Louise didn’t sleep very well last night. She was bitten the day before yesterday (we think) on her ankle, and it swelled up quite a bit. She thinks it was a jellyfish, or quite possibly a vampire/werewolf bite – although quite what they were doing out on the deck I don’t know!! Anyway, it was looking very angry and she kept waking up in the night to find herself scratching away at her leg which had gotten all prickly in the night. I think she said she was up at about 5.30am as she couldn’t sleep.

She rushed, well…..hobbled/hopped into the bedroom just gone 8am this morning to tell me that we were having another earthquake, although this one felt bigger. I sort of already knew that, as I was trying to figure out when we’d had the bed converted into a vibrating one when I realised that it was the earthquake too! Although the same size as the last one, this was about 30km southwest of here, off the coast of Porirua and about 50km down again. For those that are interested in that sort of thing, here’s a link to the GeoNet NZ site for that reported quake. Strangely, we’ve become an awful lot more interested of late………….

I was looking forward to a day in the sun again, or rather looking after Louise while she put her foot up to rest it………..but found that the job market had been busy this morning and there were about 10 job possibilities lining up. More work then! The job mails have started coming back too now, unfortunately I didn’t get the girls school one – phew! A couple more have thanked me but turned me down, I suspect that the 6 1/2% unemployment rate still has something to do with it. However, we keep going!!

I decided not to pop out to the shops in case Louise had a relapse and her leg took over her body and forced her to shut down – at least that’s what she thought it was going to do. personally, I think it was just an excuse to lie down and be fed chocolate, crisps and ice cream!

Lots of chats and Skype calls this evening. It’s lovely to catch up, even if its to hear about the snow, ice and wind back in the UK!

PS. Our tabby visitor, got cuddles today from Louise – he’s still not sure about me, unless I have food in my hand! He also came in and had a good nose around this afternoon. I was going to shut the back door and force him into the Stockholm Syndrome so that he’d like me. However, Louise told me that it was cruel and that I couldn’t do it! Ah, well, back to the old tuna in my fingers trick for a while longer…..