What the!

There is a tradition in New Zealand of telling stories, each one worse than the one before.

It feels a bit like that after the Japanese earthquake. Not only was it bigger (9.0!!!) but the tsunamis! And potential nuclear catastrophes, not just one but three! So, bad as things are up the road, matters are exponentially worse in Japan. Things are bad, but they could be so much worse!

All sorts of things are going to be affected for us. Not only is Zach's futsal tournament off, there are now questions being asked about the football tournament later in the year.

And in the meantime, life continues pretty much as normal in many ways. Katarina is at Craighead's sports day after Friday was postponed due to rain. Hannah has been promoted to school councillor after someone else left. Zach and Hannah have both been to the dentist for fillings in the last two weeks. And Janine continues to be her normal helpful self, most of the time.

We have enjoyed having Chris' parents back for a few days, they have some lovely photos of where they have been.