A moment of time waiting.

Sitting out in the sunshine – waiting for a moment when the lockdown ends!

The Prime Minister – Jacinda Ardern announced from next week Monday 27th at 11:59pm, the Level four drop down to Level 3. It is the reality of not knowing how far we are improving, and the number of Covid19 cases is slowing up by 1445 in New Zealand. Today there was one death which added to 13. The data can be found on the website here – Ministry of Health

As you can see that in Waikato, there are two significant clusters which are from Matamata – Hospitality Venue and between Eureka and Cambridge – Matangi (Aged residential care facility). There are no increasing cases of Covid19 around Waikato since I stopped travelling to Matamata three weeks ago. I made the decision through self determine whether I will be carrying the ‘community transmittal’ or not. I chose not to visit and arranged one of the nurse for I know, who lives near Matamata. Four days ago, the elderly man who linked to the Matamata clusters passed away, and he was linked to the hospitality venue that happened on the night of the lockdown. The number of significant clusters can be found here – Covid19 Health Govt.

I continue to work from home, and there is so much to sort through for the people with disabilities and D/deaf people’s need. There is one problem which has been not resolved, was the Deaf man finding challenging to connect his mobile (Android) to the broadband provider. My work Ipad (Apple) worked well BUT why Android mobile does not work well. We were told that there is no need to pay for the contracts, no need for the landline and it is good to use $5.00 of 30Gb for anyone who is on benefits, seniors and people with disabilities. I made two trips to visit him under essential services and tried my best to resolve the problem, however, from my last visit, I took my work Ipad (Apple), and it worked fine. I MUST find another option for this Deaf man and his mobile android. He can not afford to get any computer/Ipad under Apple technology. Is there anyone who may have a spare Apple laptop/Ipad that will help him within the Deaf community?

I received a friendly email from my manager, and she confirmed that the funding will pay to me for my work from home. That new was an excellent result and lighten my burden of working hours here. I often try to switch my mind off away from all the media and crisis, so I can do things around the home and in the garden. My partner has been very supportive, and he often noticed that I have been working long hours during the day, not at night. However, there is a piece of good news for us – my partner received a call yesterday, and I will have to shift from ‘working from home’ to home role sometimes in the next couple days or next week.