Saturday 9 October, Day 9 of Level 1 😷

Corona Gratitude 🙏

#grateful for a beautiful day, starting with good rain, and clearing to a 19C day; for being able to escape Loadshedding at 8h00 by having breakfast with Viv Warby at Zest, loving Chef Evidence’s breakfast, mine a Zest breakfast with scrambled egg and Viv’s Avo and feta on toast with halloumi on the side; for work when I returned, most of my posts being in honour of #PinotageDay today; for a glorious sleep, even though I had a solid 8 hour sleep last night 🙏; for a Bakoven walk; for a good Discovery Insure Cashback on my petrol and car insurance premium 🙏; for a lovely dinner with Mia Moorcroft of Dineplan, a super special supplier to my clients, to introduce her to Zest, very busy tonight; for seeing my step niece Romy Gordon at Zest, so lovely to catch up and a fan of Zest too; for Michael MacKenzie coming to say hello at Zest, staying over at the newkings boutique hotel tonight; for lovely Kfm Blokparty music to dance to for my last daily steps; and for being happy, healthy, and free. 🙏💙

Isn’t it lovely to see life getting closer to normality? A busy city due to tomorrow’s Cycle Tour, our first major event in Cape Town, my Alex sending his booking confirmation for a January visit, for a drive from Camps Bay to Zest taking half an hour due to crazy traffic as well as last minute cycle trainers; for starting to think about my own travel plans for next year, for knowing first people travelling overseas, and more….. A little scary too. We have been in a safe protected bubble for the last 18 months. 😷

Caught by surprise by Loadshedding at midnight. 😱

SA Corona Status: 2 911 497 cases 88292 deaths 19 016 618 vaccinations

FitBit 7500 steps 5 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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