start of a very long road home

along which i experienced the second earth quake of my life and the most scariest, the first one being 20 years ago and was extremely drunk at the time so didn't count, but this one OMG was the longest 90 seconds of my life. The flight was delayed for a day and when i did get on the plane was squashed in the middle seat of 3 for about 20 or more hours.. not good being a big girl :-) but i would rather be squashed by two other people than under a pile of rubble.
hope all the Kiwi blippers out there can stay safe, good luck guys and see you all next year when i return with my BA Honers Degree :-)