Feels like Friday

Friday 15th May 2020….A new normal

It actually feels like a Friday, work (from home) has settled in to a 6-8 hour day, five days a week, and a break at 10.30…

Which is usually a walk (400 metres) down the road to spend 30 minutes with Floyd and say hi to Steph. A lunch break around 1pm means 10 minutes watching the Covid 19 updates then work until about 4….time to get tea ready and relax…

In my new back garden with my old friends, who consequently were very vocal yesterday…cooing (that’s what doves do) away at George and I while we were working. They are kinda fat at the moment, knowing nothing about doves, breeding time? Or winter coat?

The new Normal of Level two is like the Christmas shopping Rush, or the pre lockdown toilet paper Rush. The supermarkets have longer queues than last week, mall car parks were full yesterday, food halls and cafes crazy….the warehouse saw trolleys of stuff leave its doors and cars and bad drivers are all back on the road! I guess, confidence is rising, with three days of zero new cases of coronavirus in our country, kiwis are thinking that they are safe. Bubbles are just bursting everywhere. People will get closer but we need to keep mindful, only we can now protect ourselves, keep our distance and keep washing the hands! No problem from this end…stay away from Riverhaven because that apparently is going to be a live bed of people touching things they shouldn’t…like locked gates and tractors! And just saying with the water use ban coming into force tomorrow – how are all the boaties going to wash their boats or tractors after a days fishing? These are government rules with big fines attached for breaking them!

On another note…the plant of strength at my new abode…Mint! We will not want for mint sauce with our lamb this winter! And health properties of inhaling and consuming this herb are many – beneficial to our digestion and wellbeing! Let’s get creative; mint tea, mint water, mint smoothies, mint salads, this list goes on.

Opening my eyes this morning in our new home, feels like a weight has lifted and I have been let out of Jail. Here, I feel like an adult once again and no eyes are on me. I feel motivated to get up and attack my day, build my vege soup, build my clients back up and build my confidence back up! With out even leaving my home!