After our Fitlife morning workout - day 7 0f 21 - and a little Vitamin D treatment, we also managed a live yoga class with Sharon in Edinburgh - via Zoom.
The Lockdown has increased my social media presence substantially. In the last two weeks I've signed up to Twitter - for communication with the High Commission and British Airways; Instagram - for our SA yoga teacher; and Zoom - for our Edinburgh yoga teacher. Had already signed up to Facebook and Whatsapp - which we use for our Fitlife workouts.
Clearly this variety of online interaction has not been free of frustration. I did find it hard to maintain the calm relaxed attitude which is helpful for the start of a yoga class after I had spent 10 minutes swearing at my laptop because either the sound wouldn't work, or the picture wouldn't orientate properly. However my inner calm was restored this afternoon after a glass or two of Windhoek Draught and an excellent Delheim Merlot with our Spaghetti Bolognaise. Due to limited ingredients, the Bolognaise was sub-standard but the Merlot lived up to expectations.
Having abided by the letter of the law - almost - for the first week of the Lockdown, we needed to top up some essential supplies - no, not alcohol which is prohibited. So we headed to our local Woolies after lunch to find a queue of fifteen or so people waiting to get in. They are being very strict about limiting numbers in the store at any one time.
Unfortunately, the old English gent in front of us in the queue appeared not to understand the 'Social distancing' guidelines. He also didn't notice Linda's reaction which was similar to that of a priest faced with the arrival of Lucifer. I'm not sure if she would have used the Cross to protect herself or to bash him over the skull.
Anyway, our shopping experience was not all we had expected but we came home with most of what we needed - although without a few things that would have been nice to have. We certainly won't go hungry - and the wine supplies are holding up well. We'd planned a stop at our favourite butchers but they have adopted a 'no mask- no entry' policy so no luck there.
After a couple of cooler days, we were back to 34C this afternoon, so we had to choose a shady spot for our sundowners.
The Lockdown has increased my social media presence substantially. In the last two weeks I've signed up to Twitter - for communication with the High Commission and British Airways; Instagram - for our SA yoga teacher; and Zoom - for our Edinburgh yoga teacher. Had already signed up to Facebook and Whatsapp - which we use for our Fitlife workouts.
Clearly this variety of online interaction has not been free of frustration. I did find it hard to maintain the calm relaxed attitude which is helpful for the start of a yoga class after I had spent 10 minutes swearing at my laptop because either the sound wouldn't work, or the picture wouldn't orientate properly. However my inner calm was restored this afternoon after a glass or two of Windhoek Draught and an excellent Delheim Merlot with our Spaghetti Bolognaise. Due to limited ingredients, the Bolognaise was sub-standard but the Merlot lived up to expectations.
Having abided by the letter of the law - almost - for the first week of the Lockdown, we needed to top up some essential supplies - no, not alcohol which is prohibited. So we headed to our local Woolies after lunch to find a queue of fifteen or so people waiting to get in. They are being very strict about limiting numbers in the store at any one time.
Unfortunately, the old English gent in front of us in the queue appeared not to understand the 'Social distancing' guidelines. He also didn't notice Linda's reaction which was similar to that of a priest faced with the arrival of Lucifer. I'm not sure if she would have used the Cross to protect herself or to bash him over the skull.
Anyway, our shopping experience was not all we had expected but we came home with most of what we needed - although without a few things that would have been nice to have. We certainly won't go hungry - and the wine supplies are holding up well. We'd planned a stop at our favourite butchers but they have adopted a 'no mask- no entry' policy so no luck there.
After a couple of cooler days, we were back to 34C this afternoon, so we had to choose a shady spot for our sundowners.
Sounds like a productive day to some degree. Glad that wine is lasting .
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