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Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 140 of Level 1, 17 February 2022

 

Thursday 17 February 2022, Day 140 of Level 1 😷

Corona Lockdown Gratitude 🙏

#grateful for a mainly organized day; for it being warm at 31C without wind, after last night’s hefty storm; for preparing for my client meeting this afternoon; for our garage door getting the day wrong, refusing to close today, usually playing up on Saturdays; for ‘fortunately’ forgetting my cellphone at home, having to return from Gardens to fetch it, to find out that Henry was unable to get the garage door to close, so Ms Organizer Chris jumped onto my phone, found the garage door guy recommended by Nicholas Fjord via Gary Peterson, giving us amazing service to get the garage door Continue reading →

Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 43 of Level 3, 7 September 2021.

 

Tuesday 7 September 2021, Day 43 of Level 3 😷

Corona Gratitude 🙏

#grateful for a day that just got better and better, starting with a 7 1/2 hour continuous sleep; for it being nice and warm at 19C, a tiny taste of summer after the cold weeks; for a hard-working morning preparing for two Status meetings; for a Bakoven walk; for two excellent meetings, at Newkings Boutique Hotel and at Zest; for being able to get a gap at my dentist to fix my implant, which came loose again, without being charged ❤️; for a visit to Chocolate by Tomes in the Waterfront Continue reading →

Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 72 of Level 1, 11 May 2021

 

Tuesday 11 May 2021, Day 72 of Level 1 😷

Corona Gratitude 🙏

#Grateful for a most fabulous day, with surprises and super organized, packing a lot in; for an early start to my work, so that I could attend a 10h00 meeting, with the confirmation of my third restaurant client, this one brand new, opening next month, starting work on it straight away❤️; for amazing service to have a slow leak in my car tyre fixed at Supa Quick at the Total Garage on Main Road, Sea Point, taking 10 minutes and R100 to remove a screw 👏; for a celebratory chocolate shop at Tomes in the Waterfront, its Garden’s Centre branch having closed down; for a spoil cat food buy at Woolies, Whiskas pouches per box of 12 now Continue reading →

Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 54 of Level 1, 13 November 2020.

 

Friday 13 November 2020, Day 54 of Level 1, Day 232 of Lockdown 😷

Corona Gratitude 🙏

#Grateful for a lucky Friday the 13th; for a cooler day, misty at first, and then warming up, with lovely cloud art in the sky; for a productive working morning; for time for a Camps Bay walk, without much litter, and happy to see the yellow plastic broken fence protectors placed upright again in Bali Bay by the City of Cape Town; for an easy drive to Delos in Woodstock, to drop something off; for a very productive client status meeting; for shopping for first German Christmas baked goods at the German Food Shop above Dinkel Bakery on Kloofnek Road; for a German shop at Hartlief in the Garden’s Centre, as well as at Chocolate by Tomes, my favorite chocolate shop; for a catch up call from Stuart Bailey; for a smooth end to a busy week; for dancing to Kfm; and for being happy and healthy. 🙏💙 Continue reading →