Posts by Emma Hart
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I also reflected that this continuous jaw-grinding, nerve-wearing stress is likely how people with anxiety disorders feel all the time.
I just had a call from my daughter's MinEdu Advisor, who's a very lovely person. Halfway through someone nearby slammed a door and she freaked out.
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What seems interesting is that I'm not aware of a rush of Chch people just packing up and leaving the city for a week - Dunedin, Nelson, Wellington etc.
We've had offers, and I just had a call from my mother offering again. But we'd not be able to relax, not knowing what was happening up here. And yes, psychologically a house is very much more than a 'thing'.
I do know a few people who've taken off, to Hanmer or Kaikoura, etc.
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Not you.
Apologies.
Oh, no worries Tim. It just happens kind of a lot.
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It certainly was reassuring to hear how calm Emma sounded reviewing this morning although I'm sure she could've made a conribution on swearing too.
Dude, this isn't the first time I've said this, and it won't be the last, but that's not me.
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I've texted Karl (the reason I didn't have Emma's mobile is that she doesn't have one!). Will let you all know.
Oh I do too. I'll get you that. But I wouldn't have answered because I was in bed.
I was talking to David yesterday about why I haven't done a column, or even blogged, about the earthquake. I think it's because I have, quite simply, been typing flat-out since it happened. I've been dealing with it, constantly, in tiny little pieces. I can't really sit back and look at the whole thing yet because it just won't fucking STOP.
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Oh, it happened! A press release from people who really should be allowed to just keep on talking.
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Emma, I thought your description of "like a nagging toddler" was priceless. Do you still think that, or have they grown up a bit?
Yeah, nah, last night was more like "the argument after your teenager has 'borrowed' your car".
There is seriously quite a well-graded scale. My partner called the 11:25 aftershock as a 5.1 just after it finished. There's a certain level where we stop everything and sit up, another higher where we hold hands, then after that a point where we think about running for the door.
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Lots of people are still really scared, and these aftershocks aren't helping, are they?
I'd just like to know when they're going to stop, that would make enduring them so much easier. Last night's were huge, in that we'd call them 'earthquakes' if we hadn't already had one.
Harvestbird's partner is off into work today. Me, my family are staying right where I can fricking SEE them all the time, for at least a couple more days.
But yes, we've well and truly had enough now.
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On the plus side, it's actually bloody hard to break a book.
Yes, but considerably easier to break ancient Classical pottery and artefacts. (The first scene of the novel I'm writing takes place among the glass display cases of the Logie Collection in the 5th floor Classics department. I'm kind of weirded out about it.)
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Don't know why I waited for GeoNet to tell me the 12.35pm aftershock was 4.5. Emma could have told me straight away it was under 5.0, and to not worry about the flurry of 'big aftershock' tweets.
We are apparently, getting soft. The last one was long and significant enough to be worrying, where yesterday it might not have registered.