July 2015: And me? It was as if time had stood still. I remember the sense of disbelief while I was sitting confused in my office with my head sunken into my hands. I must have spent a good 15 minutes like that sitting and trying to absorb what the consequences of this bombshell might mean. It was more than a feeling of exhaustion that was overwhelming me. Many doubts ran through my mind. What will happen next? Can it continue like this? What is going to happen now? These questions whirled around in my head in an endless loop. Stop! I heard myself say. I sat up and took the three steps from my office to my colleagues in the showroom. There, in slow motion, I heard myself say, The banks are shut. We have a huge problem. sakriti opis