Yep, hermit is the way to go. Everyone here has heard already, but I'll just let you know that Karen was in hospital at the height of the pandemic 2019, not for Covid but it was still terrifying that I worried she would not come back. Had to get special permission to go in the ambulance with her to the hospital, place looked like something out of a science fiction movie with the tents set up outside and so deserted. Doctor didn't help by shrugging and saying, when I eventually managed to get in touch (and she only picked up the phone by accident) "not in her ward but it could happen any time." Thanks doc! That's really what I needed to hear!
Luckily she got through it and home safely. We're both fully vaxxed now though the incidences are going up again in Ireland, so it's still a scary time. Nobody else in the family affected thank the Great Pixie. Lost the last of our cats though (RIP Eddie, 2002 - 2021) so we are now a house of no cats.
