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Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 65 of Level 1, 4 May 2021

 

Tuesday 4 May 2021, Day 65 of Level 1 😷

Corona Gratitude 🙏

#Grateful for a cooler day, fog rolling in from Lunchtime onwards, not clearing, ahead of a major storm; for a hardworking day; for a power walk up the 100 Houghton Steps, up to Ingleside Road, and then to Woolies, buying soup ingredients for the cold weather and rain coming, and gaining 300 Discovery points; for a productive afternoon tackling a major maintenance quote challenge for our apartment block, exceeding R1 million, someone having lost the plot 😡; for a refreshing Bakoven walk, with only a hint of a sunset; for such s lovely response to my photographs of the sunset yesterday 💙💙💙; and for being happy, healthy, and free. 🙏💙 Continue reading →

Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 3 of Level 2, 20 August 2020.

 

Thursday 20 August 2020, Day 3 of Level 2, Day 147 of Lockdown. 😷

Corona Gratitude 🙏

#Grateful for all the light rain that fell today, almost all day, only allowing me a quick walk through Bakoven; for a busy writing and admin day; for being spoilt with the delivery of a box of ingredients this morning, which was transformed into a Chicken Ballotine by our MasterChick Jenny Stephens this evening, a recipe created and our cooking guided by Chef Jennifer Morris via livestream, with Chef Peter Goffe-Wood the MC; for not being subjected to Loadshedding today; and for being happy and healthy. 🙏💙 Continue reading →

Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 9 of Level 3, 9 June 2020.

 

Tuesday 9 June 2020, Day 9 of Level 3, after 66 days at Levels 5 and 4. 😷

Corona Gratitude 🙏

#Grateful for a busy day, turned upside down in its usual routine, a nice change; for a good and deep sleep; for a coffee visit to discuss our Tourist Guiding forms to be handed in to the provincial Tourist body by Martin Koch, a laugh-a-minute class and First Aid course colleague, who grew up in Paarl, which was my second home town alongside Wellington, his politician mother and grandmother very well-known; for Martin boldly helping Minsky to aquaint herself to the outdoor, loving it, having her first tree climb today, and now lights-out after all the outdoor excitement 🐱; for a smooth trip to Sea Point to hand in my FitBit to be sent for repair 😢, to have my bracelets repaired at FreeRange, and doing a Winter Weather Lockdown shop at the Garden’s Centre, including some wine, given the forecast of very strong storms and snow heading our way from tonight; for feeling no hip pain today, allowing me to walk all the way to Clifton First Beach this afternoon, feeling super refreshed when I got home, meeting Lisa Hayden on the way, only having ‘met’ on Messenger to date; for being so happy that I danced to Kfm Dansdag, to old favorites such as Mambo no 5 and Makarena 💃; and for feeling happy and healthy. 🙏💙 Continue reading →

Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 25 of Level 4, 25 May 2020

 


Monday 25 May 2020, Day 25 of Level 4 after 35 days at Level 5 😷

Corona Gratitude 🙏

#Grateful for the glorious rain that has been falling overnight and all day; for having the big garage downstairs in which I could make up my minimum step goal for the day, with a good Cardio pace; for being productive in working all day, not being able to leave home for a shopping walk as one shower after the other came rolling in; for creating a new service on the Restaurant Food Delivery Facebook page, by indicating which restaurants will allow Food Collection, marked with a C, from next week; for the Facebook page having exceeded 4200 members today; for our number one SA restaurant La Colombe joining in on a Delivery service; for dancing to Kfm the rest of my Steps via Couchrobics; and for feeling happy and healthy. 🙏💙 Continue reading →