Nothing by Halves

Tuesday April 28th, day 1 lockdown 3…7.30am sleep in after disturbed night! There will be a few tired kiwis around Waiwera this morning.

So it has come to this…images of cooking…yesterday afternoon welcomed the Anzac biccies, quiche and meatball prep in one hit. Time out from my work keyboard catch up, rather an inside day on such a blues sky, warm, winter is never coming, day!

The darkness now falls early around 6.00pm and dinner is no longer a 9 o’clock event, often by this time we are already counting sheep (sound asleep).

This was the case last night for yours truly, only to be rudely awakened by my flat mate (George), this time not for snoring!

There’s cops everywhere!!! Yes he was right, four cars at the beach roundabout, and a black unmarked one right outside my gate (still running). About 20 boys and girls in blue running around in all directions. Lucky Miss Marple had put the padlock on the gate, Riverhaven was safe.

Ok, from 50 metres it was hard to ascertain what all the fuss was about, and the police did seem a bit more relaxed, but waiting for the paddy wagon…so no answers with the big van now blocking my view from the gate. It was time to call Johnny on the spot. Evidently a 20-30 something, chemically induced man (and possibly a couple of female offsides) had decided to drive to Waiwera and have their domestic differences out. The locals alerted to the disturbance called police, who in turn called more police for the sideshow that unfolded…pants down, pants up, abuse and extreme agitation….needless to say, they were removed from the area relatively forcefully!

So with event one over, I had just lain back down to return to my nighttime slumber, and Jaxon rang, very concerned about our Steph…stomach pains…call the ambulance for medical advice…who advised to take Panadol and call back if worse, next thing I see an ambulance circling past and over on the grass opposite looking very lost….I was up again and back to the gate in time to see them stop by Dan and Jaxs houses! Oh oh within ten minutes they came! So I donned the birks, sweater and puffer jacket and walked to my second bubble….yes there they were and loading Steph up to take to hospital, no one can go with her with the Coronavirus thing, and it was hard waving off your loved one knowing there was no point in following as you can’t be with them.

Anyway, I wandered back up the deserted street to my bed for the third time, now after midnight and officially in level 3, which kicked in at 11.59pm last night. Jaxon went in and collected Steph around 4.30am, tests all done and pain managed and not life threatening events about to happen. So there will be a few tired kiwis in Waiwera, but all safe in our bubbles for another day! An uneventful one I hope!