Wednesday 24 February 2021, Day 61 of Level 3 Adjusted, Day 336 of Lockdown 😷.

Corona Gratitude 🙏

#Gratitude for a lovely sunny day, but with a strong wind blowing now; for an organized writing morning and meeting preparation; for Minsky returning home at 8h00 this morning after galavanting for 12 hours, being very worried about her and sleeping very badly; for a very quick walk through Bakoven and its lanes, too short a walk to make any impact with Discovery; for returning to Labotessa Café which I discovered last week, having a breakfast lunch; for a good first Status meeting at Anatoli; for a meeting with Juanita Levetan, a member of the Sea Point, Fresnaye, Bantry Bay Ratepayers & Residents Association, exchanging experiences about cleaning litter in Sea Point and Camps Bay; for a partly nerve-wracking Live Cook Channel cooking of pan-roasted prawns and hake, with linguine and a fennel crème, designed by Chef Reuben Riffel; for topping up petrol at BP President on Regent Road, only needing a third of a tank added, happy that Michael was on duty, a fabulous petrol attendant; for two Discovery Gameboard plays, one generating 500 points, and a total of 675 between the two, allowing me to buy a Woolies R100 voucher; and for being happy and healthy. 🙏💙

My blogpost today was about the SA Butler Academy (SABA) reacting to an article by an international Butler School, even though SABA was not mentioned in the article. Clearly the shoe fits….

SA Butler Academy pleads ‘guilty’ to criticism by Belgian International Butler School, without having been named!

My body ached from not having had enough sleep, getting up regularly in the night to see if Minsky had returned home. I tried to sleep some more after finishing my work, but the building had so much noise that I gave up and went for a very quick walk, feeling re-energised.

I was disappointed that the service at Labotessa was not as good as it was last week. I did meet owner Johan du Plessis today, and was grateful that he took me for a tour of the hotel, he sharing interesting history about Church Square. The scrambled egg breakfast was disappointing but the Appeltaart and cream was better than that of last week.

I missed my MasterChick Jenny Stephens for the Live-Cook Channel cooking. I couldn’t find the link for the show, and was not well prepared as the box of ingredients and menu was only delivered this afternoon after I had left home. I excluded chilli and garlic from my dish. I was surprised that it tasted really good. I found 18h00 a too early start to make dinner on a summer’s day, having to rush to get home, and not being pre-prepared. There was such a pressure on the delivery company, due to so many food lovers wanting to cook with Chef Reuben, I was told.

SA Corona Status 1 507 448 cases 49523 deaths 😷😢 41809 vaccinations

FitBit 7500 steps 5 km 👣

Lovemylife❤️

The Corona Virus Lockdown (Level 5), announced by our President Cyril Ramaphosa earlier to commence on 27 March 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, and extended but relaxed on 1 February, 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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