Friday 15 October 2021, day 15 of Level 1 😷

Corona Gratitude 🙏

#grateful for a day with a difference, posting for my clients in the morning; for a meeting at the Tidal Pool with two Lifesaving managers, after an incident with a very cheeky lifesaver a week ago; for a coriander, chive and spinach plant shop at Starke Ayres, sadly with very poor service from interns, not knowing the difference between lettuce and spinach 😱; for meeting the management of Dineplan at their offices in Dean Street Arcade in Newlands; for meeting Rose Klein and Hans-Werner Klein for tea/coffee at Harvest Café in Newlands Quarter 🌹, and meeting the owner of Fiesta Restaurant at N1 City there, recognizing me from my Facebook Group, and full of wonderful words, I getting goosebumps ❤️; for a The Creamery ice cream treat; for finding Nude Foods by chance, only using paper bags and no plastic; for happy cats when I got home, celebrating Earl Grey’s first birthday today with a brand new Germanic-sounding Dr Hahnz brand of cat food I found at Pick n Pay, both lapping it up; for rain forecast for tonight, first drops falling when I got home; and for being happy, healthy and free. 🙏💙

The Sweet Service Award went to Dr Wim de Beer; the Sour Service Award went to Facebook!

Sweet Service Award goes to Dr Wim de Beer; Sour Service Award goes to Facebook!

Dineplan is celebrating its 10th anniversary, THE restaurant booking App in SA. The App has been downloaded by 175000 restaurant lovers. 😱 I met co-founders Martin Rose and Greg Whitfield, and told them how much I love working with Mia for three of my clients. Such a fabulous service Dineplan is for restaurants. It’s highly recommended. 🌹

The City of CT is doing a major speedy resurfacing of Kloofnek Road, closing off the 2 middle lanes today with masses of big machinery in the lanes, quite intimidating. Feels like the DA is doing last-minute vote-benefitting projects.

When I got home the fire door, which Sacha Jack has illegally had locked at EbbTide to keep me, the police and security company away from her noisy clients, was standing wide open! So much for security 😡😡😡

Early to bed tonight 😴😴😴

SA Corona Status: 2 915 260 cases 88562 deaths 20 124 176 vaccinations

FitBit 9000 steps 7 km 👣

LovemylifeandloveGaryslife ❤️💙

The Corona Virus Lockdown (Level 5), announced by our President Cyril Ramaphosa earlier to commence on 27 March 2020 and to continue until 16 April, subsequently extended to 30 April, lowered to Level 4 from 1 May, lowered to Level 3 from 1 June, lowered to Level 2 from 18 August, lowered to Level 1 from 21 September, and moved back to Adjusted Level 3 from 29 December,  extended to 15 February on 11 January 2021, extended but relaxed on 1 February, and relaxed back to Level 1 on 1 March 2021, moved back to Adjusted Level 2 on 31 May, moved back to level 3 on 16 June, and moved back to Adjusted Level 4 on 28 June, extended by two weeks on 11 July,  returned to Level 3 on 26 July, returned to Level 2 on 13 September, and returned to Level 1 on 1 October is an unprecedented event in my lifetime. I am posting my daily Facebook post to journal this Corona Lockdown Journey, perhaps to serve as material for a future Book.

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