Lately there just don't seem to be enough hours in the day. Also I am lacking in motivation and subject matter.
I never thought it could have been possible to simultanously be really busy and have nothing much going on. But, turns out, I was wrong.
But there is stuff going on, in fact. It's kind of old news now, but Gareth ran in the Christchurch marathon. His workmate had entered the half marathon and then changed his mind, so he gave his bib to Gareth. Gareth's one of those people that can get up off the couch and run a half-marathon. "Base level of fitness" he likes to say... Of course Quinn and I were there to cheer him on. Here's my awesome photography skills at work:
I never thought it could have been possible to simultanously be really busy and have nothing much going on. But, turns out, I was wrong.
But there is stuff going on, in fact. It's kind of old news now, but Gareth ran in the Christchurch marathon. His workmate had entered the half marathon and then changed his mind, so he gave his bib to Gareth. Gareth's one of those people that can get up off the couch and run a half-marathon. "Base level of fitness" he likes to say... Of course Quinn and I were there to cheer him on. Here's my awesome photography skills at work:
It's hard to take someone's picture when there's a toddler hanging off of you and the person is running by.
Other than that old news, we've been busy with our new puppy. Who knew that puppies are so much work?! (ok, probably anyone who's ever had a puppy, which does not include us.) We are doing everything by the book with this puppy because we want a Good Dog. We're taking her to expensive training classes and following all the instructions we receive there. We're walking her 2 or 3 times a day. We're doing tricks. We're even feeding her a New Zealand-made raw diet (this stuff) supplemented with bones from the local organic butcher. Yes, our dog eats better than we do. She seems happy and healthy and she will lie down as soon as we say "lie down" so we must be doing something right.
We have been really surprised at how many people stop to tell us how beautiful our puppy is. We're not sure if this is because Kiwis are friendly, or because they love Border Collies, or if this is something that happens everywhere with every puppy. But we're pretty sure that heaps more people have stopped us to compliment our dog than have ever stopped us to compliment our baby. It's okay, we're not offended. The dog is quite pretty.
Aftershocks are slowing down, thankfully. The other day we had a full 24-hour period with no aftershocks. It was really nice.
But the signs of past earthquakes are everywhere you look. A good friend recently described the effect of looking at all of this everyday as "soul robbing" - so true. It can be hard to look on the bright side and focus on all the good things that lay ahead.
I recently took some photos of earthquake-related signs. A collection of sorts. Here you go:
Lots of business opportunities out there
a public service announcement
this church has been demolished
getting on with it
"we are sliding off hill"
This was a good cafe - we hope it reopens soon.
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