For the second year, my husband and I are spending new year in Ibiza so will be enjoying a meal, live band and dancing with total strangers in a hotel in the Old Town. It was unexpectedly wonderful last year and it’s shaping up nicely this year too. Currently we are sitting with cold drinks in the sunshine outside a taverna and feel very blessed. It’s been a hectic year and we provided Christmas with all the trimmings for 14 so now it’s time for us to relax and take stock. We feel most fortunate - our three daughters are happily married to wonderful young men and we have 5 granddaughters and a grandson due in the new year; everyone gets on well with each other and enjoys each other’s company. We are both in good health so have nothing at all to complain about.
I rarely post on GN, maybe because I feel guilty about my good fortune when I read about others’ experiences with DILs or SILs - but I suppose I’m beginning to relax too much. Apologies if any smugness is detected, it’s certainly not intended.