January 14, 2013

  • Monday 14th January

     

     

     

    Tim and I woke around 5am.

    The girls had gone at 4:15am.

    Heard from Cat later in the day to say they had arrived in Mana at 12:30pm.

    They had a good trip over the Strait apart from the last hour which was nasty.

    Skip & Leann weren't happy sailors - but what's new winky

    Message from Cat later read -

    "Was a pretty wet rough trip mum but fast! Averaging 8knots for the last few hours, 13knts surfing down waves...fun for me but not the crew!!"

     

     

    I could hear something in our room.

    I sat up and and listened carefully thinking it sounded very like a rat or mouse.

    Turned on the light and found the culprit.

    The roof was leaking and the drips were landing on a pile of Tim's clothes making a sort of small animal sound.

    Darnit!

    Went and got a large bowl to catch the drips.

    Went back to sleep and was woken by the phone at 7am.

    The one day we could've slept in confused

    It was another wet, murky morning.

    The cats know where the best place to be is.

    These are our supposedly 'outside' cats whatevah

    Tim was in a cruising mood.

    Nothing to do and no-one around.

    I had a quick spa.

    Tim meandered and did Shoshannah's birds while I cooked us up a special breakfast for two.

    Omelette with onions & tomatoes plus fresh silverbeet & parsley from Shoshannah's garden and some delicious Karikaas cheeses that Josh & Charmagne had inadvertently left behind - sad for them but lovely for us - thanks J&C winky

    I added some cheerios with Sundried tomato & olive sauce and of course, butter &  Vegemite on toast.

    Tim was about to go and find out where the roof was leaking when we received a phone call from the Okiwi Bay ambulance saying that a boat was coming in to us with an injured person on board.

    The bay was so murky we only just make out the vessel.

    It was having problems locating our wharf but after several phone calls they eventually found us.

    The tides are incredibly high and low at the moment.

    I went on board and did an assessment of the patient and then called up Sebastian to come help us lift.

    Thankfully the tide was so high - it made is a lot easier.

    Tim zipped up to the shed and constructed a makeshift stretcher from a gate and foam mattress and ropes on each corner to give better grip.

    We were very grateful for Seb's assistance - it was a struggle to get to the house but without him it would've been nigh impossible.

    They tried to get in the back door but it was a few inches too narrow so they came around to the washhouse and laid the stretcher and patient on the freezer while we waited to hear from the ambulance.

    The patient was much more comfortable lying flat.

    Tim cleaned out the truck and they moved the patient on and we headed up the hill to meet the ambulance.

    Despite the misty murkyness clearing here it was still too foggy for the helicopter to get out of Nelson.

    It was a pretty hard trip up the hill but the patient was very stoic and breathed through the pain.

    Tim did stop to give some respite.

    We were pleased to see Ian & crew waiting in the ambulance when we got to the top of the hill.

    It was very windy and cold so they did a quick and efficient transfer onto their stretcher and inside so they could do an assessment.

    We left them to it and hopped on board our 'ambulance' and zipped back down to the house.

    We heard a bit later that the helicopter managed to make a run for it in a brief weather window and flew the patient out to hospital.

    I was so pleased as the rid out in the ambulance would've been very unpleasant as the road is so rutted at present.

    We met up with Olly on the way home.

    He likes to vet any vehicles going past so we had a wee chat.

     

    Seb & Tim did some fixing of the dinghy and then Seb headed off home.

    Tim then found the leak in the roof and fixed it as best he could.

    The rain eased nicely while we did the 'rescue' but then closed back in again later.

    I spent the afternoon resting and watched the last disk of Season 2 of 'Castle'.

    Now that is over I can get on with some art laughing

     

    Made a simple dinner of chicken nibbles and veges but managed to burn the potatoes.

    I have bought some new saucepans and they are just far too efficient for me to keep up with!!

    Anson & Marah arrived back around 8pm with Luke.

    We sat and chatted for quite a while.

    They were very excited and had loads to tell us.

    They had dropped Mahalia & Azzan at camp at 1pm.

    Mahalia was a tad nervous as it was her first one but I am sure she will have a great time, especially as Kashana is with her.

     

    Luke unpacked and got himself sorted in Nathan's room.

    I reheated dinner and the three of us finally ate around 9:30pm!