Last Thursday my strength and balance class resumed after closing down for Covid 19 isolations. We were all sent some sheets of exercises modified to do at home but good intentions etc... when I arrived at our resumed class there were only four of us inst

Last Thursday my strength and balance class resumed after closing down for Covid 19 isolations. We were all sent some sheets of exercises modified to do at home but good intentions etc... when I arrived at our resumed class there were only four of us instead of our usual 18! Near the door was a table with five notices stuck to it. How to sneeze, how to cough, wash your hands, etc. Hand sanitizer was there along with a bottle of industrial strength disinfectant for our weights which were unbelievably shiny, having been cleaned before we came. Exercises were modified so we weren’t close and there was a little exchange about our isolation. One lady had built a besser brick couch in her back yard and covered in mosaic. Good to be back.

Once visitors were allowed to homes my Friday coffee resumed at our house. Four former work mates we have been meeting at a cafe in town for over a decade and we have missed our weekly chats sorely. Our lounge room is big enough for us to space out and we’ve caught up over the last three weeks. When our regular coffee shop opens again we’ll resume our regular spots and hope no second wave stops our weekly heart to hearts. Jan Hunter