Tuesday 8 June 2021, Day 9 of Adjusted Level 2 😷

Corona Gratitude 🙏

#Grateful for keeping going with just more than 4 hours of sleep; for getting my work done in time for a quick Bakoven walk before heading to Sea Point; for a tea and chocolate cake treat at Bokeh Creative Studio, meeting twin sister Debra Peterson Gurney of Gary Peterson 🙏; for three meetings in a row at the newkings boutique hotel, Zest Restaurant starting to take shape, with plants and furniture arriving today, the restaurant likely to open next week; for capturing a beautiful sunset from the restaurant terrace, imagining what it will be like to enjoy sundowners and meals outside; for an inexpensive car wash in the Piazza da Luz and shopping at the Woolies there; for a quick walk through Bakoven before it got too dark; for Loadshedding only lasting for one hour, allowing me to plan tomorrow, which should be far less busy than today has been; and for being happy, healthy, and free.🙏💙

My Blogpost today was about World Oceans Day, celebrated today, with suggestions for what one can do to celebrate it.

Celebrating World Oceans Day today 8 June: ‘The Ocean: Life and Livelihoods’

I’m so excited to be going on the Zest Restaurant journey with owner Chef Pavel, also the co-owner of Utopia, and with the New Kings Hotel, and its fabulous owner. The challenge is bigger than what I have handled before, starting from scratch to build Followers on Facebook and Instagram.

SA Corona Status: 1 704 058 cases 57183 deaths 1 433 730 vaccinations

FitBit 8000 steps 6 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, extended but relaxed on 1 February, and relaxed back to Level 1 on 1 March 2021, 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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