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Yesterday our President spoke to us again, and announced that we are all moving down to Level 3 on June 1 (Monday). I have mixed feelings about this (the economy needs to get moving, but lots and lots of people are about to die). As it is, the hospitals are …
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Last night I was chatting to a friend, and he asked me what my plans were for the weekend. I had a quick and confident answer: “Tomorrow is my day. I’m going to spend it writing, updating my blog, working on my professional site.“. Easy peasy. Except that it is …
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May 17, 2020 It’s been exactly a week since I did a “recap” post, which should give you a good idea of the pace of life bang in the middle of #lockdown. Honestly, nothing much very exciting happening. But let’s see: A Parisian coffee shop in my backyard I really …
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May 10, 2020: Today was Mother’s Day in South Africa. My kids definitely delivered! Micole made me cupcakes (that flopped!! ha ha) and drew me a cute picture of three giraffes. Each giraffe represents one of us, and is coloured in our individual favourite colours. The fact that she drew …
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I have (once again) redesigned this blog, with the (renewed) hope of writing here regularly. As I type this I am pretty much done with the nuts and bolts of the structure and the taxonomies (categories and tags, etc). That leaves the actual posts. I have about 60. I was …
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I’ll give today a 7/10? That seems fair. 1. Projects X, Y and Z Project X is almost ready to go live. And has been for the past week, so that should give you a clue about the frustrations that lockdown can bring. But, we have prevailed, and if all …
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I don’t actually know if it is Day 40. It vaguely feels like it, given that that last week Thursday was Day 35 (I think). Days blur into each other, which seems to be a common theme for most. Monday already? Nevertheless, I had a definite “urgh” moment when I …
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So we have to get used to a new normal. And for the near future, the new normal is pretty whacked, let’s be honest. On the plus side, this is a great opportunity to catch up on stuff, do those pesky little things that I never get the time to …
I’ve never been much of a drinker. If there ever needed to be designated driver, I’d happily take the baton. Over time, that has changed slightly, and this year specifically I have gotten into the habit of enjoying. a glass of wine with dinner. I even started drinking G&Ts, which I at first disliked immensely but grew to enjoy when people wouldn’t stop gifting them to me 🙂 Nevertheless, I know nothing about wine. Beyond the obvious “red or white”, at best I catagorize wine into three groups: 1. Don’t like very much at all 2. Will happily drink, but …
