I can't believe it's been a year already. On 25 March 2020, New Zealand went into level 4 lockdown. This shutdown the country to the outside world. It also locked in everyone who wasn't an essential worker. I started to vlog around this time so that people could see what a locked down city was like. It got boring fast. No one out meant nothing to see.
It worked great though. NZ ended up with 26 deaths. Let that sink in a little. In the year of COVID-19, little old New Zealand all tucked at the bottom of the world has 26 deaths. ANYONE who thinks a lockdown doesn't work is a Grade A moron.
New Zealand has had two lockdowns since then. One around August/September and the other a month or so ago. The difference being is the lockdown was only Auckland who only went to Level 3. The rest of the country rose to Level 2 which has less restrictions.
To date we have had 2479 cases with 74 currently active. Of those the 26 deaths stated above. Most other countries are having that each day. Lockdowns DO work. The reason NZ's lockdown was boring was because NZ locked down. No argument.
A lot happened at work too. We had one leave due to health issues. That sucked because he was an awesome worker and he is well missed. The new girl is slow but progressing. She's a good rider though. I had spent roughly one and a half months relieving the Stratford run as a result.
In that time we got in a new casual as our old one retired... finally. At 72 he deserved to retire but it did take a while to get him to that stage. He refused to go before that. 😀 Our new casual got a baptism of fire and now is doing Run 3 while our guy is getting shoulder surgery. His surgery has gone well so now it's healing time. He's out for about 4 months though.
I'm currently doing Run 2 while that runner is off on a month long leave. He does it every year so he's resetting himself.
All in all everything is pretty busy at work. I'm not complaining but it is pretty rough that I haven't done my run for about 3 months now. Luckily we had already split my run in two. Currently the rider we got in to take half of my run is doing the whole lot. She's come a long way since she's been with us and she's working out real well.
2020 was a mixed and stressful year but we go through it. I don't actually see this year as being better, but now I know we will get through it as well.