Tabitha’s Day Out After 35 Days of Lock Down (Part 2)

Like I mentioned in my last post, I still had orders to be delivered the following day and it was on the 5th of May 2020. I had two orders, one for twenty masks and the other for five masks. So, I had to decide how I would deliver them, since five were needed in town and the twenty at Willowvale Industry. Early in the morning Tinashe called to notify me that the police were asking for travelling passes. He was being his colleague’s keeper, what an awesome gesture. He promised to process one for me which I gladly accepted. I stay close to Willowvale Industry and hiking there would be easier than going through town. I texted my client asking for directions from where I was but he took a while to respond. While I waited for his response, I got busy, advertising my other hustle. After an hour, he responded and I got the directions. I prepared for my journey. I wasn’t so sure that I was going to reach my destination. I put on my tight fitting black jeans and a long sleeved purple top since I knew I was going to take long walks and didn’t want to be scorched by the sun. I had my sun hat on, filled up my two litre bottle with water, then put it in my cooler bag. I packed my handbag and was ready to go.

I left home and got to the road where I looked for transport as I walked to the main Highglen road. Just a few metres before I got there, one car stopped for me after the driver signalled where he was going which was the direction I was headed to. He came to a halt a few steps from where I was and I rushed to the car told the driver where I was going then jumped in. On this day I was very cautious about respecting the “mother’s seat” so, I sat in the back. The driver sarcastically asked if it was because of corona that I chose that seat to which I agreed to emphasising the need for social distancing. I was so elated when I realised he was going the same route I was going, though he wasn’t going to my exact destination. He left me a few kilometres from where I was going. I decided to walk rather than look for another ride and it was such good exercise! I walked about five kilometres but didnt feel it as I had a stalker who entertained me all the way through on my phone. Finally, I reached my destination, delivered the order and received my payment. Yipee, I felt good.
Going back home, I didnt know how I was going to do that, but I told myself I would get another ride. I used the opposite direction to the one I had used earlier and it was much closer to the main road. As I got to the main road, I saw a car whose occupant was indicating going the route I was heading and I asked for a ride. The driver told me that he wasn’t going to Highglen Road but would drop me off along the way. As I was asking for a lift, I was on a phone call, checking on my daughter so the driver eavesdropped my conversation. When I ended the call, he asked if I was weaning my baby and then I explained to him that I had left her at her granny’s but she had been used to staying with me so she had been crying a lot. We talked until he dropped me off and it was at the same spot that I had been left earlier. I decided not to look for another ride but walk instead to Highglen Road which was about two kilometres away. Slowly I walked, not stopping any cars but hoping one would just stop and pick me up. When I had walked about five hundred metres, a good Samaritan stopped and asked me to jump in. This driver was really friendly, he told me that he noticed I was tired and so decided to rescue me. Yes, I was now tired and my feet were burning. Corona just took us back to the times where we didn’t have transport, and made me realise the importance of driving and having your own car.

The driver then asked if I wasn’t rushing because he wanted to get some battery water at the nearby Total garage at Highglen shops. No, I wasn’t rushing anywhere so I said it was all good. He went to buy the battery water but there was a small queue so after about five minutes of queuing, he came back to notify me that he was almost done. What a caring gentlemen! Finally he came back and we continued our journey. We talked all the way till it was time to say goodbye as he was now heading for his own destination. He left me at Marimba robots but before I disembarked he marketed his job to me and gave me his card. He works for this particular bank so he told me to call if am interested in any of their packages. He took off his mask as he handed me the card, was that necessary? Well, I couldn’t care less. He then asked to see my maskless face too so yea I returned the gesture, I had nothing to lose. Then he told me that I am the first person he has ever seen who is so beautiful with or without a mask, I just smiled to the compliment and disembarked from the car. Corona has just made me meet some interesting kinds of people (hahaha). I crossed the road and in a few minutes, I got my final ride. This driver was very chilled, he asked why I didn’t have my face mask on, well after removing it in that car I had forgotten to put it back on. In response, I just put on the mask. We talked about corona as we listened to the news at 1300 hours on the radio. I arrived at my destination and dropped off. I strolled home reminiscing about my day.

I finally told myself that I need to do more of working from home other than going out there until the dust has settled. So yes, Tabitha will be indoors, staying safe, she understands that corona is real.