I’ve already written one blog post this morning and it is still only 6.40am. I’ll do my ablutions and by then breakfast will have arrived. By the way last night’s roast lamb and Tuscan roast potato was great and the quantity huge. Just the way a roast should be.
The first allocated “expedition” for our intake is 8.40am and I should achieve 7.5 km because I walk at just over 6 kilometres per hour – approximately 9 minutes per kilometre. Yes I have too much time on my hands.
Breakfast is a muesli cup with yoghurt and boysenberry and a smoothie. Morning tea consists of a raspberry donut with sprinkles and a banana.
I’ve added milk to the muesli cup because it was otherwise a bit too dry for my liking. The menu for lunch and dinner is here too. I’m having an open grilled chicken sandwich and crosscut chips for lunch and dinner consists of chimichurri marinated fish and salad – sounds divine again.
When lunch arrives it comes with a daily newsletter. This two-sided A4 blurb offers motivation comment and reminders about how to cope with and get through the 14 days of isolation. It also features jokes, Sudoku and other mindful activities to fill the day. It’s actually becoming something to look forward to.
Useless information to think about:
I calculate that 40% of the people working at the Sudima are NZDF personnel, 40 % are aviation security personnel redeployed from the airport, and 20% are original Sudima staff i.e. management, maintenance and kitchen staff…
In addition to the above there are about four nurses and two wellbeing staff. The nurses knock on the door every two days and the wellbeing women ring the room every alternate day…
I’m only watching about a third of the TV that I thought I was going to need to do. My time is taken up with exercise, eating, writing about exercise and eating, and doing Sudoku type of activities…
The exercise that I have been doing, both in Sydney and while in MIQ, has improved my flexibility and I can now touch my toes for the first time since I had kids…
Lunch was so good that it earned an extra mention in this post.
To be honest it was possibly the best open sandwich I have ever had and I think a number of restaurant chefs could learn a trick or two by being put into MIQ at the Sudima!
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