brexit has been made clear by the Office for Budget Responsibility, which predicts that leaving the EU will reduce our long-term GDP by around 4%, compared to a fall of around 1.5% that will be caused by the pandemic. And Mrs M just got approved for a year’s extension to her PhD which we hope will include her scholarship A combination of life going faster with age (I’m in my 58th year), plus my ADHD tendencies, means that it can be hard to get a coherent sense/shape of this last twelve months. That notwithstanding…

Your first and second paragraphs are me, too, Arthur. The reason I started my current office job 11 years ago was I spent the previous 9 months WFH (following the fallout from the late 2008 crash) and missed having colleagues to talk to.Lord Frost refused to have any form of structured relationship on foreign and defence policy post-Brexit with the EU – though the EU wanted one – and we are paying a very heavy price as a result,” he says.