The supermarket was pandemonium as we picked up groceries for P&Js two-week self isolation 
Panic buying the essentials the night before lockdown 
For our wedding anniversary we queued for groceries. 
Lots of signage was produced to help you stay a safe distance 
First time wearing a mask 
Working from home became the norm (the cat loved it) 
Mask mandates made the coffee/tea service feel weird 
We briefly opened the border with Aussie. It didn’t last long 
My first Covid test, over a year into the pandemic 
Vaccination time! Felt hopeful that this was the beginning of the end 
One down, one to go! 
But first, straight back into lockdown 2 
The supermarket shelves were bare 
A government-approved jaunt around our suburb 
Pukerua Bay became a ghost town. So peaceful 
After lockdown, it was hard to encourage people back onto public transport 
There were seating restrictions 
Then the protests started, spurred on by frustration, flawed rhetoric and manipulation 
The protests culminated in a big standoff in town. I was glad to be working from home. 
Rapid Antigen Testing. Can’t wait for these to be a thing of the past
I’m hoping in a few short years, the weirdness of the 2020-2022 period will be a distant memory; something we look back on and think “wow, I can’t believe that all happened”. Assuming that will the case, I’ve made myself something of a time capsule of images to remind myself.
