it boggles my mind that my beautiful city is once again the leading news of the world.....22/02/2011 I just got home from the mall making Sam a bottle we jumped on the bed and then all of a sudden the house the trees and the earth underneath us was shaken like it once had before
I was terrified I couldnt get up because i was frozen scared I jumped over Sam and told him that I have got him and I wouldnt let anything happen to him I was doing my best to keep him out of harms way
......not long after I heard the earth rumble knowing what was coming next I grabbed my son my phone and jumped under the door frame I thought i was doing ok thinking I can do this but without me knowing I was shaking and crying with buckets of tears running down my face I txted and tried to call people but no answer the landline was down no power no water no nothing but after about 10 minutes which felt like a lifetime Rob called me asking me if im ok and that Karen was on her way home and I would no longer be alone what a sigh of relief but after aftershock after aftershock I was in my car sitting there with sam in my arms worried that the house was going to cave in. The road became busy very quickly and thought I have to go back into that shaken house and get sams stuff to pick up Ash from school I was shocked when i drove down the streets that I normally go down I couldnt get down there the roads were filled with sand and sewage I was surprised that it surfaced so quickly after a few moments of thinking if i should drive through it or not I did I had to get to my little girl.
I arrived at the school with all the children on the wet field with liquefacation poping up all over the place the whole school was in tears.....I could believe my eyes really I couldnt believe that this has happened to us AGAIN.....
Not long after we got home from school Karen arrived I felt a little less stressed that someone else was here with the children and i after that everything else is a big blurr
We all slept in my room I gave Karen and Rob my bed and Ash and I slept on matresses at the foot of the bed the key word there is "slept" im pretty sure not many people "slept" in chch last night you would finally allow yourself to give in to the tiredness and then you would hear that rumble again and the house would jolt from side to side..I tried to go to sleep at around 12.30 didnt fall asleep till around 1 then woke up at 1.30 and again didnt fall asleep till 2 but woke up at 3.30 and then from then on I was in and out of sleep till 540ish and have been up since with big bags under my eyes tired from driving from one side of town to the other to find water and to check if my family were ok (they weren't home) but I had checked on the the night before and were all fine my backs sore from shoveling crap out of the streets....To be honest it has helped me being busy with things to do for our family and the community being home now is very stressfull as we are still getting decent aftershocks Im checking flights to see if Jason can come back even if its just for a week i dont know what it is with him but he makes me stronger makes me feel like i can take on the world....but that also means he would miss out on training and to some people that could sound stupid but to us and to our judo family at can am and to everyone who supports Jason its alot!
this is not all of my story but ive had enough talking about this living hell Im just gona stop there...
To mother nature....bitch you've got jonny pittman after you!!! watch yourself
and to the people of Christchurch although it is much worse than before I know with the cantab spirits we can help each other through this time keep safe and call out if you need our help!
STOP SHAKING ALREADY!!!
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