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Some numbers for 2021, nicked from my Twitter post:

1801km run/walked in 360 activities

21507m in elevation climbed during runs and walks

10986km driven in my car (yay for WFH)

130 books read (roughly)
32 D&D sessions DMed virtually
10 Parkruns run

11 races run (and 3 twice)

2 model aircraft built

1 new pet (Abby)

2 Covid vaccinations

1 case of Covid

Crossposts: https://claidheamhmor.livejournal.com/980967.html

South Africa moves to Level 3 lockdown next month. The main changes are:

We can buy and transport alcohol at limited times (basically Monday to Thursday, probably to reduce weekend binge drinking). At least we'll be able to get the wines and gins we ordered delivered. Cigarette sales are still prohibited.
We can exercise 6AM to 6PM, and I think there's no distance restriction, instead of 6AM to 9AM within 5km of home.
Various retail/commercial areas can open, though with various precautions and restrictions. Some cannot - gyms, hairdressers, theatres, etc. and anything requiring close personal contact.
Sale of hot food is allowed, ditto take-away collection and drive-through. Sit down restaurants must remain closed.
All clothing sales is allowed.
Domestic air travel for business allowed. Hotels, etc. and tourist facilities must still stay closed.
Masks are required in all public areas.

The oddball one, though, is places of worship: they may open with a 50 person limit and with various precautions. This looks like a political decision pushed by the SA Council of Churches (though even the Jesuits think it's a bad idea). Why places of worship and not hobby clubs, or family get-togethers, or D&D, or other small social meetings? And how will charismatic churches handle it when they get 3000 people arriving at a service? Religious services are a hotspot, and I think this will cause more infections. I think any sort of social gathering like this is a bad idea, especially with our rates and deaths starting to increase rapidly. :(

Crossposts: https://claidheamhmor.livejournal.com/938526.html

Our president has taken very prudent measures to help contain COVID-19; while we have 116 announced cases so far, South Africa, like many African countries, could be very vulnerable. Most/all sports events and gatherings have been shut down - no more Parkrun, MyRun, or races - and we're all taking lots of precautions. Some gyms have closed. No pubs or restaurants open after 6PM. Our company is testing full business continuity; over the last couple of days, we've had thousands of staff working from home. I've been at home all week, and it's weird. Interest rates have been slashed 1 percentage point, and price freezes are in place on a number of basic items. Still, the economic impact will be massive; salaried staff of bigger companies, like myself, may be OK, but it's going to be a bloodbath for smaller businesses and self-employed people who can't work from home.

It's all feeling very strange, like we're waiting for axe to fall.

Crossposts: https://claidheamhmor.livejournal.com/932742.html

Mon, 15:30: I'm shocked at how incompetent @Discovery_SA are being with my medical aid claim. Very disappointed... but not surprised. #fb
Mon, 19:09: My son, on being asked what he did today, told me he'd had a personal relationship with the television. #fb

Thu, 17:37: Someone's smoking marijuana in the traffic near me. Ugh. #fb

Thu, 15:47: RT @phaezen: But Power Balance does work - for the easy identification of fools :-P
Thu, 18:34: People reversing back up the Malibonge onramp to the N1 North in Randburg. Scary. #fb
Thu, 21:12: I now know exactly what parts of my body didn't get enough sunblock. *wince* #fb

Mon, 08:34: Ugh. Still feeling sick. :(

Fri, 13:11: RT @AkiAnastasiou: The 10 most annoying smartphone habits http://bit.ly/bBNUlm #Tech #SmartPhones <- I'm innocent! Really! #fb
Fri, 14:09: @Kokor_Hekkus If lack of sodium causes mushy brains, there are many people out there suffering from a sodium deficiency.
Fri, 14:10: @Kokor_Hekkus I'll be sure to add lots of salt to my take-aways to counter sodium deficiency.
Fri, 15:54: My niece's birthday cake. http://plixi.com/p/52393129

Several months ago, I noticed an odd trend.

You know when you open a box of pills, the pharmaceutical information leaflet is around the sheets of pills? Well, I noticed that every time I opened the box, the leaflet would be around *that* side, so that I'd either have to pull the leaflet out, or open the other side of the box to get to the pills.

Naturally I started paying attention every time I opened a box of pills. A couple of days ago, for the first time I can remember - and that's at the least for several months - I opened a box of pills, and the leaflet was not on that side.

OK, am I getting into too-trivial posts here? Maybe.

I know what true pain is. Not the first time either.

This morning my contact lens was bugging me, so I took it out and rinsed it in solution. Sadly, instead of using the nice friendly Solo cleaning solution, I chose the Aosept cleaning solution. Aosept is a great cleaning solution; that's because it's a hydrogen peroxide solution. Hydrogen peroxide in the eye feels a lot like hydrochloric acid (yes, I know what that feels like). It feels a lot like I imagine a red hot poker in the eye feels like.

My eye has been blood red all day. Ouch.

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