A new year, and straight into the worst month. I read a comment on social media somewhere suggesting that some of the December festivities should be moved so we have something to enjoy while it's dark and miserable.

I treated myself to a new (second hand) phone as a birthday present.

Speaking my birthday, Laura took me out for lunch at the River House in Stirling.

Having stuck with the iPhone 7 format by way of a couple of iPhone SEs switching to an iPhone 13 was quite a leap both in size and ergonomics - losing the home button and fingerprint ID.

Car got through it's annual service without as much drama as last year.

Visited Stirling Central Library for the first time since joining, lovely place to spend some time.

Started reading Snare by Lilja Sigurðardóttir.

There was a storm for which the government used the mobile alert system to issue a stay-at-home warning for. I think this is the first time it's been used for real.

Visited my parents a couple of times to do some odd jobs.