Connection back to the world

Oh my goodness.  We survived.  Battered and bruised but still in one piece. 

I can't say the same for the trees and all the plants and the beaches are ripped to pieces.  The big sea eagles are hunting on the front beach and there are lots of sharks out there in the water, their dorsal fins announcing their presence.

Physically I am fine but mentally I am still in survival mode.  I slept fully clothed on top of the bed for nearly a week.  I had my shoes positioned ready to take shelter under the house if the roof came off.  And you know I couldn't stitch.  There wasn't a good enough light.  I kept myself busy knitting.  I have 3 booties, of the same pattern, which are all different where I couldn't see what I was doing!  I will have to go back and knit matching ones.  The world could have ended and we wouldn't have known.

All the food has had to be tossed out, no power and all the ice melted.  I hope there is something in the supermarket to replace some of it.  I lost 5 kilograms living on survival foods.   It will be some time before I can eat pasta or rice again and the force of the wind flexed a window in my car so I have to dry that out. 

Added to this my grand daughter has given me Ted to repair, again.

Now it is time to pick up the pieces

Comments

[Queenie Patch]

Oh, dear. I am so relieved that you survived that ordeal. It must have been so scary. We have plenty of typhoons in Japan, leaving disaster in their wake, so I can imagine the destruction around you.
Take your time when you pick up the pieces.
Wishing you all the best.

[Carolyn Foley]

Thanks Queen. There were a few times that were really frightening made worse because my husband has Alzheimer’s.My first sewing job is to repair Ted, second make new curtains. The others were rips to shreds.

[Rachel]

Oof. I am so glad that you've survived, I hope the tidy up and recovery goes as well as it can.