Never a dull moment

Lockdown day six saw the Kiwis hit by a series of earthquakes out in the ocean, largest one of 8.1 threatened alot of our coastline with Tsunami warnings…..this all began as we were starting our work from home day, as we do in Level 3!

Dad, who is 100meters above sea level was panicked when his caregiver insisted the car was ready and the bag was packed to head to higher ground. Us at Waiwera, 2 metres above sea level, continued on our busy day. Dan cleaning cars, contractor installing benchtop, George doing a bit of housework for me and cleaning out gutters that were blocked up and produced a waterfall outside his bedroom window in the heavy rain earlier in the week. Listening to reports coming in all day, and phone calls from Dad to say we should be moving….we had a water bottle and the dog leash in readiness if the Tsunami alarm went off, until the all clear was given about an hour ago and all those who had to evacuate were able to head home.

I carried on working all day and it is nearing my weekend, friday afternoon….our bubble of 5 still limited until we hear the 4pm report today to see if we gain a little more freedom on Sunday. The first friday of the month, local drinkies on the beach Im guessing is not happening today, so with our bubble doing a swap over…..Trudi to mine and George to take care of Dad for the night, it looks like a Thelma and Louise evening on the Deck at 17A Waiwera Rd, as the sun sets on another sunny late summer day.

Rolling into Autumn, with Earthquakes, thunderstorms, heavy rain sunshine and humidity, the earths magnetic fields are throwing us some curveballs…..just so we forget about Covid. We are all tired of the Covid rollercoaster so it is refreshing that Nature is taking first place, albeit a little unsettling when we think of the damage that could have been done with Tsunamis hitting our shores. Erring on the side of caution is good, and we are learning (fast) not to panic and listen to the facts….taking action or non action when needed.

Meanwhile the washing is dry, didn’t get an extra rinse from seawater, Beer is chilling, Dan is one step closer to a whole house (now he just needs to put stuff in there) and Thelma and Louise are still standing. Australia on hold for a little bit for Louise, until those Aussies decide we can step foot on their soil again, without a huge expense and 2 star quarantine accomodation. Who would survive without a wine for 2 weeks! Especially when there is nothing else to do…..