Robert — 14 days of isolation

It’s has been amazing to get back to the house after all the dramas getting here. I try to stick to a daily routine of not letting myself go, getting up early, always showering and dressing and trying to walk 1-2 miles a day.

I often think about the astronauts that will be going to Mars and how they will need to be in close isolation for six months. Each day needs a kind of goal, finding a comfort food, having a couple of Nespressos to make up for the lack of the amazing flat whites I get at my favourite NZ coffee stop.

These days you can get a good New Zealand wine to go with watching The Chase and the news. Before Easter I saw an ad from The Hunting Lodge Winery of a special package they would deliver in 48 hours. The Hunting Lodge is where Maryanne and I got married in 2003 so that sounded great.

Eight days later the wine still had not arrived so I phoned them and the amazing guy that runs the cellar door made a special delivery to our doorstep. It’s the little things. Every day I cringe watching CNN and the Donald Trump clown show. It’s like having WC Fields as your President.

It’s amazing how the PM and the Government are handling the whole CV19 issue down here as we have first-hand experience having been exposed to the virus and in the end testing negative! Various departments of the ministry have been calling all the time to make sure we are okay and if we need anything. When I do get cabin fever I just think how nuts it is back in the US with Trump trying to force the States to lift lockdown by telling them the Democrats are trying to take their guns away from them! I don’t mind lockdown in one of the best places on Earth to be during these crazy times!