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Friday 5 June 2020, Day 5 of Level 3, after 66 days of levels 5 and 4 \ud83d\ude37<\/b><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Friday 5 June 2020, Day 5 of Level 3, after 66 days of levels 5 and 4 \ud83d\ude37<\/b><\/p>\n
Corona Gratitude \ud83d\ude4f<\/u><\/p>\n
#Grateful for a very good clean day; for the happy news that the Argentinian AirBnB clients left today, after 73 Days of being locked up\/down in our block of flats together; for having Jameson\u2019s left to celebrate with \ud83e\udd43; for an exercise walk early this morning, getting up to the start of Clifton, despite my hip playing up today for the first time in months; for my back-up Health App in recording my steps the last three days, I never acknowledging it, as an alternative to FitBit, my walk this morning not recorded at all by FitBit; for having Leah here to do a spring clean deluxe, after almost 3 months of little cleaning; for fabulous service at Tiger Wheel & Tyre for the Discovery Insure vehicle inspection and receiving my garage card as well as device in my car to monitor my driving, a very painless process; for a lovely mild day, despite a chill in the air late morning; for the City Council staff repainting the red lines on Victoria Road, and learning what the zig zag lines stand for; and for being happy and healthy. \ud83d\ude4f\ud83d\udc99<\/p>\n
I couldn\u2019t believe seeing numerous couples walking their dogs on Camps Bay beach during my walk this morning. Even more surprising was seeing at least 13 surfers in the water at Glen Beach. I was happy to see so little litter today. \ud83d\ude31<\/p>\n
Leah arrived early by MyCiti Bus from Hout Bay, to do a thorough clean, and catching up on 3 months of ironing. She works at Peppertree Caf\u00e9 (former Melissa\u2019s) and I had a first-hand Report from her : not been paid a cent by her former boss nor received any UIF payouts, being Zimbabwean, and being denied food parcels in IY in Hout Bay, \u2018Street leaders\u2019 handing them out, but only to the Xhosa residents of the street! She has been cleaning for me over years, on and off, on her off-days. If you need someone to clean, please give her a call. I recommend her highly. (073) 951-9366<\/p>\n
I had to laugh when she told me that a customer who was at the Caf\u00e9 at the same time as I was on Wednesday, asked her after I left if I am married, and said he liked that I am so \u2018fresh\u2019, whatever that may mean. He was very smartly dressed, in a suit, the first such sight in 70 days, so I asked him how it feels wearing a mask when wearing a suit. He mumbled something back to me. Leah didn\u2019t feel comfortable to give him my number without my permission. I gave her my blanket permission to do so in future…. . \ud83d\ude31\ud83d\ude31\ud83d\ude31 And she told me that she saw a lady called Kim reading my SwitchBitch Book 1 in Hout Bay during Lockdown, recognizing its cover.<\/p>\n
While Leah cleaned everything else, I tackled the fridge…. not having looked good, compared to it being shining and sparking clean now, as good as new. I sent her home with food, grateful for a day well-spent. \ud83d\ude4f\ud83d\udc99<\/p>\n
My Blogpost today was the Sweet & Sour Service Awards, going to Pick n Pay and Discovery Insure, respectively. As I signed up with Discovery for my car insurance during Lockdown, I couldn\u2019t get a vehicle inspection done until the start of Level 3 this week. I couldn\u2019t do the pre-inspection myself, so was delighted that Tiger Wheel & Tyre was doing the inspections from today onwards, having originally been told that they will only do them from Monday.<\/p>\n