In which it's been a month
Oct. 5th, 2010 07:09 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
zeborahNight before last, Boots slept under my bed, which is as close as she's come to normal during the night. During the day she's pretty much back to normal, occasionally bouncing off the walls but that's normal too.
Last night I coaxed her onto the bed where she normally sleeps. I wasn't sure if she was going to stay or not. Then we got a 5.0 (biggest quake for weeks) and she was out the door. I tried calling out to her that it was okay but she wouldn't have listened anyway and besides, the quake was still rumbling and I was wondering whether to pull my pillow over my head, so I probably didn't sound that convincing.
She came back this morning when it was time for me to get up. But I always take a shower before feeding her breakfast and when I came out she was gone. It turns out there was a 4.4 while I was in there so that explains that.
Also my nose is all snuffly. I'd like to vote hayfever because I have meds for that, but the problem is I've already been taking them. Do not want to get sick this week. I specifically planned to take leave on Thursday because Monday and Tuesday other people are on leave and Wednesday and Friday are respectively the farewell lunch and last day at work of my manager. On the other hand, I *really* need some time off.
Oh, one of my colleagues lives in the CBD and was evacuated. Her flat was finally given a green placard so she could go back -- and then this weekend it was inspected again, red-carded, and she was given half an hour to gather belongings and leave. :-(
Anyway, off to work, having made contingency plans in my head in case of highly implausible structural collapse while I'm in the building. (But otoh, people here are frequently surprised to learn I'd planned out where to shelter if a quake struck when I was in my bed. Seriously, out of all the contingency plans I've ever made for ridiculously unlikely things, that seemed the least embarrassingly ridiculous to me. Also it's probably the only one I've ever actually used!)
Last night I coaxed her onto the bed where she normally sleeps. I wasn't sure if she was going to stay or not. Then we got a 5.0 (biggest quake for weeks) and she was out the door. I tried calling out to her that it was okay but she wouldn't have listened anyway and besides, the quake was still rumbling and I was wondering whether to pull my pillow over my head, so I probably didn't sound that convincing.
She came back this morning when it was time for me to get up. But I always take a shower before feeding her breakfast and when I came out she was gone. It turns out there was a 4.4 while I was in there so that explains that.
Also my nose is all snuffly. I'd like to vote hayfever because I have meds for that, but the problem is I've already been taking them. Do not want to get sick this week. I specifically planned to take leave on Thursday because Monday and Tuesday other people are on leave and Wednesday and Friday are respectively the farewell lunch and last day at work of my manager. On the other hand, I *really* need some time off.
Oh, one of my colleagues lives in the CBD and was evacuated. Her flat was finally given a green placard so she could go back -- and then this weekend it was inspected again, red-carded, and she was given half an hour to gather belongings and leave. :-(
Anyway, off to work, having made contingency plans in my head in case of highly implausible structural collapse while I'm in the building. (But otoh, people here are frequently surprised to learn I'd planned out where to shelter if a quake struck when I was in my bed. Seriously, out of all the contingency plans I've ever made for ridiculously unlikely things, that seemed the least embarrassingly ridiculous to me. Also it's probably the only one I've ever actually used!)
