Wednesday 17 November 2021, Day 48 of Level 1 😷

Corona Gratitude 🙏

#grateful for some good rain, in three sets of showers throughout the day, even a few minutes ago, and chilly, good early to bed weather; for the best continuous sleep last night in a long time, at 7 1/2 hours; for a hard working morning preparing for my Status meetings at newkings and at Zest, lovely meetings in the afternoon, with lots of laughing with the hotel GM Martine; for a shop at Woolworths in Piazza da Luz and for seeing the lovely Manager Gary there; for two Bakoven walks today; for two Discovery Gameboard plays; for the excitement of receiving my first Tourist Guide booking in 19 months with German tourists next week – hoop hoop ❤️❤️❤️❤️; for being so happy for Utopia Cape Town is booked out from today until next Monday; and for being happy, healthy and free.🙏💙

My Blogpost today was about two new La Colombe Group restaurants opening in the Waterfront.

La Colombe Group to make a double restaurant splash in the V & A Waterfront!

I’ve got myself so involved in all the Ebbtide repairs and maintenance that I had to write numerous  emails related to them today, interspersed with my writing. 😱 Another electrical problem showed up today, in that some of our Day/Night lights did not switch off this morning.

SA Corona Status: 2,926,914 cases 89515 deaths 24,346,917 vaccinations 

FitBit 8000 steps 6 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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