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Sunday, 26th April, 2020
New ignite Board member Chris Hadfield is used to getting up at the crack of dawn to serve up our community our daily coffee fix, so how's he coping under lockdown without coffee โ โ ?
๐ช๐ต๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ-๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ? (๐ฏ๐๐ฏ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ) ๐๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ-๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ? My husband Paul and our 2 jack russells Maggie and Jessie๐ ๐ . Owning Ritual Cafe weโre usually up early and weโve tried to maintain this during level 4.
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐'๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ป? Paul and I usually spend time together 24/7 so no change there.
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐'๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด? I have been so busy firstly closing up the cafe and distributing food and coffee to staff and friends and now getting ready to see what we can do under level 3. The dogs have now got used to daily walks and looked disappointed if we donโt take them out .
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐'๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ "๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ"? โฐ โฐ Sleep in til 8.00am. Toast ๐ and coffee โ and a walk. Then emails, touch base with staff and then work our way through Paulโs endless lists of things to accomplish. Lunch followed by reading and a nap.
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐'๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ฝ ๐๐ถ๐ฝ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ต๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต๐? On most of our daily walks we head to a friend or regular customers place and say hi (from a distance) It is incredibly therapeutic to talk to others. Sitting here now I can only just believe 4 weeks is nearly gone. Old photos are sorted, the house is clean, the dogs ๐ถ ๐ถ are exhausted and the cafe is ready to roll next week.
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐'๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฏ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐๐-๐ญ๐ต?
โ๏ธ Communicate. Every day we have spoken to, zoomed or called so many people
๐ค Hug your bubble
๐ฌ Talk with staff. Keep them up to date with where they are at
๐ Keep in touch with customers. Tell them what is happening and promise them coffee soon โ โ .
