I woke this morning at 4:30am but for the first time in what seems like weeks I had slept soundly for 6 hours.
It is Friday 14th Jan but this past 5 days seems like a month.
Having moved into Russell Terrace on 1 Dec, with no glass for our windows and after a fitfull first night on waking to have to get Eli down a rain soaked slope in the rain to the one operating toilet.
now a month and half later we still have no glass in the windows but the bathrooms are all functioning and my kitchen rocks and the internal stairs make access a breeze, we have moved from all sleeping in the living room to the kids in the dining room and us in the living room, it did make a difference,
The kids have managed, well just Eli is pretty out of sorts and Lena told me last night he just wanted some attention; Lena has been great for a 12 year old she has tried to keep p with the running and is trying ot be tidy.
The house issues we have have paled into insignificance over the passed 5 days.
This morning while Lena is running I will attempt to get to Julia on Kangaroo Gully Road
taking some fresh milk, it is all I have at the moment getting through will be the first step.
the floods have torn the hearts out of everyone.

Last night felt so quite and calm: the constant stream of traffic that headed up and down our street as it was the most direct access from the west via the suburban roads rather than Moggill Road cut of at Burbong has stopped as the roads begin to open; as I type at 5;30am the first chopper is flying over head.
ready to start again.
I was woken at 4am by kookaburras laughing in the trees that surround the house; my superstitious self lay there wondering if they know something we don't and is it going to start with the rain again.
we have now had respite from the rain for over 24 hours and our morning is clear and warm like a proper Brisbane January morning should be.

where do people start with this much mess?
is there a starting point?
WE start by rolling our sleeves up and putting our heads down and just doing it,

yesterday we got fuel to Ori and Laine via canoe down moggill road to rafting ground road,
the supermarkets are extremely low on stock no milk or bread I managed to get eggs yesterday adn we do have a pretty well stocke dpantry
we were fortunate that our power was not our long enough to spoil any food it would have been criminal to throw food away when it is really quite scarce. how odd it is to write food scarce it is 2011 how is that possible.

For Julia and I food is the way we navigate our day thinking talking buying looking cooking and feeding the ones we love, Julia had recently confirmed our book club date and with the excitement brimming over telling us she was going through her new cook book for our menu.
Belinda Jaffery she had emailed her and Belinda had emailed back, simple things that she had time to do last week.
I heard a woman say in reference to the loss of her home, she had other plans for the next 6 to 12 months but now all the plans are on hold until, no time for frivious emails or pouring ove a loved cook book if you had it to pour over!
I have just purchased my secret santa gift for bookclub, yes we find it more fun in Jan when all the other festivities have past!
I got Julia a beautiful Oroton umbrella ironic /symbolic? one of my work mates said it would have to stop raining now I had spent $50 on umbrella's, I wonder if that was what did it I would like to think so.