Jan. 28, 2022
The internet came back for a while yesterday,
then it went off again. The what’s app on my cell phone doesn’t work because
there is no internet for it. My 1 gigabyte mobile waw used up when there was no
internet for some days. It will reset itself
for Tuesday,Feb. 1st
The internet came back for a while yesterday
and then went off again. It has been on and off and just now it came back again
so I am trying to do some things before it goes off again.
Jan. 27, 2022
Wow, time has flown again aa usual. Almost a
whole month.
On the 10th I had 4 new tires put
on.almost R3800.00 . about $260.00 Not too bad. Mariannhas been doing a lot of
business here for a long time so they gave a discount.
On the 11th, I went to Pick N’Pay
and did shop;ing for Mpume, the woman who is blind. Almost R700.00 o dpn’t know
how families manage, with 5 or more people.
On the 13th some friends took me to
lunch but first a booster shot. Now I am protetced from the enemy. The John was
far away so if there was need to hurry, IT would have been a disaster
On the 15th My
Odtober couple fetched me for lunch and a relaxing day. Nice to get out and
have someone else do the driving. You can see the sea from their house and
there were 6 ships waiting to dock.
On the 18th I saw rhe orthopedic
surgeon to check whether the physio was doing any good. He was positive about
the good movement of the leg but it seems that I will have to keep up the
physio indefinitely. It gives me
something to aim at.
On the 20th I took the care to
Anthony, a panel beater to have some repairs done. R5500; I had a minor
Accident. R5500.00 ($ 365,00). Reasonable.
On the 22nd, I was invited to lunch
with another couple and was fetched again. All have been vaccinated and
boosterd so this is in a lull in the
omicron saga.
On the
27th I was taken to the pharmacy for my month’s meds. People , on
.the whole, are very thoughtful with an older person.
It has been frustrating because for the past
few days we have had no internet. It was finally fixed yesterday, Thursday
afternoon, but went off again at night and isn’t back now so I will miss my
usual reflections. I am
Typing this off line and when the internet
comes back will put it in my blog.
I hope you will have had a nice weekend. Bye.
Jan. 9, 2021
I think it was Thursday night when I didn’t
sleep the whole night. I kept getting attacked by these bloody spasms.Maybe
every 20 or 15 seconds, one aafter the other after the other after the other,
and I shouted “ give me a break”. But a
friend of mine who is an orthopedic surgeon
had mentioned something about Botox, given by injection in the relevant muscle.
I qas so fed up the next day that I sent an email to my neurologist asking him
if I could be considered a candidate for Botox, and explained why. I am still
waiting for an answer. Many people, doctors included, are just now winding up
their Christmas holiday so I will wait.
A few nights , last week, I sat on the veranda
after supper and watched the swallows shooting around all over the place. They
are amazing. They come fushing at the
building at full speed and just before banging into the building, they put on the brakes and turn either left or
right and shoot off at great and instant speed.zig zagging all the way, down to
the ground and then up over the tree tops with ease, going this way and that
and then turning back on themselves. .Amazing creatures.
Our petrol has gone up to just shy of R20 a
litre. It is supposed to go down again this week. Transport is a killer.
Our Zondo Commission just handed in the first
part of three parts of the report on its findings over the last several years
regarding what is called STATE CAPTURE, the result of gross corruption and
collusion between some Indian businessmen and some of our politicians (too
many). We are awaiting expectantly, hoping against hope, that we will get some
convictions. We are talking about billions and billions of rands. It brought South
Africa to its knees and set the economy back years. Unless you have been
following along all along, it won’t make sense to you. But it also includes
putting people (cronies) in hight places and ministries not to do their job but
to do what you tell them to do. Like trump appointing judges in all the
openings to do his bidding when the time comes, but it isn’t just judges, but
all ministries. Wow, it got stopped just in the nick of time before it became
irreversible.
The ANC lost a lot of ground in the last
election, getting just about 50% of the vote instead of their usual 62.9%, just
shy of 2/3 ‘s. They are promising AGAIN
that they will do better, but people are very skeptical because they have been
hearing these promises for more than 20 yrs. now and are unwilling to give them
another chance. But the problem is that there is no other party that is strong
enough to take the reins. Coalitions are not really the answer here as the different
parties are so far apart in their thinking or in their ability to put their
promises into action.
But as for me, aside from these bloody spasms,
I seem to be doing OK. I am still determined to see the/ a doctor to find out
why I am so lethargic since it really isn’t like me. I was more like the
energizer bunny. Some strength is coming back but slowly slowly.
Because there was a break in the covid
infections to the point where there were very few restrictions and it gave a chance
to do a few house visits, always wearing a mask, sanitizing and keeping a safe
distance. With Omicron there are more infections but less hospitalizations, and
less deaths and serious complications. But one must still not let his/ her guard
down. Still masks, etc. like everywhere else in the world.
That’s enough for now.
Jan. 8, 2022
Holy Moses, the first week of the new year gone
already
